The five photos were taken with the new Panasonic Lumix LX3 (replacing the LX2 which is in London). I used Aperture Priority and RAW for all of them and macro mode for the last wines photo. There’re quite a few improvements and like particularly the following (in order of importance to me):
• Much improved continuous shooting speed of 2.5 frames/sec (Max. 8 images Standard), (Max 4 images Fine), (Max 3 images RAW)
• Hot shoe for external flash (I’ve ordered the Olympus FL36R which is compatible with Panasonic and much cheaper)
• Better noise and image quality
• A host of new accessories including an external optical viewfinder (no stock in HK yet)
• A fast lens... f/2.0 at the wide end to f/2.8 at the long end. Probably the fastest lens on a compact camera
• 3.0", 3:2 Polycrystalline TFT LCD Display

PS: '97 Alegrini Amarone della Valpolicella (RP95) - CY
'94 Leoville Lascases (RP 93) - MA
'05 Cambon la Pelouse - (RP 89) EY
'99 Rippon Chardonay - Joe