I bought a D-Lux 8 a while back...Fun little travel camera. Love that it has a zoom if needed. My Son just started school at UCSB so Santa Barbara has become a frequent destination for us. Beautiful city.
There's a reason why Tokyo has been the spot to photograph, the lightings, be it artificial or natural, is something else, and so photogenic. These shots need no tweaks apart from adjusting EV, which is mind blowing. The M10-P exceeded all my expectations and I no longer look back on M9.
"Le Ragazze Divertente" (the fun girls) shot in historical Lucca where my Wife and I stopped for dinner on our way home from our new car test drive out to the famous Carrara Marble quarry. Fun day.