Thanks for the thoughts, Tom. I’d love to upgrade my camera, and depending upon repair estimate I might just.
In the intervening centuries since 2007, last Fall I acquired a GH1 and its 720@30p is quite stunning. Just shot a short doc with it in the field and apart from certain ergonomic issues, it outdid the 200. With what I could get for a used HVX200 kit (w/ Century lens attachments, Firestore FS-100, Ellipz, 6 cards, etc.) the time might be right— even for the HPX170 which would be a step up!