It's frustrating they already came out with a patch for the D800, and hundreds of people around the world have been waiting for months after ordering to receive one.

Just need a hack for my d7000 that allow me higher bitrates on video, like GH2. Any hope?

FYI - I've been shooting some initial real life footage with the D800/D800E and I realized that using DX crop mode during movie capture was a complete let down, at least with the built in encoder and also by looking at a broadcast monitor. It brings down the otherwise very good IQ level to an aliasing-fest dropping down below 720p detail and it doesn't help setting sharpness up/down in the camera profile either. Shooting with the D800E in FX mode was VERY sharp and detailed, I noticed no aliasing and moire is controlled in that sense you have to reach the point where subject detail matches the 36MP pixel array of the sensor, that'll give you some colour moire. I have to do some more shots and Nikon Nordic was interested and would pass this on "as they hadn't heard about this" yeah right... I work in a professional camera store and I do camera research on a rather technical level. I didn't find the D800E to be sharper than the GH2, rather slightly less IQ but DR is fantastic and the low light would be as well. Upon deciding for the D800 or the D800E I would definitely go for the E version, in any way. In stills mode it smokes. I'll try and gather some more findings later on, if I get time that is. Cheers from Sweden. :)

Hello everyone, I know that we should not write here, if nothing new has lead to the hack, but I come here every day, and I see that nothing happens, the Nikon D7000, and I find ca bad, because I feel that this device will n ever an update in 25 second picture, unlike canon which community develops new tools every day

and thank you to people who try to find the hack

Excellent job! I just did it to my two d7000 bodies. Only thing is that I can only record up to 24min & 18sec per clip even with a 32GB card in them. Anyone else have this problem or is this normal?

I think it is related to maximum file size - 4GB.

@1ricca VK is essentially correct, although the limit is actually closer to 3.5GB for reasons unkown at the moment.

@matt1128 I'll have to check. I'll shoot a few full length clips tonight and check the frame count in FCP or Premiere. My guess is that you're correct though if there are differences in file size. These are my 2nd and 3rd bodies for shooting but It would be nice to get these bodies a little more useful and less scary to use while shooting weddings.

@Brian202020 - Perhaps not long after some generous reader donates a D800 to Vitaliy's cause?

The hackability of DSLR's (and the Panasonic AF100) is very likely limited by the hardware-assisted nature of their built-in AVCHD/H.264 encoders. Unlike Panasonic's G-series cameras, which use encoders implemented completely in firmware, other DSLR's typically rely on hardware-based encoders that may be configured to operate only at specific fixed bitrates.This is why the GH2's unhacked AVCHD software encoder cannot match the quality of Canon and Nikon H.264 encoders at low bitrates. However, that's also what makes the GH2 supremely hackable, and capable of delivering far more detailed video images than the encoders of other DSLR's.

@Brian202020 Yes, that's what I mean about the limited hack potential of Nikon DSLR's. I successfully used NTool on my D5100 to increase its max recording duration beyond 20 minutes, but that's about all that can currently be hacked. For such a limited improvement, I wouldn't risk hacking a $3000 D800.

Hi all,

By anychance do you know if it possible to get the selective color filter on D3100 ? Would be so great...

Cheers,

I mean the D5100 for example is able to take a photo in white&black and with one color. example : http://www.justourpictures.com/roses/imgs/4_barkarole_bwP0027.jpg

This effect is a little bit painful to do manually with a photo editor software.

Hey All,

we use d7000's as our primary video camera (currently have 4). we are starting to do a lot of live streaming, and it would be simply amazing if we could ditch some of the text/symbol output from the hdmi output. I have already bought one d800, just for the hdmi out, but if we could figure out how to hack it, I would buy beers for everyone. otherwise I have to buy 3 more d800's ($$$!). What exactly do the 'text' patch do, is it this feature? chris.