Man this is the present and future of the Indie market. I don't see much negative about it, provided there are no technical issues with the device. It's pretty much 95% of what most of us want, except for high frame rates. We don't even have to wait long to see what the real deal is since they will be shipping this summer. Fun times ahead.

@jfro 120Mb/s prores will suffice just fine when you don't need to push the grade a lot / don't need absolute maximum of latitude from the camera.. Remember, AVCintra100 is 100Mb/s. Good codec for fast jobs / fast workflow. Storage takes a hit in comparison to moderate gh2 hacks, but then you can always make priority for things as they are necessary / overkill.

since there is no viewfinder but a (big)screen, wonder how long the battery life would be...imagine not that long...

@Fulgencio As I have the Hyperdeck Studio and Shuttle, I already have 3 x 120GB SSD, I get about 5hours and 40 minutes total in DNX codec .. the drives are down to about $200 each in AU. Uncompressed I get about 36 minutes total on the 3 drives, I assume RAW is same size as the uncompressed

I´m mostly a Post-production guy doing 2D/3D animation and video composting, i been using the Nex 5n for small projects and i love it, but this is for me a dream camera, i don´t care too much how is looks (personally i kind of like it), but in studio production for green screen the 12bit Raw at 2.5k is invaluable, is in no way a run & gun camera, is like the old days of filming, every scene must be planned. By the footage i see no moire or heavy aliasing, this is a very good thing. Using the nex 5n in semi professional works, so, i feel very confident in the use of touch screen for video work.

Negative: -The Battery, is totally dumb

-Is nice to have a beautiful touch screen but the grassy monitor does not help too much for focus.

-I´m a Mac user, but Thunderbolt only... ummmm, i don´t know.

What could be added:

-Some type of Viewfinder (HDMI for external monitoring could help here)

-at least 3 user configurable buttons for faster access, as iso, shutter, aperture, etc.. (ex. nex 7)

-Replaceable battery (please this too basic) or a battery grip.

-Higher fps, at least 60p

-Touch magnification as Nex 5n for focus.

My two cents.

@xenogears battery grip is a great idea,

@duartix I have plenty of old cards, so I could. I test everything before shooting and once started, I'm not a big fan of change during a shoot. If I had assistant, it would be different, but when I'm doing lighting, wireless audio, and 1-2 camera's, I don't make any changes once rolling. Sometimes I go in field with 1 cam set to high bit rates and 1 cam set to low.

I will admit to be overwhelmed some days with all the improvements being made. Doesn't give a guy much chance to fully test. In a perfect world, (which I gather isn't going to happen on GH2 without card swap) I'd have a 60ish Mb/s low mode and a 140mb/s high mode at 24p.

If the new BM CineCam is all it appears, I will probably be very happy with my 2 gh2's as 2nd/3rd cam and leave 5d mkII to stills only. I am more wanting dynamic range than fps or 4k at this point.

I think it'll live up to the hype and will shoot shallow enuf focus (w/fast lensing) to make people happy. I'm just skeptical of the REAL ship date. I think they'll be swamped with orders. Also heard a rumor the RED army is massing at the BMD border.

I heard 50+ orders in Australia since announced

Probably cost cutting measure? And perhaps the assumption of separate audio. I also noticed it's a bit Mac Centric, which is weird since it looks like FCP isn't really a player any more.

I'm guessing they are counting on people using a preamp or similar and line-in to the camera. (I doubt there is a good built-in preamp) In such circumstances jacks are more or less OK, imo. I would personally record sound separately and line-in for reference / easy sync. That said, I'm pretty sure there will be a syncable sound module sooner or later..

@RRRR yep, it's a great option, but that same option is also available on a PC plus a lot of other NLE's, so I would've thought they'd go that direction.

The Mac Centric thing is no doubt based on their personal experience. They must have some idea of the user base of their customers and potential market. Kind of similar reasoning of going with Canon mount. With the dominance of Canon DSLR it only makes sense. On the indie and lower end that they cater to they made the right decisions.