Panasonic will now be offering the body only for $999 MSRP in Canada ($1,699 with kit 14-140mm lens). AF speed is supposedly just .0099s and the GH2 can do continuous AF at 5fps.
http://www.dpreview.com/previews/panasonicdmcgh2/
http://www.dpreview.com/previews/panasonicdmcgh2/