wgtwo

Interesting. Does the downscale to 1080p need any particular specific method or can you just go into Premiere, set the timeline to 1080p and scale the footage to fit?

I would rather downscale when converting to ProRes before importing into my NLE. Then if I need to crop anything I can go back and bring in full-res footage. Better performance this way.

Any idea how it compares to: a) Blackmagic and b ) C100?

You should put pricing next to each camera for those of us who have not memorized it.

Also, how about entries for the C100 and C500 without an external recorder?

Yeah, the image circle is probably big enough. I've put a Sigma 18-35mm on a 5D2... 18mm is tunnel vision, but at 35mm it almost covers fullframe.

I take it you don't have a M4/3 camera and speed booster? What I'd like to see is samples, and to get an indication of what the widest usable focal length would be.

EDIT: I did some math, using a full frame 18mm still, and technically, coverage should be fine for GH3 video. However, based on the same test, the GH2's 16:9 should be fine too, so I'm not really sure what to believe.

I too, would love to know how this performs on the larger sensor of a GH3.