NikonHacker Brings Magic-Lantern-Style Firmware Hacks to Nikon

NikonHacker Brings Magic-Lantern-Style Firmware Hacks to Nikon

It's no secret that you can hack Canon cameras firmware with 3rd party hackers like Magic Lantern to push higher dynamic range and bitrate. Nikonhacker is looking to bring the same performance to their ecosystem. Their new set of hacks (for 11 cameras) allows you to push  1,080 video at up to 64mbps. While these hacks are still in beta, the results look promising. Their D7000 hack allows you to boost the stock bitrate of 24mbps to a whopping 64mbps. They also have hacks for the entry level D3100, D3200, D5100, and D5200 that allow all of them to output 54+mbps.

Below is their list of available firmware patches along with the changes they'll bring.

D3100
Remove Time Based Video Restrictions
Change Time Based Video Restrictions to 17:28
Non-brand Battery
Liveview Manual Control ISO/Shutter - BETA
Video 1080 36mbps Bitrate - BETA
Video 1080 54mbps Bitrate - BETA
D3200
Non-brand Battery - BETA
Video 1080 36mbps Bitrate - BETA
Video 1080 54mbps Bitrate - BETA
Multi-Langauge Support - BETA
Remove Time Based Video Restrictions - DOES NOT WORK CORRECTLY
D5100
Remove Time Based Video Restrictions
Video 1080 36mbps Bitrate - BETA
Video 1080 54mbps Bitrate - BETA
NEF Compression Off
NEF Compression Lossless
Remove NEF Nikon Star Eater, for Astro folks
NEF Oversampling, IGNORE,its for Astro folks testing - BETA
Jpeg Compression - Quality (vs. Space)
Non-brand Battery
Live View Manual Control ISO/Shutter
Live View HDMI & LCD Clean
D5200
Video 1080 40mbps Bitrate - ALPHA
Video 1080 57mbps Bitrate - ALPHA
D7000
Remove Time Based Video Restrictions
Remove NEF Nikon Star Eater, for Astro folks
Live View HDMI & LCD Clean
Live View No Display Auto Off - BETA
Video 1080 24fps 36mbps Bitrate - BETA
Video 1080 24fps 49mbps Bitrate - BETA
Video 1080 24fps 64mbps Bitrate - BETA
D300s
Remove NEF Nikon Star Eater, for Astro folks
D300
Remove NEF Nikon Star Eater, for Astro folks
D800
Remove Time Based Video Restrictions - BETA
Video 1080 36mbps Bitrate - BETA
Video 1080 54mbps Bitrate - BETA
2 minute Time limit based video - ALPHA
D800E
Video 1080 36mbps Bitrate - BETA
Video 1080 54mbps Bitrate - BETA
D600
Video 1080 36mbps Bitrate - BETA
Video 1080 54mbps Bitrate - BETA
D4
Video 1080 36mbps Bitrate - BETA
Video 1080 54mbps Bitrate - BETA

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