Nikon D7000: How to manually control Shutter/ISO/Aperture (and more)

Is there any way I can turn the shutter speed to say 50 (which is closest to the "sweet spot" in cinema if you shoot in 24 FPS) and everything else goes automatic?
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I don't have the D7000, hopefully in a couple of weeks, but I am going to take a wild guess based on past experience: Shutter Priority. Usually S on the wheel.
 
is it possible tu modify ISO and shutter time while I'm recording or just before the shot?
is it possible to use the aperture ring in all of the optics with this ring or gust in the oldest ones? for exemple I use D series optics, is it possible to use them to control aperture while I'm recording a video?
 
Yup, you can change ISO and shutter speed, and aperture on lenses with aperture rings, while recording in Live View. Of course, changing settings while recording keeper material isn't advised, since it's not a smooth transition and doesn't look good. G lenses are the only Nikon lenses without aperture rings.
 
Northstreamer said:
Alright, I'm having some trouble understanding Nikon's thinking here and I'm hoping you guys can help me out. So if I got this right, you can turn the wheel on any mode and everything is automatic (in terms of shutter speed, ISO, aperture... ) in video mode - except for the M-mode that is.

Is there any way I can turn the shutter speed to say 50 (which is closest to the "sweet spot" in cinema if you shoot in 24 FPS) and everything else goes automatic? This worked with my previous camera, the Canon 550D and I absolutely loved that feature. A consistent shutter speed is important for many reasons, and I don't have the time to go fully manual with ISOs and apertures.

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So to summarize - a manual shutter speed and everything else automatic. If this is not possible, is there like a "magic lantern" hack to open up this feature?
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We are all trying to figure out Nikon's thinking here...

No, there is no setting like that, which I know makes zero sense. Full manual is pretty much your only option if you don't want the shutter speed flying into unwanted territory.

I have no idea why shutter priority isn't available in video mode, but it should be. It's times like this where it's painfully obvious Nikon has no video camera experience.

There is no "magic lantern" type hack, and it's uncertain if one would be possible.
 
Now that I've gotten to know the D7000 well, video shooting rocks and the images are really beautiful. External monitor with waveform and vectorscope (TVLogic) helps to not only nail the exposure and focus, but audio meters/monitoring is a real help. Yeah, it's nowhere as easy, intuitive and fast as my dedicated video camera (EX1r) but the control over depth of field is a great addition to the toolkit.
 
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