Does anyone actually use the iA function? I find it an ugly button. ;-)

It now seems that after all the reshuffling of the models and features, Panasonic has finally a better line-up:

GH series: full featured professionel with EVF and newest sensor.

G series: full featured with EVF and last year's sensor.

GF series: entry level compact with last year's sensor.

But where should the GX series be? A full featured professional compact with newest sensor? Would be cool to just have a GH3 (with mic in, headphones out) without the EVF in a compact body.

I wonder how GH3 users feel now.. they paid much more for sealed body (not a top priority for many) and a better dynamic range, but no focus peaking, evident moirè, uneasy i/o on the lcd pivoting side, bigger sensor crop, no zoom rocker. Was it worth the extra money?

@firstbase they look like the back of sooo many cameras.. LCD on the left, cross buttons/wheel on the right and single buttons around. Many models have this scheme.

The back of this camera looks amazingly like the back of the BMPCC:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81IBfmgu%2B%2BL.__SL1500_.jpg

BMPCC:

http://cdn3.sbnation.com/entry_photo_images/7995579/blackmagic_nab_201310_1020_medium.jpg

@RRRR It is $750 with the 14-42mm on Amazon.

So, other than the fact that it will need time to hack, are there other things we'd give up beyond those mentioned in the list by @MarcioK?

It would be great if someone (that is not me :) were willing to spend some time on a chart comparing the GH2, G6 and GH3 features.

And what is the U.S. pricing for the body only package looking like? I noticed $958 in one of the above links for a kit with the 14-42. (EDIT: @Muddmanrich Shows Amazon at $750).

i hope Pany give us focus peaking in our GH3 !!!! I cant believe them…. they lie all the time! They told us , that they can't put it in their best camera…. and now a smaller model has it .

This one sparked my interest, a lot. Since I'm only a hobbiyst, the GH3 was already overkill (specially in price for me) to replace my GH2, but this one have a lot of things that I liked:

• Bigger handgrip without adding a lot of bulk in the overall camera size - I have big hands and the handling of the GH2 is sometimes tricky, especially taking photos.
• Focus peaking - I love to shoot with old lenses, and even being able to achieve good focus with the GH2 EVF, this is a very welcome addition.
• Improved EVF and LCD (OLED, in this case);
• Wi-Fi and NFC: not killer features (especially for video work - except if you plan to use an Android tablet as monitor :) ), but is sometimes useful to fast send a picture;
• More processing power and better buffer flush speed;
• More Fn buttons - hope that they are customizable.
• Same bitrate as the stock GH2 - hope that it have the same video quality;

Dislikes:

• Since it has the GH2 sensor, WHY not mantain the multi-aspect feature?
• The zoom rocker on the top - ok, it's a consumer oriented camera, but since (as i remember) all the m43 powered zooms already have a zoom rocker, looks like a waste of space (or there are more powered zooms in the future);
• Gone (compared to the GH2) are the drive mode, focus mode and focus point dials. Huge letdown. Probably could be mapped to the Fn buttons, but I always prefer dials;
• The mics looks smaller than GH2's (a complaint that I have with the GH3 too). Yeah, you could attach an external mike, but one of the things that I like to record are live concerts, and the GH2 mics are remarkably good (better than the ones in my Zoom H1), always clear and without distortion - but I know that it is a personal complaint;
• Don't know yet if Vitaly can work his magic in this one. :) The GH2 stock image was remarkably good, but hacked it becomes a beast.

Will wait the reviews, maybe could be my GH2 replacement (photo quality is a issue for me too, I use the GH2 to photograph the concerts that I go - sometimes working for the concert promoters). But the focus mode and focus point missing dials could be the deal breaker.

What about battery? Same as GH3's?

Seems be a good camera, but its very ugly, what happened Panasonic?

Other than the eyesore butt ugly strap lugs, very nice.

They are much more confortable comparing to GH2 and GH3 crap.