Lack of wide angle lenses. EF mount plus crop factor is a major weakness

1. 30fps maximum only, many like 60fps now, and 120fps becomes new standard for pro cameras already I acknowledge it would be nice .. slow motion is not the deal breaker for me

Its not just about slow motion. From what my experience is 50/60frames a second vastly reduces rolling shutter and strobing when you are panning the camera. My older Tm700 at 50p has far less rolling shutter than the Gh2 has at say 24P...and the Gh2's rolling shutter/ srobing decreases dramatically at the 720P on 50 or 60 Fps settings. To me anyway not having 50/60 frames a second at 1080p is now a deal breaker with digital cameras, and for me it's totally necessary unless I plan to pan very slow or do practically no panning at all. YMMV tho

Thunderbolt to HDMI i think will work only to get HDMI out from computer (Mac) as it is support inside. I doubt you can get HDMI out from any Thunderbolt if there is not hardware support inside (camera). I can't exactly Thunderbolt protocol, but i know that this supports speeds up to 10 Gbit/s of data ... So if there is support within camera hardware to push video data out, than is needed a special convertor to get out HDMI from "Thunderbolt" port. There might be some convertor "Thunderbolt" to USB 3.0 (6Gbit/s), don't know if there is any ... Maybe someone can explain how this works when used for video ... ?!

Just seems to me that this cam is not that well thought out. I mean, it should have HDMI, plain and simple. But we will see :)

@kavadni

thanks for the link, i have the old version of the sdi to hdmi but didn't realize BM made battery powered units. That's certainly a better solution than finding AC power.

hasn't there been talk of a simple thunderbolt to hdmi cable?

Yep, some mentioning by members.
But I am afraid that it is not so simple.

My take:

1. No XLRs (despite audio inputs are balanced)

XLR would be better (What I'm used to) .. it's balanced so that's good and EBU switchable. I prefer 6.5mm to 2.5mm that I have now

2. No phantom power on audio input. Not good for condenser mikes.

This is a bummer .. that said .. 95% of time I have a mixer on set or record dual system.

3. 30fps maximum only, many like 60fps now, and 120fps becomes new standard for pro cameras already

I acknowledge it would be nice .. slow motion is not the deal breaker for me

4. Uncompressed only option for RAW requiring big investments

Perhaps, personally my computer, post equipment will handle it.

5. SSD connectors are completely unsuitable for frequent insertion

This I shall have to read on, I need number of insertion rating

6. Long and complicated RAW workflow

Personally I don't see it as complex .. I am AVID based for me it will become: offline @ DNxHD 36Mbits .. online and grade within AVID @ 220Mbits .. if shot compressed Or: offline @ DNxHD 36Mbits .. grade and master in Resolve if shot RAW .. I acknowledge I haven't proven the 'export AVID sequence to Resolve' bit works

7. Required investments in backup solutions due to big file sizes

Yes .. This trend will not ever stop .. blurays perhaps .. they're about $3 on ebay .. or HDD under $100 for 2 terrabytes. Also the needs grow per project .. and I will incorporate the charge into providing a work workflow

8. Absent HDMI connection, so you need to buy new and much more costly monitor or EVF.

I've been wishing for SDI and an end to HDMI .. this make me happy .. it's a cost .. but it's a better solution.

16mm sensor with EF-mount is a HUGE letdown. The idea of getting one and using some nice 16mm cine lenses was an idea I liked, but with an EF-mount that might not work.

It looks like it should be called the iRaw.