I can shoot high-quality audio & video in-camera and with confidence if there are VU or audio peaking indicators on the camera's built-in LCD screen.
I guess it all depends on how they implement it.
Personally, I think there's very little point having audio meters, if you need to enter the menu to adjust the volume using those HORRIBLE level controls (it's so hard to easily adjust the level by single increments).
I'd much rather attach an external mixer/pre-amp to the camera, than have to use the touch screen to adjust levels if I'm running solo.
Don't get me wrong... I think it would be AMAZING to have meters - and from what I've heard, this functionality is coming VERY soon - but from a practical point of view, for me at least, I use the meters (via UltraScope) initially to set the gain structure for an external device, and then leave the camera's audio menu alone.
If the camera had the ability to quickly and easily adjust levels on the fly - without any of the current "clicks" when you adjust the Mic Level gain - then I would feel completely different about the matter. But at the moment, you can't really adjust the audio "on the fly", and if you're operating solo, clicking the touch screen mid-shot is pretty impractical anyway.
So again, I think it would be extremely handy to have this functionality, and I'm positive it's coming soon - but if I had a choice, I'd rather they remove the "automatically switch from Mic to Line Level when signal is too hot" - and a bunch of other annoyances first. It's just a matter of priority I guess!
If they do release meters in the next firmware, I just really hope you'll be able to view them via the SDI output overlays!
But I would still trade it for " per clip deletion" since a 480GB SSD is not enough for re shoots etc, and Many EVF's and Monitors have VU meters built in, or third party mixers.
Personally... I wouldn't. Almost everyone will probably disagree with me, but I actually really like the fact that you can't format or delete clips on the camera. It makes it idiot proof.
Auto-focus is might biggest wish. I wonder if we'll ever see it?