Nikon HD video general discussion thread

Kyle Root · June 29th, 2014, 06:47 AM

I saw the other day that Henry's Camera is selling the very useful Nikon 10-100mm video lens for $250!

At that price, I may have to pick one up for my V1.

NIKON 1 10-100MM F4.5-5.6 VR BLACK PD-ZOOM 3318

Hasan Samur · January 21st, 2015, 12:14 PM

Vincent Oliver · January 26th, 2015, 10:56 AM

I am trying to capture the menu screen on the D750, I am using a BlackMagic Intensity Shuttle with HDMI in. This capture the Live Screen output OK but will not capture the Menu screens. When I plug the HDMI cable into my TV set I do see all the menu screens on the TV. Can anyone shed some light on this and hopefully a solution.

Vincent Oliver · February 18th, 2015, 08:37 AM

Problem solved. Just for information the camera has to be set to 1080i and the capture format on the BlackMagic set to HD 1080i 59.94. Found that out by going through every setting one at a time.

Kyle Root · March 2nd, 2015, 06:42 AM

Looks like Nikon introduced their latest DSLR last night, the Nikon D7200. Upgraded video specs and some neat in camera features like timelapse.

What caught my attention though is their new ME-W1 mireless microphone system. It uses Bluetooth and claims it's good for 164'.

I dunno... I can't get more than about 30' out of my iPhone 5 and Bose Soundlink mini speaker. lol

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1127273-REG/nikon_27159_me_w1_wireless_microphone.html

Kyle Root · April 2nd, 2015, 08:19 AM

Maybe they'll do a Nikon 1 V4 with UHD at 24 or 30fps...

Unveiled: The Nikon 1 J5 Mirrorless Camera with Selfie-Ready Screen | explora

Marty Hamrick · June 29th, 2015, 04:47 PM

Hi Folks,

Just added a Nikon 5200 to my arsenal. Only reason I went with Nikon was because I already had a couple of nice Nikon lenses that I inherited from my father in law when he passed away a few years ago. This is my second experience with a DSLR after over 30 years of ENG/EFP work. I DP'ed a horror short with one back in 2011, I was skeptical at the time about DSLR's for video in general, they're not the run and gun TV cameras I was used to. I've learned that hand holding can be steadied a bit by putting the strap around the neck and holding a little pressure with the arms. It seems to work pretty well following my hyper Jack Russell Terrier-American Bulldog mix, Loki around. He's epileptic and we're working him in as kind of a mascot for the local Epilepsy Foundation here in Windsor.

I've noticed that in movie mode, the shutter speed will not go any lower than a 30th. You can't slow it enough to get a streaky motion blur effect. Is there a way to achieve this? Also the camera has an interval timer that would work for time lapse. Is there a function in iMovie that can animate single frames and also is there a way to do custom still picture moves? The program seems to randomly pick moves on its own.

Here are some of the videos I've test shot so far.

Compare this to the video I shot with a Canon Gl-1 last year.

Thanks,

Marty Hamrick

Raindance Media Centre

Windsor, Ontario

Kyle Root · August 13th, 2015, 10:21 AM

Used the interval timer last night for the first time. Got a few!

I was super impressed with the battery life of the EN EL15.

I started at 10:00PM and it last until 2:30AM! I put a new battery in at 3:00 AM when I work up and continued. At that point though dew was setting in heavy and since I was asleep the lens got foggy.

Loving my D750 more every day!

David Barnes · November 11th, 2015, 07:38 AM

Couple of days ago bought d750 and my first impressions are positive.
The extra button called 'I' at the back of the camera bottom left is very useful. It allows quick changes to the current mode that you are in. As I am shooting a video at the moment I found it very useful for quick reference check.
What I find annoying that you cannot assign the FN button to change between the full frame FX and Dx mode as I have done on my D600. It is also not given as an option as you toggle between various things. POssible due to the factr that D750 has three option here the FX, 1.2 and DX.

Rafael Lopes · November 22nd, 2015, 01:02 AM

I was wondering how stable is the high bitrate hack on the d610 and d750. Is playback on camera available yet? Can I revert to the original firmware if necessary?

Bryan Cantwell · December 2nd, 2015, 07:32 AM

What hack are you talking about?

Aaron Mulqueen · December 11th, 2015, 08:23 PM

Hello, curious as to what the PAR setting of a D750 1920x1080 video is for Photoshop CS6?

Regards Aaron

Ryan Douthit · April 24th, 2016, 04:10 PM

Ungraded video short I put together today while my kid played with Legos. This was shot handheld with a Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 macro using the Flat Picture Profile.

