ColeyG.

Really nice images. thanks for sharing.

Slow exposures in low light are a problem for many digital P&S models. I've found the LX2 performs extremely well at ISO 100 in good lighting conditions, It is very poor at ISO 400 or higher.

ISO 200 images are OK but I prefer to keep it as 100.

I definitely agree about shooting the highest resolution jpeg instead of RAW for anyone that is not concerned with print publication.

You can get about three times as many images shooting JPG vs RAW on a card of the same size. RAW takes about 6 seconds to read the LX2 files to the media cards that I am using.

I went by the Woodinville Costco and they had sold out the Panasonics and are awaiting a shipment of the newest model.

As Parker says, most folks don't need all the bells and whistles that the LX2 offers. I personally don't use most of them.

I shoot in Programmed (Priority mode) most of the time. I use the Auto mode when I want to set the lens for a smaller F-Stop to get greater depth of field. I have the Aperture set for F8 most of the time for getting sharp closeups, but the camera will be shooting at a slower shutter speed which might be a problem with camera shake.

It is absolutley necessary to read the manual for these P&S models, they have so many instructions compared to the old days when we just drops a roll of film in the camera.