If its going to have uncompressed output... then 6k is not that unreasonable. Looks like nikon is going to get my red scarlet money I've been saving.

The leaked spec of this camera look good if it holds true. pixel to pixel 1080p and smooth aperture in video mode sound good. Whether it be D4, D800, or Canon 1Dx, it is time to start saving.

How about spending $5,000 worth of lights!

@BrianLuce For people that are mainly shooting things close to them or can spend a lot of time setting up, lighting can be such a huge boon. But I`m often shooting things a mile or away or shooting night landscapes or interviewing in less than ideal surroundings where I can`t draw any attention. Lighting budgets don`t help those things so you have to find other solutions.

Although the specs on the camera may well prove to be correct, this press release seems a bit odd. There is a similar press release from the same source (Greg Tarr, who works for twice.com not IPTC) about the fuji X-pro1, dated and written in the same way. These releases are probably drafts or fakes, based on the speculation from rumour sites, which have been written early so they can be quickly edited and sent out once the camera is officially released. I wouldn't read too much into this.
Edit: Forgot to mention, releasing press release like this with fanboy wish lists can sometimes drive up share price... maybe thats why it's on wells fargo investments page?

The video section will record pixel-for-pixel Full-HD 1080p resolution with selections for 30p and 24p frame rates in this iteration, and 720p at up to 60p for slow-motion work. The camera now includes support for the H.264 B frame compression scheme

Via: https://wellsfargoadvisors.mworld.com/m/m.w?lp=GetStory&id=587442381

Most probably compression chip is the same as D7000 and other cameras.

"HDMI output enabling output of uncompressed video" - What this exactly means?
( https://wellsfargoadvisors.mworld.com/m/m.w?lp=GetStory&id=587442381 )

I think what @BrianLuce said in response to my comments is fair. If we look at the last generation of Canon and Nikon`s top of the line DSLRs, the video was not a headlining feature but the ISO performance was. These cameras get used a ton for journalism, sports photography, street photography, etc. and so even a "decent" video mode on them can be very useful if they at least take advantage of the large sensor and ISO combo. @kazuo They don`t have to "excel at video" gnerally to be winners, as long as they can excel in that specific area.

But that does not mean it will translate into great resolving power in the video (which the GH2 excels at) or that you will magically have "cinematic lighitng", and there are many situations where another camera might be a better choice for reasons of price or other feautres.

For the work I do, it`s 95% on location and available light only, and almost all of it at sunrise, sunset, twilight or at night. I take advantage of silhouettes, I make the most of "an edgy look" and I switch to black and white when I need to, to get the shot. Judging from a lot of the pictures and videos I`ve seen, I`m far from alone.

It seems that the rumored Nikon D4 is finally confirmed http://nikonrumors.com/2012/01/05/ni...px/#more-29976 . It has been published I think 1 day too soon. On the video it translate like this

full hd format in h.624, many framerate nd with some first like (entry in line, headphone, sound monitoring and vumeter, uncompressed hdmi that can e use by external recorder(or clean that can be recorded), transition to black...

I don't know if the h.624 is not a typing error. Lets see what Nikon has for us. Apparently they have been investing in a big motorcycle advert in Chicago city center, where the emphasis was a lot on video.

@danyyyel Hmm, that link didn't work when I clicked it. Was there a typo or did they take it down really quickly?

@danyyyel That one worked, thanks.

@rockroadpix No problem. :)

@brianluce That made me smile. :)

No, but part of what I do is interviews with homeless people, some reportage work (police, natural disasters, etc.) and a lot of landscape and nature photography. I've had interviews interrupted by the sound of 5 consecutive gunshots and I've had to use my camera and telephoto lens in combination to check for a dead body. In that instance it turned out to be a suicide as opposed to gang violence, one of 5 or 6 in the last year on that block.

I've done interviews in areas that were surrounded by violent hard drug users (where the interview had to be conducted at low volume and with an ear for footsteps) and I've had people threaten to break my equipment. In one lower intensity situation, I had to call the police.

In all that time, I've only ever had to "book it" fast enough that equipment broke once, and luckily it was inexpensive equipment.