Ryan Douthit · April 25th, 2016, 12:02 PM

More tests with the new Nikon D500. This time in HD: Active D-Light, Stabilization, Face Detection and Rolling Shutter.

Ryan Douthit · April 26th, 2016, 07:34 PM

Today I put a Nikon D500 vs. my Sony FS7 to see if I could get a comparable look out of each with minimal fuss. I was pretty impressed with the results.

Details: In this video we shot several scenes on both the Sony FS7 $8000 cinema camera and the new $2000 Nikon D500 DSLR. The Sony was in Cinema EI mode and shot on Slog3.cine with an Alexa-like LUT applied (Sony provided), it then received minor saturation and luma tweaks. The Nikon was shot using the Flat color mode and it too received saturation and luma tweaks. With more tweaking we're sure we could get color even closer but this was to test a quick grade since not everyone is a color master. We feel this is an easily-achievable match for almost any video editor. One thing to note is that the FS7 has a mountain more color information at its disposal. The Nikon requires that footage be shot correctly from the start.

The Nikon was equipped with the Tokina 11-20 f/2.8 lens, the Sony camera used the Nikon 17-55 f/2.8 DX.

June 29th, 2014, 06:47 AM	#61
Kyle Root Major Player Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Decatur, AL Posts: 883	Nikon 1 10-100mm video lens. I saw the other day that Henry's Camera is selling the very useful Nikon 10-100mm video lens for $250! At that price, I may have to pick one up for my V1. NIKON 1 10-100MM F4.5-5.6 VR BLACK PD-ZOOM 3318 __________________ Kyle KR Productions; www.kyleroot.com

January 21st, 2015, 12:14 PM	#62
Hasan Samur Tourist Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Ankara Turkey Posts: 1	Nikon D4 and macro video Bana Bak! "Look at Me!" on Vimeo

January 26th, 2015, 10:56 AM	#63
Vincent Oliver Trustee Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Chislehurst, London Posts: 1,724	Menu Screen Capture on D750 I am trying to capture the menu screen on the D750, I am using a BlackMagic Intensity Shuttle with HDMI in. This capture the Live Screen output OK but will not capture the Menu screens. When I plug the HDMI cable into my TV set I do see all the menu screens on the TV. Can anyone shed some light on this and hopefully a solution. __________________ Eyes are a deaf man’s ears. Ears are a blind man’s eyes

February 18th, 2015, 08:37 AM	#64
Vincent Oliver Trustee Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Chislehurst, London Posts: 1,724	Re: Menu Screen Capture on D750 Problem solved. Just for information the camera has to be set to 1080i and the capture format on the BlackMagic set to HD 1080i 59.94. Found that out by going through every setting one at a time. __________________ Eyes are a deaf man’s ears. Ears are a blind man’s eyes

March 2nd, 2015, 06:42 AM	#65
Kyle Root Major Player Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Decatur, AL Posts: 883	D7200 and newe mic Looks like Nikon introduced their latest DSLR last night, the Nikon D7200. Upgraded video specs and some neat in camera features like timelapse. What caught my attention though is their new ME-W1 mireless microphone system. It uses Bluetooth and claims it's good for 164'. I dunno... I can't get more than about 30' out of my iPhone 5 and Bose Soundlink mini speaker. lol http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1127273-REG/nikon_27159_me_w1_wireless_microphone.html __________________ Kyle KR Productions; www.kyleroot.com

April 2nd, 2015, 08:19 AM	#66
Kyle Root Major Player Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Decatur, AL Posts: 883	Nikon 1 J5 - UDH, 4K video.... 15fps Maybe they'll do a Nikon 1 V4 with UHD at 24 or 30fps... Unveiled: The Nikon 1 J5 Mirrorless Camera with Selfie-Ready Screen \| explora __________________ Kyle KR Productions; www.kyleroot.com

June 29th, 2015, 04:47 PM	#67
Marty Hamrick Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Windsor, Ontario Posts: 42	Testing the Nikon 5200 Hi Folks, Just added a Nikon 5200 to my arsenal. Only reason I went with Nikon was because I already had a couple of nice Nikon lenses that I inherited from my father in law when he passed away a few years ago. This is my second experience with a DSLR after over 30 years of ENG/EFP work. I DP'ed a horror short with one back in 2011, I was skeptical at the time about DSLR's for video in general, they're not the run and gun TV cameras I was used to. I've learned that hand holding can be steadied a bit by putting the strap around the neck and holding a little pressure with the arms. It seems to work pretty well following my hyper Jack Russell Terrier-American Bulldog mix, Loki around. He's epileptic and we're working him in as kind of a mascot for the local Epilepsy Foundation here in Windsor. I've noticed that in movie mode, the shutter speed will not go any lower than a 30th. You can't slow it enough to get a streaky motion blur effect. Is there a way to achieve this? Also the camera has an interval timer that would work for time lapse. Is there a function in iMovie that can animate single frames and also is there a way to do custom still picture moves? The program seems to randomly pick moves on its own. Here are some of the videos I've test shot so far. Dog's Epileptic Siezure - YouTube Meet Loki-American Bulldog-Jack Russell Terrier Mix - YouTube Loki Today-Nikon 5200 Test-6-21-15 - YouTube YouTube Compare this to the video I shot with a Canon Gl-1 last year. Loki's New Home - YouTube Thanks, Marty Hamrick Raindance Media Centre Windsor, Ontario

