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Interresting thread!
I've fiddled around a bit with the HDCAM systems (I've not shot any major work with it yet) and I can't see why they would require more time in setup than 35mm.
I've been shooting digibeta and those camcorders are not that far from HD camcorders (they have b/w viewfinders too). When I shoot digibeta/DVCAM with a God-setup of reference monitors and vectorscopes I do 55 setups a day on a normal feature film. The exact same thing using an Arri 535 or 435 never takes me beyond 30 setups.
The key to speed is exact representation of the image aquired. Lighting the show is much faster when me and my gaffer can view the exact result through a monitor. Often I just have someone picking up a light and walking around with it on the set until he is in the exact spot and I say stop. I view this through the monitor. Half DP, half audience. When shooting 35mm lighting is more my enterpretation based on theory. It's never exact. And not as fast.
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