Put the F90x and F100 together and the F90x begins to look a bit a shabby and imagine when you put a F70 and the F100 together, night and day. I was in a local camera shop recently talking to some of the staff about the new Nikon bodies and the one to still come (the F80). The main person I was talking to commented on how the F80 would rob a lot of sales from the F90x and the F100 and I had some trouble with that. For an amateur buyer who doesn’t have or want to spend a lot of money the F80 appears to offer great value as it more then meets the challenges of other rivals in the same class. But for a more serious user the F80 still represents a bit of a bottleneck in terms of pure performance and capabilities never mind the obvious lack of build quality. Even though as of this writing the F80 is not available yet, given its expected price range and build quality, I suspect it will be marginally better then the F70