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Topic: Av very special Nikon D7000 for sale (Read 1323 times)

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December 27, 2012, 05:10:59 PM
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I have two questions:

where can I know more about photo hour?

The auction for directing the next mission is a good place to start:
http://www.bitmit.net/en/item/12200-photo-hour-mission-6-special-lomography-promo

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does this hacked firmware bring any improvement over the original one?

As stated, the very firmware in this camera is the very first proof of concept hack. I doesnt do anything more than the nikon firmware except show that it is hacked in the helptext.

Over at nikonhacker.com the work to understand the nature of the firmware code is going on. For now there is a usefull hack for the D5100 to bring uncompressed raw-files and some more usefull stuff. More for the D7000 and other nikon DSLR:s are coming as more reverse engineering is done.
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December 27, 2012, 10:19:26 AM
#2
I have two questions:

where can I know more about photo hour?

does this hacked firmware bring any improvement over the original one?

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December 27, 2012, 09:19:27 AM
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I'm a bitcoin fan and user, a photographer and sometimes a bit of a computer wiz. For the bitcoin community im propobly more known as Photo Hour, the bitcoin art project i am running. I have gotten myself a new camera (or actually a few) and was going to put my D7000 up for grabs on ebay. However I think ill give you guys a chance to get it first, i would like it to stay in the bitcoin community if possible.

The story about the camera:
There are two thinks that make this camera unique.
  • I have used it to shoot the very first 5 missions of Photo Hour - a bitcoin art project. Thus its been used to dokument the interests and ideas of people from the bitcoin community
  • It was the very first nikon D7000 (and any Nikon DSLR since the D70, i think) to have a hacked firmware installed in it. After Simeon Pilgrim cracked Nikons crypto, me and and friend at Kungsholmens Kameraklubb solved the riddle of the checksums and managed to modify and insert a hacked firmware into the camera. It doesnt do much different from the original firmware, but can show a text that sais its hacked as a proof of concept should do.

If it was an ordinary well used D7000 it would sell for Bc45-50 on the second had Swedish market. On ebay it would probably fetch more since it's the first hacked ever, how much is however impossible to say. If someone here want's to give me a nice bid, ill be happy to let it stay in the bitcoin community.

The camera itself is working well but its also well used. One can see this by some colour being worn off and that the rubber on the grip is getting worne. Nothing that hampers the usability of it though.

If you are interested give me a bid in this thread or send me an email to [email protected]. If no one here wants it it will go to ebay as the year turns.
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