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No one has mentioned Nikkor AI and AI-S primes yet. I have a set of five, cine-modded by Duclos, and I have been pleased with them; first on my GH2, then on my FS100, and finally on my 5D3. I've also had them on a RED Scarlet, and they looked great at 4K. They are compact but well-built, and the lens characteristics match closely across the set. The only downside that I can think of is that the focus ring goes the other way, making a reversible follow focus a necessity. Here's a nice rundown on them by Caleb Pike of DSLRVideoShooter:

Hi forum. This is my development for BMPCC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr-6hdQPlUk

Adorama have just given me official pricing for the GH4. The prices are due to go live at 12.01am March 10th (Monday). Pre-order now to be one of the first to receive the camera in the United States. Shipping date is May. Panasonic GH4 body only (black) with 4K video recording - $1698 Panasonic YAGH interface unit (for 10bit 4K, HD-SDI and XLR audio) - $1998 Panasonic GH4 with YAGH interface unit bundle - $3298  Read the full article here

Adorama pricing a bit steep eh?

Exactly. It's not that the newer resolution technology is getting in the way of creating stills, the style between the disciplines is the bigger issue. Personally, I foresee "still-lifting" as a supplemental tool. Useful when appropriate. The way I shoot documentary montage sequences doesn't lend itself to great photos, but the way I film certainly works in the editing booth. I also agree that someone will create a hybrid style that does do both at the same time and will do it very well. It'll happen sooner rather than later.

As I put in my articles, yes you can take 10bit 4:2:2 over the HDMI output. It's HD only.   All the info is here if you wanna read...   http://www.eoshd.com/content/tag/panasonic-gh4

full frame lenses, cropped by a aps-c or m4/3 sensor will deliver far greater image quality over the entire frame than a lens specifically designed for the smaller sensors. this is one of the advantages of using a smaller sensor. for the same reason i've had to resort to using hasslebald and shcneider medium format lenses on the A7R (full frame sensor) since i find very few full frame lenses can deliver right to the edge when open any more than f8. using my 80mm planar hassleblad lens at f2.8 on the a7r is sharper at the edges than my 85mm sonnar (full frame lens) is at f8!

Talk ideas? Hmm. Wish I'd thought of that ... Anyway, enough of that stuff - for good. As I've said, you're very welcome over at CreativCrit whenever you feel like it.

The image from this lens can be sexy if you're stopped down enough (usually 5.6 is where it comes good), I've never götten (heh) low light out of it, since you have to be stopped down so far and the glass itself sucks up some light. I was running around with it yesterday and threw this together, very shaky (not as good as Hugo's), but you can get the gist of what it's capable of.

Shot this last weekend with same lens.