August 13th, 2015, 10:21 AM	#68
Kyle Root Major Player Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Decatur, AL Posts: 883	Perseid Timelapse Used the interval timer last night for the first time. Got a few! I was super impressed with the battery life of the EN EL15. I started at 10:00PM and it last until 2:30AM! I put a new battery in at 3:00 AM when I work up and continued. At that point though dew was setting in heavy and since I was asleep the lens got foggy. Loving my D750 more every day! Perseid Meteor Shower Timelapse on Vimeo __________________ Kyle KR Productions; www.kyleroot.com

November 11th, 2015, 07:38 AM	#69
David Barnes New Boot Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: London UK Posts: 11	D750 vs d600 Couple of days ago bought d750 and my first impressions are positive. The extra button called 'I' at the back of the camera bottom left is very useful. It allows quick changes to the current mode that you are in. As I am shooting a video at the moment I found it very useful for quick reference check. What I find annoying that you cannot assign the FN button to change between the full frame FX and Dx mode as I have done on my D600. It is also not given as an option as you toggle between various things. POssible due to the factr that D750 has three option here the FX, 1.2 and DX.

November 22nd, 2015, 01:02 AM	#70
Rafael Lopes Trustee Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Rio de Janeiro Posts: 1,240	D610 / D750 - how stable is the hack? I was wondering how stable is the high bitrate hack on the d610 and d750. Is playback on camera available yet? Can I revert to the original firmware if necessary? __________________ www.rafael-lopes.com

December 2nd, 2015, 07:32 AM	#71
Bryan Cantwell Major Player Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Terre Haute, IN Posts: 277	Re: D610 / D750 - how stable is the hack? What hack are you talking about?

December 11th, 2015, 08:23 PM	#72
Aaron Mulqueen New Boot Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Christchurch NZ Posts: 17	Pixel Aspect Ratio D750 Video? Hello, curious as to what the PAR setting of a D750 1920x1080 video is for Photoshop CS6? Regards Aaron

April 24th, 2016, 04:10 PM	#73
Ryan Douthit Major Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 474	Nikon D500 4k UHD Sample Video Ungraded video short I put together today while my kid played with Legos. This was shot handheld with a Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 macro using the Flat Picture Profile. YouTube (Short URL) __________________ MediaSpigot LLC http://www.mediaspigot.com Last edited by Ryan Douthit; April 24th, 2016 at 05:56 PM.

April 25th, 2016, 12:02 PM	#74
Ryan Douthit Major Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 474	More D500 Tests: Rolling Shutter, D-Light, Face Detection More tests with the new Nikon D500. This time in HD: Active D-Light, Stabilization, Face Detection and Rolling Shutter. Nikon D500 Tests: Rolling Shutter, D-Light, Face Detection - YouTube __________________ MediaSpigot LLC http://www.mediaspigot.com

April 26th, 2016, 07:34 PM	#75
Ryan Douthit Major Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 474	Sony FS7 vs. Nikon D500? Today I put a Nikon D500 vs. my Sony FS7 to see if I could get a comparable look out of each with minimal fuss. I was pretty impressed with the results. YouTube (Short URL) Details: In this video we shot several scenes on both the Sony FS7 $8000 cinema camera and the new $2000 Nikon D500 DSLR. The Sony was in Cinema EI mode and shot on Slog3.cine with an Alexa-like LUT applied (Sony provided), it then received minor saturation and luma tweaks. The Nikon was shot using the Flat color mode and it too received saturation and luma tweaks. With more tweaking we're sure we could get color even closer but this was to test a quick grade since not everyone is a color master. We feel this is an easily-achievable match for almost any video editor. One thing to note is that the FS7 has a mountain more color information at its disposal. The Nikon requires that footage be shot correctly from the start. The Nikon was equipped with the Tokina 11-20 f/2.8 lens, the Sony camera used the Nikon 17-55 f/2.8 DX. __________________ MediaSpigot LLC http://www.mediaspigot.com