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I just bought D7100 and it has "almost" fully manual mode. In M mode you can: change shutter during recordingchange ISO during recordingchange aperture before recordingchange mic levels before recordingchange headphone levels before recordingchange WB before recordingYou can also change aperture during recording if you have lens that has manual aperture ring.

​And pay extra ~400$ that I can use to buy some wide prime? Nah, not this time. I don't have a camera right now. I was supposed to buy it in the late Autumn.

​Right, I'm aware of this. I also consider stills and in that area, D7100 offers some really cool features (better viewfinder, high speed sync with flashes), so I can live without 60p Also, I found really great video shot with D7100. To be honest, it is really hard to find good footage from the camera that isn't so popular among filmmakers. https://vimeo.com/113947519

​Yeah, price definitely. Although it will be a nice upgrade path in the future, right? Also, D7100 has support for high speed sync flash speed which I used frequently with my last camera. Here's a handy guide for Nikon DSLRs video functions: http://cdn-4.nikon-cdn.com/en_INC/o/xFKjr_r3s2Xw1N_-UjTHd2PQf24/PDF/DSLR_Video_Features_Guide_en.pdf

By the way, is there any difference in terms of video quality (only) between D5300 and D7100? I'm not talking about things like a headphone jack on D7100, just talking image quality. After a lot of research, I decided to buy D7100, mostly because of the larger viewfinder for stills and durable body (moisture and dust resistance).

​Am I? 0:25 https://vimeo.com/groups/263272/videos/118352912 3:38 https://vimeo.com/119135181 0:02-0:10 https://vimeo.com/groups/263272/videos/110852288

Nice footage, but as we have agreed before - on mid-shoots or close-ups A6000 image looks fine. In this video, there aren't any wide shoots, where moire and aliasing are killing the image and breaking the codec

​Thanks for sharing it with us! How do you like shooting with D7100? Is is comfortable? Can you change shutter and ISO during recording? ​I have tried to find some test videos or comparisons concerning uncompressed recording, but I found none. I found only some posts on forums saying that it doesn't give you anything special - moire and aliasing are still there. Really sad. ​Wow, this is wonderful! Really great camera movements. Nice grading, too. How these files hold up during color correction? Do they break as easily as AVCHD? ​Well, I haven't seen A7 viewfinder, but I liked A6000 OLED EVF. I can only compare it to GH3, G6 and my A35 and it is nice for me. Big and detailed.

So, lately I've noticed that Nikon D7100 experienced a price drop and if I'm going to sacrifice EVF in Sony, then I would choose D7100. For me, its just hard to even think that on D5300 I cannot see 100% frame coverage in OVF. This is 2015. Do you have any experience with D7100 in terms of video? How does it compare to D5300? I know that D7100 lacks 1080@60p, but it doesn't bother me much. From what I saw on YouTube and Vimeo, image is quite similar.

​You mean: same fact that camera does not have a battery or the fact that when turned on, the OVF gets brighter? Because if you are talking about the later, I don't know how it could be physically possible. I asked my friend who has D3100 and she said that turning on camera doesn't do anything to OVF in terms of brightness. Pardon that I didn't believe you in the first place. I checked online and indeed, Nikons go dark when out of the battery. Sorry!

Ok, so I have been comparing these two cameras (and A7) lately and the conclusion is simple: if you want to use camera ONLY for video, then buy D5300if you want to use camera for both stills and video, think more...I have watched dozens of videos shot with D5300 and A6000 and Nikon has better image. Less moire, less aliasing, nice colors and decent dynamic range. For video use, I would totally buy D5300, but only if you're not concerned with video functionality, which is pretty limitied. You need to change aperture mode in Aperture priority mode, then go back to manual. You don't have any extra features, such as focus magnification, focus peaking, zebras etc. Overall, D5300's video quality looks more "detailed" thanks to better codec, especially on wide scenes. However, I'm looking for video and stills and that's why I can't buy D5300. Don't get me wrong - the image quality is great. But functionality is not. The OVF is terrible - small and dark. Its hard to tell if something is in focus or not. A6000's OLED EVF is WAY better. Brighter and bigger. Video functions on A6000 are cool and everything "just works". It is a really nice camera, but Sony failed to deliver decent video quality, unfortunately.

​Yeah, and that's why D5300's viewfinder is really bad. As I mentioned before, 7D pentaprism viewfinder was really good. It worked well and i was photographing a wedding, so I spent many hours working with it. ​D7200 would be a beast, but I believe that initial price point will be really high. And to be honest: 4K would be nice, but I would rather have a decent 1080p image than 4K with moire and aliasing

​​No, it does not (in manual mode). You can change aperture in live view only in Aperture Priority Mode. ​I haven't checked deeply A5100, but it looks like the movie features are exactly the same, although A5100 has XAVC-S. So I played with D5300 and A6000 in the store. They didn't have A7, though. D5300 didn't have a battery nor it was connected to the power. So, I only "played" with it in terms of ergonomics, handling and viewfinder. Overall its okay, the weight is fine. However, optical viewfinder is just terrible. Its really small and it is hard to tell the focus from it. I had D5300 in one hand and A6000 in second, and A6000's OLED EVF is way, way better. Brighter, bigger and sharper. So unfortunately, I won't buy a D5300. Stills quality is great, movies are better than on Sony A7/A6000, but I can't stand using that viewfinder. I worked last year with Canon 7D and OVF was better.

Congratulations, buddy! Looking forward to seeing videos taken with your freshly purchased D5300 So rumors about D5500 were true: http://www.nikonusa.com/en/Nikon-Products/Product/dslr-cameras/D5500.html?cid=web-0115-dslr Differences between D5500 and D5300 in terms of video at first glance: D5500 video iso range up to 25 600 (in D5300 max 12 800)flat image profileSelectable Audio Frequency Range "wide/voice" - although no word yet if we can adjust audio gain during video recordingbuilt-in interval for timelapsetouchscreen + touchscreen AF"improved" AF in live viewcamera settings can be adjusted with phone/tablet (on D5300 you can just take photo and import it) - but still no video recording through Wi-Filighterbetter battery lifeI also found handy guide for Nikon DSLRs describing video functions: http://cdn-4.nikon-cdn.com/en_INC/o/xFKjr_r3s2Xw1N_-UjTHd2PQf24/PDF/DSLR_Video_Features_Guide_en.pdf

​In my thougts I was pointing to A7 and A6000 ​It looks like there aren't the perfect camera. Or, there is a perfect camera for YOU. That's the tricky part. I watched dozens of videos about A6000, A7 and D5300 in the the last days. I started to like D5300 image, it looks better for me, especially in wide scenes with many details. I'm going to check D5300 in the shop, but also try once again A6000 and maybe A7 if I will find it