Which affordable Nikon DSLR for video with manual focus Nikkor?

[darkosaric]

I am looking for some Nikon DSLR that can make video with manual focus Nikkors, with option to chose F stop, and fps. Looking for 1080p, no need for 4K, I will be shooting at 24fps, wide open most of the time (f1.4 - f2.8). Light will be controlled (indoor most of the time).
I see Nikon D500 is a good option, but is there something more affordable that will fit the requirements?

Thanks,

 

[waynecrider]

You could get a Sony A6000 for about $500 with in body stablization and a kit lens and buy an adapter for your nikon lenses. You could also go up in the model line that have more features.

 

[George Mann]

How much are you looking to spend?

 

[darkosaric]

Around 300-500 euros

 

[George Mann]

In your price range, the D7200 is the most recent body that is compatible with manual focus lenses.

Edit: The older full-frame D610 can be bought for less, and still meets your criterias.

 

[darkosaric]

Thanks George, I do lean more to full frame, I do have D700, beautiful camera but for stills only.

 

[darkosaric]

On the end I got D600, and all is great except one thing: auto focus on movie mode is slow, it must be something with the settings that I am missing.
In still picture mode - it focus very fast. Does somebody know which are recommended focus settings for nikon in movie mode?
What I do is: aperture priority settings, put f stop to 1.8, get live view on, half press to get focus (this takes long time - like 5 sec, one person in the middle, 50mm AF-D f1.8 lens, with 85mm f1.8 AF even longer), then press record. Video settings is 1080p 24fps.

Or this is normal, so slow focus (and I should stick to manual focus)?

Thanks!