I may be biased owning a DII, but I am not so alarmed by the MagicCam at this point. CMOS sensor w/ the jello effect and the 4/3rd sensor really would inhibit me in how I use my camera as the type of tool I want to use it as. It would make as a great second camera for stationary shots, but I am not that plush in the wallet for extra cameras at this point. And not to sound like some type of purist or "artsy hipster," but I prefer the magic that comes from lenses like the super speeds and ultra 16s that on the wide end, which would most likely vignette on the MagicCam w/ its 4/3rd sensor as the Panasonic GH2 has this same problem when utilizing wider 16mm lenses. There is the Weisscam T 16mm cam that just came out that can shoot up to 350fps I believe which in all due honesty is probably everything the A-Cam DII is, yet with incredible high speed. But I'm guessing from a quote I got from Weisscam about a year ago, that the euro price would amount to around $45,000. I'm sure the digital bolex is what scares Ikonoskop the most, but will just have to see about that since it really is just a security camera in duffel bag at this point. Whatever happens in the future, it is what it is situation. I have "the tool," I need now w/ every feature I want w/ a digital 16mm camera. I will have no regrets either way what happens down the line, be it a digital bolex or a Chinese Kineraw 16mm digital camera. I love the DII as many others do, and although this is besides the point, I take pride that my camera was not mass produced on an assembly line whose workers were being paid cents on the dollar, but built to order by film makers in Sweden, of whom I really respect in the realm of the cinema and documentaries that they produce.
