@Mimirsan: you mean the Shuttle does worse quality than Ninja in uncompressed footage??? I researched a lot but didn't see any comparison mong these Ninja and Shuttle

According to dprewiew: "There's also a bit more control available in movie mode. You have the option of taking full control over all exposure values - aperture, shutter speed and ISO - in M mode, or letting the camera set the latter two for you. The D5200 also offers finer setting of the microphone gain (now in 20 steps), with a stereo sound meter to help you judge the right level."

Can you confirm that it's possible to change aperture while in live view, and while filming?

Sorry if this has been answered already

@Craftwerk Thanks. I just don't understand what Nikon is thinking. I would probably buy three D5200 for a project if they had solved the aperture issue.

How's the rolling shutter compared to a GH2 or a Canon?

@K01 The footage recorded from d5200 through the Ninja is 16.9. So no need to crop. What you see on the Ninja is what you see on the D5200 minus the graphic overlays. So framing isnt a problem.

@Squig Rolling shutter is there...not bad. around the same as a GH2 I would say...Ive been using a 35mm and a 50mm so it would be more noticable. Using a wide lens will fix that. Skew is worse on the lcd screen than the actual recorded video...so Reid is right on that one.

So Hacked GH2 or Nikon D5200? :)

Are there any panning samples? I want to see if it has the dreaded judder

I was leaning towards replacing my 5D MKIII with a GH3 but Shian says the cadence looks videoish. No 1080p 60p is a major bummer so I might get a GH3 to supplement the D5200. I'm looking into the possibility of ripping out the nikon mount, hacking up the mirror box, and installing an E mount so I can use all my lenses full frame with a speedbooster. This camera is just begging to be hacked.

@tinyrobot the ninja does 60i to 24p pulldown automatically so it shouldn't be a drama.

@LPowell,

@Aria Manual focus Nikon AI-S lenses are not compatible with the D5200's light metering system. In general, you need an F-Mount lens with a "CPU chip" which communicates with the camera much like Lumix lenses talk to the GH2. The CPU chip makes both AF-D and AF-S lenses compatible with the D5200, but only AF-S lenses will autofocus.

Thanks for the info. It's a little limiting, but if you like Nikon Glass it shouldn't be too bad a situation. There are always other options like Carl Zeiss, Tokina and Samyang so it's not that bad at all.

Question: I want to buy an old Nikon lens, the 70-210 F4 from the mid 80's I believe. Not want to use it for photography but video, what's you're opinion? It should be a great lens, I know I have to focus manually (that's always done in video).

This camera has some promise, half the price of a GH3 in the UK....just needs a nice hack :D

@Craftwerk

I want to buy an old Nikon lens, the 70-210 F4 from the mid 80's

Vintage lenses lack the CPU chip that the D5200 relies on for proper light metering. Old lenses can be mounted, but you'll have no way of monitoring exposure settings or viewfinder focus. The D5200 has neither a live histogram nor any kind of focus peaking, but does have LCD magnification in Live View mode.

It's a little ironic considering Nikon's reputation, but I find the D5100 best suited for completely automatic operation in Aperture Priority mode. Even if I had access to the D5200's manual exposure settings in video mode, I'd have no histogram to gauge the proper exposure. With the D5100, I've gotten the most consistent results by relying on the camera's excellent matrix light metering system. Instead of setting ISO and shutter speed manually, I preset minimum shutter speed to 1/60 sec, and use the Exposure Compensation control for fine tuning. The D5x00 cameras have none of the features that make the GH2 ideal for shooting in manual exposure mode. For that, you'd want a D7000, though it's not nearly as well-suited to video as either D5100 or D5200.