Hey Unik,
Overall its a very nice unit.

Low light is only slightly if any better than the FX1

Color reproduction seems much more accurate but I also still work the image in post just as much as before so its not saving me any time there.

Wide Angle of the stock lens is AWESOME and the 20x is also really nice.

The Screen is UNREAL!!!!!!

The casing and layout is similar to the FX1 but also has its differences. If I had to say which one I liked best it would be the FX1000 but by a small amount only.

The grain on the 1000 is more noticeable at higher DB's but not by much.

I really like the camera so please dont take this the wrong way but if you have FX1's or Z1u's I honestly wouldnt be rushing out to swap them.

Our plan was to replace one of our Z1us with another FX1000 if we liked the one we got but we have decided that its not worth the cost it would cost us to swap at this point in time.

Keep in mind also that I do not shoot with any picture profiles so it is quite possible that I could tweak this thing to be better than it is and maybe alter my opinion slightly.

I am trying to decide to get this fx1000 or an xh-a1... I'd like to see some 'slow motion' shots with the fx1000

I replaced our XHA1 with the FX1000. My vote goes to the 1000 hands down.
As far as slow motion clips from the 1000 they are strewn all throughout this piece.
If you are looking for the CMOS rolling shutter effect for flashes and fast movement.
IT DOES EXISTS!!!! This is an attribute of the rolling shutter so it will exist on any camera that has this type shutter.

My take on the rolling shutter is that its no big deal. I gaurantee a client will not ever notice anything.

how it works for sports? picture is great, but how it handles the focus?

Dont do sports videos. Auto Focus is just like every other HD camera. It can be ok if you have decent seperation between your subject and background but it can also backfocus at times!!
We shoot full manual focus so I cant speak to heavily on all scenarios of Auto Focus.

mattewsyoutubeschannel: "It is funny you mention sports, i attend a snowboard academy, and use this camera everyday, it works very well in slow motion, it is pretty much the most surperb camera, but as putting it in slow motion in final cut, you will have to cut it up into 3 different parts if you make it slow motion. And as for the progressive scan , it works well with high speed shots."

maybe someone else will be interested...