@teufel you are not alone :D, i broke two cameras like you becuse don't know exactly what am i doing or know nothing... Fully agree, just don't do it.

to me please

@swfree: this is not a mechanical limitation. The new D4 has the same mechanical aperture arm actuator and works fine with video (or at least during live view, which if unlockable would still be an improvement!)

ok I read every post, but I don not come to understand or are the D7000's hack, and especially if there are already what is new in the video function

thanks

What There is no hope of, c is really a shame to condemn him

@swfree I really don't think that's a physical limitation because while on aperture priority mode, on live view you can record video and also change the aperture value, if it was in did a physical limitation as you suggest that wouldn't be possible at all.

Lpowell, this is true, nikon took its time, even though ive never really needed a feature like that because im using manual lenses with aperture ring on the d7000 like the quite awesome fully manual Rokinon/Samyang/Walimex Pro AE 35 mm 1:1,4 http://www.amazon.com/Rokinon-Angle-Nikon-Automatic-RK35MAF-N/dp/B004X1SFTA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326481509&sr=8-1 i say if you want live view aperture control , the chances that you are a dslr film maker are good, so you dont really need auto focus, but a nice, smooth and long manual focus for your follow focus setup. just get manual lenses

@xztraz

Personally, I am too busy now with Panasonic cameras.

rename nef to raw, problem solved

@osmar92 When you create it.

To everyone who is posting comments asking for things they want:

Please consider that you are only creating noise on the internet, and you make it more difficult for people who are actually competent to collaborate to do so. If you can not be constructive at this time, then please just wait until there is some announcement.

Don't worry, if you are interested in something and you keep an eye on the relevant sites then you will not miss it if and when it happens. Please spend your time meanwhile doing something productive instead of nagging for your most desired feature.

Many thanks!

Personally, I will look at how to up the video length limit on my D3100, because it's a silly arbitrary limitation, and because it makes it impossible to use the camera e.g. for recording a conference presentation, lecture or any stage event, which it would otherwise be able to do just fine in many conditions. Like anyone else who is halfway competent I don't have free time for this at all, so it can take a long time and it may never get done at all. See above. Get excited when something is finished, get working on your own until such time. If you can't help, then simply wait. It is really irrelevant how many millions of people are unhappy with the products they have bought. If they can organize they need to take it up with the producer, not with individuals doing technology research for fun.

Many thanks to Simeon, Vitaliy and others who share their work.

2 maybe 3 more years. i say check back 2015, or try to learn writing your own firmware. nikon firmware has clearly no priority right now, and i guess it could get quite expensive. when you write custom firmware, you gonna brick several cameras in the progress from trying to get just the basics to work.

maybe you could donate a camera or two

@swfree, about the aperture arm: not true that they are hard interconnected mechanically. see: aperture preview.

New D800 has "stepless" smooth aperture adjustment. It doesn't appear to be truly stepless, but it does change smoothly. Even the ability to change not smoothly would be an improvement.

Oh, and as further proof that the mechanisms aren't connected, you can adjust aperture with lenses with aperture rings that lack cpus on the D7000 during video. This means that the aperture arm has the ability to move around, even when the mirror is up. (it has to move to allow the aperture pin on the lens to move)