I'm looking at the AG-HPX250 it's a beast, i'm really tired of worrying bout what i need next with this DSLR cash cow machine companies have created, this has it all, for me. This way i can mix in gh2 material to see how stupid the world really is because they won't be able to see past the TAG shot on "AG-HPX250"

@alcomposer: Sort of. For me, there is only one low-end camera worth having: A Sony FS100! An awesome Super-35 sensor with a native ISO of 800 and big dynamic range. I don't care about no inbuilt ND filters (the Scarlet lacks them too anyway) and sure it is "only" 24mbit/s AVCHD... Until you add a Ninja and then you get 8-bit 4:2:2, which would make it very close to a Canon C300, for about a third of the price.

Oh and today it was announced there will be a firmware upgrade adding all frame rates to it.

@alcomposer,

I hear ya I was just looking at the pro offerings from Panasonic there pretty good, i don't want much....24p progressive, gamma cine curves, 60p, audio jacks and SDI... 422 10bit be nice....thats it...how hard can it be hahah....i will have the GH1 and 2 for a while yet. What do you like about Scarlet X? the last big cameras i worked with were the P2 and super 16..pretty good the P2 material projects very well..this was years ago

We humans sure are funny. I mean come on Panasonic aren't going to give us what we want, they are a business they do whatever is good for business, look at the FZ150, GH2 isn't going to get 25p there isn't going to be a GH3, all the features we want will be spread out over 3 cameras, it's business as usual. Get use to it and stop dreaming. Make the most of GH1/GH2 or invest in a bigger pro cam like the AF100 with features like Nano and SDI out and crank plus progressive or something from Sony and a 16mm setup. I'm almost done with Panasonic. Bullshit.

Panasonic sure is busy with its firmware updates... here on a AVCCam.

"When new firmware is installed on AG-AC160, it can capture and record onto SD memory cards (SDXC/SDHC/SD) in full HD progressive 1080/59.94p or 1080/50p format complying with AVCHD progressive standard. LPCM audio recording is also available while its format is AVCHD progressive." http://cinescopophilia.com/panasonic-ag-ac160-gets-avchd-progressive-firmware-update/

60/50p! on SD cards. Is the GH family next? One can dream. Hopefully waking up to 25p soon as a first step.

@v10tdi that would be great.

"Improved NR(Noise Reduction) in high sensitivity shooting"

...or maybe eliminating the horizontal band that sometimes appears in high ISO shots.

ver. 1.1
New video mode which is suitable for editing video recorded at high bit rate(24Mbps)
New functional option with Power Zoom Lens
([DISP FOCAL LENGTH (Display of Focal Length)], [STEP ZOOM], [ZOOM RESUME], [ZOOM SPEED] and [ZOOM RING]*)
Full area enlargement of AF area setting
Improvement in the speed of consecutive shooting when shot with auto bracket
Increased number of recordable images in consecutive shooting
[EX.TELE CONV. (Extra Tele Conversion)] can be set ON/OFF separately in photo or video recording
More accurate light adjustment of built-in flash
Improvement in the AF performance in video recording
Synchronization of alarm volume for low battery with [BEEP VOLUME]
New [HALF PRESS RELEASE] function
Improved NR(Noise Reduction) in high sensitivity shooting
ON/OFF control of the touch-screen
* Available with LUMIX G X VARIO PZ 45-175mm / F4.0-5.6 ASPH. / POWER O.I.S. only.

http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/dsc/info/update_gh2.html

Firmware is coming out at the begining of december.
http://www.techradar.com/news/photography-video-capture/cameras/panasonic-announces-gh2-firmware-upgrade-1038884

But no HDMI out for recording... :-(

@mrbill

of course there is a gold standard (one for almost anything under the sun) but not every terrestrial station adheres to it as well!

If I were shooting for BBC, and I have, I wouldn't be looking at even a AF102 or FS100. Anyway, they both shoot below 50mbps, unless you record externally

'Actually 24mbps is good enough for most applications, even broadcast although I must admit having seen the quality produced by the hacks, 24 is nothing.'

Actually, it's not - there's a 50mbps 'gold standard' for HD transmission and UK broadcasters, and a pretty restricted list of cameras that broadcasters will allow indies to use. The GH2 isn't on that list, though if VK and Driftwood get to work on the new firmware upgrade, who knows what might happen..

I have 2 others cameras with 25p , now I will cross my finger for the new firmware...
It's nice camera, but unusefull without the 25p in Pal region. :-(

@Micius:
How come you did buy it then?
If you have to intercut with other cams, shoot interlaced, and if your GH2 is the only cam on the project- do a tiny pal speedup.