for me i still prefer LX3, LX5 they have the grippy thingy at the front of the camera, plus, tho its the successor of LX3, not much significant improvement from LX3,and im sure the price will be lot different from the market price of lx3 now.

well.probably i wouldnt see those improvements is essential to me, as for the look, i still like the lx3 personally, haha..personal preference i guess, considering the money u pay for. but then again, LX series has been at the top ever since lar...i wanted an LX3 so much back but couldnt get a deal with it and ended up with a g10 which i just sold..haha...now they've come out with lx5.....btw, theres no LX4 ?..is it replaced by leica D-lux 4 ?..some say d-lux 4 is actually the LX4 ?

in a way its more like reverse. proton rebadged the lancer for sale while leica was the one that rebadged the lx3 for sale xD though leica did play a part in the optics, majority of the components are still panasonic

goodluck and hope to hear good news from you 
btw, lx5 users
what bag you use?

i'm not a sifu lar but if u wan changable lens u choose the nex5...its a micro 4/3...

if u want a bit compact u can choose lx5...

if u means better in term of specs, i would said nex5...

but still i love my baby, lx5~ 

why want to let go?
lx5 tuuu   

aiseh   
uncle buat la review for lx5

Paiseh Uncle Ian, din intend to misled ppl... juz stating my 2cents opinion only... 
But i can take those "bokeh" with my lx5 altho not so good as those dslr lar...

Shallow dof is nice lar but it gets old after a while especially when wanna get more things in focus w/o sacrificing shutter speed 

pic for today..

It's not "require" or what.. try to understand what is exposure. There's lots of articles on the net that can explain it better me 

What we have to work with is the relation between ISO, Shutter speed, Aperture.
For night shots.. you want black to look black without the noise and everything sharpest, blingest possible right?

ISO: higher ISO = more noise = detailed lost of noise cancelation. So you want to keep this as low as possible

Aperture: Using a smaller aperture like F8 allows for better sharpness across the frame. Lens are usually sharper corner to corner when stopped down.

Shutter: So if you have small ISO, small aperture... this means you have to use a very very slow shutter speed to get the right exposure. With the use of a tripod, this doesn't matter already.

If handheld, naturally you need a faster shutter speed to avoid camera shake and what not, in this case ISO and Aperture will be reversed to whats above lor (like the f2 and high ISO you mention)

for me, bokeh or cant bokeh not so important...
as long i can take nice pics can dy...
dslr is still not my type yet... too bulky... =p

Dont poison me with bokehness 1st... 
I no budget dy...