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We actually ended up getting 2 Z7's through glimmer's Sony connection. We have our first shoot this weekend (a local scholarship pageant) and we went to the dress rehearsal tonight with our cameras. We both shot between 15 and 20 minutes of test footage and I just got a chance to look at it. I hooked up the camera to one of our 20" LG flat panels via HDMI and I have to say that I'm very impressed. I also thought the camera held up very well regarding the auto focus (I know some have said it's not very reliable). Of course, the limited amount of video we got tonight is no real test to how the camera will really perform over time. But, the auto focus did a really good job simply based on what little we shot. The girls in the pageant actually walk out onto a peice of the stage that protrudes neary 20 feet (like a runway) and I always shoot that from the side. Our DVX100's always struggled staying focused on them as they walked out and then returned to the stage. There's a doorway that's partially lit in the background as well and the Z7 didn't seem to waver one time. The house lights are pretty much completely off but the stage has lights and a spotlight is on all the time. The footage I've looked at is really good, with the blacks being rich (no signs of grain when using the Zebra to adjust the iris) and the color reproduction appears to be stunning. Our Pannys never could reproduce a true purple but one of the dresses a contestant was wearing was purple and the Sony did an outstanding job with it. We haven't ordered CF cards yet, as our current editing systems don't support them. But we will be getting the new S4000 units from Macrosystem soon and they will provide much needed features that everyone has come to expect in a video editing systems including the use of external hard drives, including the USB card readers. I feel that's really when the benefits of this camera will pay off, especially for Same Day Edits. 
