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Nikon D7000

Guest post: DIY sound monitoring for the Nikon D7000

Today’s guest post is about adding audio monitoring to the Nikon D7000 by Pierre Capoue:  The Nikon D7000 lacks an output for connecting headphones to monitor the sound level during video recording. With the D7000, Nikon supplies the AV EG-D2 cable that has a stereo 3.5mm male jack input on one side and two RCA male outputs on […]

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Nauticam NA-D7000V – updated underwater housing for Nikon D7000

Nauticam released an updated version NA-D7000V of their NA-D7000 underwater housing for Nikon D7000. The new version (model Number: 17206) features enhanced control access and HDMI connection compatibility. The depth rating is 100m, the retail price will be $3300, shipping will start on January 1, 2012.

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How to lose $1200 in 25 seconds

Yes, we have that too – this is the Nikon version of the 24 seconds 5D Mark II destruction video: “I was filming on a hot spring in Utah, when a gust of wind pushed my two months old Nikon D7000, that was mounted on a tripod, into the hot sulfur water. The lens broke off […]

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Nikon firmware decrypted

Nikon firmware has been decrypted by Simeon Pilgrim (with the help of  Vitaliy Kiselev – the person who hacked the Panasonic GH2 firmware). The decryption worked on D5100 and D7000 and is currently being tested on higher end models. The decryption itself doesn’t mean much at that point, but it may offer some neat “adjustments” in the future.

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New firmware updates for Nikon D5100 (v1.01) and D7000 (v1.03)

Today Nikon released new firmware updates for the Nikon D5100 and D7000 cameras. I actually never expected them to released another firmware update for the D7000 more than a year after it was announced. Fixes in the Nikon D5100 v1.01 firmware update (download link): An error recognizing some memory cards has been addressed. When Selective […]

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The making of this video

Another guest post on the making of this video from Cardiac Kid Productions: I was asked to shoot and edit a music video for the Island/Def Jam band Parachute. It was to be a concert style music video for a song called “What I Know” off of their forthcoming (and since released) 2nd full length studio album […]

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Fake Nikon D7000 MB-D11 battery grip alert

This third party Nikon D7000 MB-D11 battery grip was sold as an original by Anatolian Bookstore Inc. (third party reseller on Amazon):

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Nikon D7000 firmware update 1.02 is now official

The previously rumored Nikon D7000 firmware update 1.02 is now official. You can download it from Nikon Europe support website (now available also on Nikon US site). List of fixes after the break:

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