Hi lettherightlensin
Let me pick up on a couple of points you critique...
Comparable cost.. from the same starting point.. what BMD takes canon batteries out of the box sorry?
Workable AF... I wouldn't know. I never use AF for video. I was speaking about all these photographers who think 'how hard can video be, I think i'll call myself a dop this week, oh, MF?'
ML interface... the intervalometer on the M is absolute pain, the audio on the 60d an absolute pain.
Journalist camera... where did I say print journalist? What newspapers have video in their printed copy? C'mon man.
XLR audio adaptors.. my tascam dr-60d does a good job, and crucially gives me a duplicate recording (with dual mono audio at different levels, very useful) but... its an extra box to carry, assemble, connect (connects can go wrong, so fewer the better) hit record on, forget to hit SLATE on (rather than say one integrated file) and carry a half kilo of AA's around with you... I use them, and the tascam is better than the beachteks I used to use.. but still a right royal pain the ash, give me designed in pro audio anyday.
Focus peaking as standard... ok, let canon add it. Happy now? Great for those slow aperture kit lenses with the tiny quarter turn undeamprned focus ring that you need tweasers to grasp. I suppose much like ECF and A-DEP, folk don't actually ave to use it, so, yeah, put it in.