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Also one other thing that might be worth checking out for your new A65 for video are the extremely cheap minolta power zoom lenses from the 80's. I have the 100-300 and that stabilized at 300mm handheld on A55 gives surprising results. They go for next to nothing because nobody wants them but could be quit useful for video (except they are noisy) :)

Though I don't know specifically which lilliput you are using (features etc) the Sony CLM-V55 is one of the most suitable monitors around. It gives focus peaking and 1:1 view (and in video do we really need more than 1:1), runs off battery packs, allows audio monitoring through headphone socket and has the same resolution as most 7" and 8" displays in a 5" which gives greater pixel density and makes the monitor a bit smaller but still a good size. Anyway, not saying get rid of the lilliput, just for anyone else that might be looking.

Hi Andrew, thanks for your information on video with the A65, I was quite put off by the 'electronic stabalisation' that Sony used over the 'sensor shift' stabalisation used in the A55, even though the A55 overheats very easily it did mean there was no change in crop factor and was also very effective. In the A65 do yopu know what the actual crop factor is during video? Is it 2x like the 4/3's or is it closer to something like 1.7x? Also I have read that the camera has no way of showing you the crop until you hit record, unless in video mode, making it difficult to compose shots before hitting record? One other thing, in regards to old lenses on the A65 I know that you can pretty much only adapt M42 to A-Mount and still retain focus to infinity, but if I understand correctly you can use glassless adapters for a lot of other mounts without infinite focus (but presumably closer minimum focus distance). I was wondering if you have ever tried this and if so what kind of focasable distances you could manage to get out of different mounts? As you mentioned this camera would work quite well when focusing on actors or interviews so the lack of infinite focus may become less of an issue for such uses, combined with focus aids and stablisation would actually be very useful? If you could get somewhere in the order of about 5m that is...