Reviews, Etc (E-PL2, GH2, D7000, P7000, EX1/TL500, NX11, etc)

Welcome to a new edition of "Reviews, Etc", the artist formerly known as "Review Train". As usual, for lens reviews, be sure to check the dedicated and shockingly still disciplined Lens Reviews mini-hive.

Curious about how the new Olympus E-PL2 performs in the hands of a real-world working photographer? Visual Science Labs has began a series of posts on this new camera, first first impressions and then a sample portrait. Stay tuned to VSL for more.

The Rodney Dangerfield of compacts-with-RAW, the Samsung EX1/TL500 has a new review out at Register Hardware.

If you are one of the eleven photographers interested in the new Samsung NX11, What Digital Camera has posted a short hands-on first impressions.

The Nikon D7000 action continues, this time a new hands-on report is out at Neutral Day.

On the other side of the alphabet, the Nikon Coolpix P7000 has a new review at DC Resource which has also updated their review schedule.

If you are a fan of the review-entertainment genre, there is an 8-minute video on the Panasonic GH2 at Digital Rev.

Tests
+ Panasonic GH2 magnified focus with legacy lenses at m43photo
+ Mamiya lens on Sony NEX VG-10 at American Peyote (via SAN)

Lightning Round
+ Sony WX5 at Cameras UK
+ Olympus Tough 6020 at Cameras UK
+ Nikon Coolpix S5100 at Pocket Lint
+ hands-on with the Fuji XP30 at Pocket Lint
+ Fuji XP10 at Cameras UK

Beyond cameras
+ Epson Stylus R3000 at Photo Radars
+ Photokit Sharpner 2 at Luminous
+ Rode Video Mic Pro hands-on at Bloom

From the Readers flickr pool
+ today's theme: animals
+ "Sleepy" by DezignHorizon
+ "drinking goose" by Tilman_Paulin
+ "brokeback" by HobbitMick
+ "out for a stroll" by Heidi_Rae22
+ "Mommy wait for me" by Bill Beebe
+ "Putter of Distelvink (Carduelis carduelis)" by George Ino
+ "One Happy Dog" by hbp_pix
+ check and/or join the flickr pool