Just why did you buy that thing anyway?
BR
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As I said, I am not a good representative of Nikon user.
I am a very casual
user of Nikon. I bought the F80 at a bargain price when my friend moved up
to F100. I did not even want it but bought it anyway because I thought that
the price was right. The F80 did not even come with any lens and I had no
intention to buy a Nikkor lens to go with the body, so I had to talk my
friend into parting any one lens he had, and he sold me a 50/1.4 :-).
I am not sure if I like or dislike the F80 but I can tell I like my PZ-1p
much better, partly because I am so used to it. Also, I rarely use
multipoint AF (Pz-1p has only one sensor anyway) as I feel more comfortable
in choosing the focus point myself rather than having the camera choose
(i.e., I use focus lock). Sometimes, in the heat of quick grab shot, you
only notice later that the focus was on unintended point or the whole
picture was blurred. I never liked it. To me, it's even feel faster. Also,
Pz-1p's single point AF works extremely well in a very low light situations
when no other camera focuses. F80 is no match in this regard. As soon as
the scene get dark, it emits AF assist light. Annoying and time consuming.
At present, there is no Pentax counterpart in the F80 price range. If I
would buy any Nikon equip, F100 would be my choice. But to me, other than
Pentax equip, everything else looks the same :-). And for my style of
shooting, I never felt inadequate using either the Pz-1p nor MZ-3. Your
mileage might differ.
