[brucemcl]

I have an FX01, Panasonic's analog of the C-Lux 1. I am really enjoying the camera.

Tips:
- As everyone mentions, use negative ev to avoid overexposure.
- It appears that the camera does not use ISO 400 very much on Auto ISO. This means that in available light on Auto ISO if you get red numbers when you prefocus you can try manually setting the ISO to 400 and you might get your green numbers back again.
- Under forest canopy I find daylight WB works better than automatic WB. I prefer daylight WB over auto WB for most landscape photography.
- "Scenery" scene mode increases the contrast. You can verify this by reading the EXIF data. Use with caution if at all. I already have a lot of contrast in my landscape photos. I don't want any more added.
- The Arcsoft Panoramamaker software provided with the Panasonic FX01 actually works! I recommend giving it a try. I'm attaching a pano from earlier today, or trying to.

Gripes:
- As others have mentioned, tying saturation and sharpness together in one control is frustrating. I want medium sharpness and low ("natural") saturation. I use Standard for the Pict. Adj. setting, but it's a compromise.
- My Panasonic FZ5 has a highlighting feature that is present in the D-Lux 2 as well. In the post-exposure preview, all of the 100 percent white areas blink in black and back to white a couple of times. This is great in catching overexposed areas. It would have been real nice on the smaller camera.
- No white balance setting in High Sensitivity mode. This one bit me tonight. I was using a custom WB for indoors at ASA 400. It got darker so I switched over to Hi Sense mode and lost all control over WB. Grrrr. But I agree it is a fun camera to use in low light, much more so than any other digital camera I have owned.