But if i live in the PAL land and i want to add a video from the nikon D7000 to a timeline where the most of the project is shot with a FX1 sony 1080 50I, which settings should i use from the Nikon menu?

Other help needed: is there any way to control the audio to avoid that it clips during the claps of a show?

Thx a lot my friends

Other help needed: is there any way to control the audio to avoid that it clips during the claps of a show?


Have you tried turning the D7000 audio down to level 1 or auto? If that doesn't work I'm sure you can find an external mic with an attenuator that you can set to bring the audio level down.

Could u drive me step by step, now i'm out of my house, i'll ge tback next week and i don't have with me the d7k, whare are these option of the audio?

thx

But if i live in the PAL land and i want to add a video from the nikon D7000 to a timeline where the most of the project is shot with a FX1 sony 1080 50I, which settings should i use from the Nikon menu?

Other help needed: is there any way to control the audio to avoid that it clips during the claps of a show?

Thx a lot my friends

If you are using an external mike this is a simple solution to set audio levels

Beachtek DXA-2T Universal Compact Camcorder Audio DXA-2T B&H


Or you can use this shotgun on the hotshoe which has a Two step high-pass filter - flat or 80 Hz; three step PAD - 0, -10, -20dB


Amazon.com: Rode VideoMic Directional Video Condenser Microphone w/Mount: Musical Instruments

I think I've read the whole of this thread and have found definitely found it very interesting and enlightening. I've also read the information on the Nikon site, and a number of other reviews of the camera. Before I trade in one of my D200s, however, I still have a couple of questions:

1) Whether I'm doing video or still, I always use a remote control. I don't expect a DSLR to have a lanc socket, but is it possible to start recording video with the remote control, or is that only for stills?

2) I'm not clear, even from the Nikon site, if the built-in flashgun will work in commander mode, or if it needs the SU-800 commander unit to fire off-camera flash.

I've compared a D200 with a Nikon 300mm f4 plus 1.4 teleconverter with the image at the top of the zoom on my Canon XH-A1, so I have a pretty good idea what kind of magnification I'd be able to get (exactly the same). Has anyone doing wildlife stuff found any problems with using long lenses for video on the D7000?

Annie, hello!
Please check the Nikonians org site for many of your questions. In particular there's a D7k video section and also quite a few D7k BIF threads that will interest you.
Cheers!
Chris

I think I've read the whole of this thread and have found definitely found it very interesting and enlightening. I've also read the information on the Nikon site, and a number of other reviews of the camera. Before I trade in one of my D200s, however, I still have a couple of questions:

1) Whether I'm doing video or still, I always use a remote control. I don't expect a DSLR to have a lanc socket, but is it possible to start recording video with the remote control, or is that only for stills?

2) I'm not clear, even from the Nikon site, if the built-in flashgun will work in commander mode, or if it needs the SU-800 commander unit to fire off-camera flash.

I've compared a D200 with a Nikon 300mm f4 plus 1.4 teleconverter with the image at the top of the zoom on my Canon XH-A1, so I have a pretty good idea what kind of magnification I'd be able to get (exactly the same). Has anyone doing wildlife stuff found any problems with using long lenses for video on the D7000?

I can answer one of your questions for sure. The on board flash works exactly like the D200 and you can use the onboard flash in the commander mode.

While I haven't shot any video with my D7000 and a 300 f4 (I don't have the TC) the only issue would be having a heavy duty tripod to control the wiggles with a lot of lens. Which would be the case with any model camera.

Chris - thanks for that - my head was reeling after a couple of hours trawling through Nikonians' posts. At least I did find an answer to my second question, and also found what you meant by BIF - obviously I'm not up to date with terminology!

Greg - thanks - it's good to know I won't have to buy an extra bit of kit there. I do have several photo and video tripods (too many according to my husband who doesn't believe in using such things) accumulated during thirty years of using long lenses.

Chris - thanks for posting the question on nikonians.org. I found an answer via an indirect route, and it is no, the remote doesn't operate the video at all. Pity, but I might give the camera a go anyway, if our local photo shop has one in stock.

Annie, before you race out and buy the D7000, check out the newly released Canon 600D it has 4x - 10x crop mode in video. Just what you wildlife people need

Bob

Bob - as I already have Nikon cameras and lenses, I'd have to start from scratch if I bought a Canon DSLR, regardless of how good it was. But thanks for the suggestion.

Hola,
i remeber i read somewhere here in the forum, where can i find i CHEAP solutions as loupe for the D7000?

thx

@ Chris:
Sup buddy? What about your DP came with after all the time he spent with your d7000?