I thought these were amazing the first time I saw it, helped solidify my choice for the gh13. Even tho most dont have the lenes it nice to know the potential is there.
I love to hear a breakdown about what was done with the lighting.
Lots of details there, but as far as lighting goes I just used one of my Coollights 150w HMI's (My other's ballast is missing. So sad) and a fake Dinova or something wanna-be Diva Fluo Light.
The rest is bounce and natural light.
As far as lenses: There are very good SLR lens choices. Of them I'd say Contax Zeiss and Canon FDs. I don't feel like they get close to the S4i's in certain areas, such as distortion correction, color reproduction and especially highlight rolloff and flare control, but they are still excellent alternatives.