It's that time of year when the buying questions start coming in a frenzy. I don't usually publish schedules of what I'm going to do on the Web site, mainly because I rarely meet them ;~). But this year I thought I'd give you a heads up on my likely publishing schedule for a few things is for the holiday season:
- Week of Nov 15: High-end Compact Shootout #2. This will cover the Canon G12, Panasonic LX5, and Nikon P7000. Those of you asking about the S95: the camera is basically the same as the S90 (see my review) but the with the modest imaging/video updates of the G12, so I won't be looking at it separately.
- Week of Nov 22: Mirrorless Compacts: the Olympus E-PL1, Panasonic GF1, Sony NEX5, and Samsung NX100.
- Week of Nov 29: Miscellaneous compacts: Nikon S8100, Fujifilm F300EXR, Ricoh GXR, possibly a couple of others.
I'm prioritizing my D3100 review higher than my D7000 review at this point, so expect it to appear before the D7000 review. Why prioritize the D3100 over the D7000? Because I'm guessing that you'll have a hard time finding a D7000 between now and Christmas, so adding review fuel to the fire isn't going to help anyone at this point. Suffice it to say that the D7000 is an excellent update to the D90 and the D90 was a very good camera. That's either enough to get you in the long order queue for a D7000, or you don't mind waiting. Meanwhile, the D3100 can be found in stores, so it seems that I should make sure people know how good it is or isn't.
It's doubtful you'll see any lens reviews from me before Christmas, though I suppose I might do some short takes. Lenses will be a big focus of mine (ugh, the pun) after the holiday as I've got a lot of catching up to do.