External boom microphone for NEX-6 shipping mid-March (ECM-XYST1M): $159

While I definitely agree that's a welcome addition to the NEX accessory lineup I think I'll stay with the H1 and manual syncing. The reason being, where audio matters to me most is when I shoot live gigs - and in these situations I really appreciate uncompressed wav. That's because I always do some audio pp (mainly eq) and I don't want to deal with lossy audio there. If I recall correctly, audio in NEX's mp4 (and I prefer mp4 to avchd because it's easier to edit) is something like 128kbps.

Having said that, I'm sure the majority of NEX video shooters will find the new mic very useful. Manual syncing is not on option when dealing with dozens of clips. Just wanted to bring another (marginal case) angle to the discussion.