true 1080 60p would be not so bad! The question is if they can fix their color/gamma issue. I guess Panasonic has to rework its color math from scratch.

Cool if the double SDXC slots in true!

@disneytoy

1 yes

5 yes

6 no

To get me personally to buy a AF-200 for $5000 it would have to have:

-4:2:2 10-bit color

-60fps at the least (96fps preferable) over-cranking

-100mb/s Intra frame

It may sound crazy to some... but this really isn't that technically difficult. It may be in terms of marketing... but tough luck Panasonic. You and the other big guys dug yourselves into this hole with all that product tearing over the last 10 years. It's going to take allot to get people to justify "professional" gear again. Time to step it up!

A GH3 (or GH2 rev.) >= 96fps, I would buy in a heartbeat. Otherwise, I'm with @zigizigi and @apriori. Global shutter, greater latitude, 4:2:2, would be great but I would probably just add another GH2 to the mix, especially if the price keeps coming down.

Patience is not really my strongest attribute :) Waiting is tempting, but you start thinking 6 months until it launches, maybe hard to get for a few months. Without being hacked it's unlikely to hit GH2 encoding standards out of the box, so maybe a longer wait then. Could be a year of waiting all of a sudden.

May be best to bite the bullet, get a camera now, and see where things are in a years time :)

Thanks :) Alas I only make short films as a hobby, never as a paying gig. But then maybe a camera such as a GH2 would help me get paid work :)

How likely is it the GH3 will be as hackable as the GH2? As someone looking to buy a new camera for filming, the GH2 has really caught my eye, so the question becomes Buy Now or Wait.

The only thing I think is highly likely to improve on the GH3 is the screen/EVF, and obviously an AVCHD upgrade to include 60fps at 1080p. The NEX cameras sit right in GH3 territory, and they have some VERY nice viewfinders. My guess is, Panasonic will certainly be improving theirs on the GH3. Honestly, its so up in the air until it actually comes out. With hacking, so much depends on the sensor. The GH2's sensor luckily is KILLER for video work, but who knows if the GH3 sensor will still be as good. You never know if some little thing will change that could mess things up.

Peeking Baby! How about not just a better 3" display, but removable and you can mount it on the top like a red.,

My wishlist for GH3: 1) 4:2:2 2) Headphone monitoring jack. 3) Metal body (something like GX1) 5) Remote control, for focus, zoom, record etc ... 6) 50Mbps as standard in HBR 25p ... These are the basic ones :-)

re: the hdmi, Nikon already has it in a far more expensive camera.. So introducing a clean signal would be an easy way to be very competitive.

However, what would really blow many out of the water would be a) if gh series is given a lift in terms of price - intended market (and specs upped accordingly) and b) if panny introduce a way to record raw video from their sensors and release their own recorder (an optional extension for gh and camcorder series). Such a recorder wouldn't have to be cheap and would lead people to invest in panasonic long term.

Making the camera easily syncable would be absolutely massive.

The hacked GH2 is such a marvel that Panny would have to implement some mind-blowing upgrades in the GH3 to make it a 'must buy' purchase for me. Given that we're unlikely to see any major changes, I'm more apt to invest in multiple GH2 bodies than a new GH3. That said, including 4:2:2 8-bit, picture profile editing, clean HDMI-out, a more robust, weather-sealed body and disabling AGC would certainly tempt me.

Although this may be technically unfeasible, I'd like to see the 1:1 crop mode evolve into a degradation-free, in-body zoom mode by including more cropping options (i.e., 2X, 4X, 6X...). Assuming I'm not entirely off-base, this could allow ultrawide lenses to function as macros without IQ compromises. Regarding peripherals, I'd like Panny to release a professional remote control solution, as I don't find the current third party options very appealing. And how about compatibility with non-proprietary batteries?

More than camera bodies, I feel professional glass should be Panny's biggest priority. Canon can afford to release underwhelming camera body updates at slow intervals given how heavily invested their customers are in their glass. Panasonic should embrace their video-centric customer base by pioneering a new line of prosumer cine-style lenses, unique to the m43 format. I'd also love to see a refreshed version of the LA7200 anamorphic adapter, and a wider variety of ultrawide primes.