I am a fire photographer. I am pretty good at protecting my camera from on coming water but the drips inside a house seem to hit me. I wanted the armor as an extra layer of protection for my camera. I love the extra grip I have with the armor on and that it finally comes in the color red for my D80.
Although I like the look of the lens hood I am not a fan of it. I get shadows with the pop up flash and vignetting around my photos if I am not careful. I don't care for the hot shoe flap because it will not stay put but those are the only three draw backs for me. I love it.

By KyleHawk from Austin, Texas on 2/21/2008

The armor is a bit cumbersome and probably not necessary for someone that is gentle with their equipment. I shoot sports and other outdoor activities. For me the extra protection is useful. I am suprised at how well the armor buttons line up with the camera buttons.

By ducpilot from Tacoma WA on 10/22/2007

a must have if you are an outdoors person or wear your camera on a strap

By The Toy Dog from Auckland - New Zealand on 5/9/2007

Nice product - good fit & good protection. I hate scuffing a perfectly good camera with all manner of scratches.

But there are some niggles:

* There were no instructions - just a few rather unhelpful diagrams on the packaging.

* Fitting was a bit of a struggle, but I guess that's necessary for a good, tight, fit.

* Some control markings don't match the equivalent marking on the camera.

* The flap over the flash hot-shoe is really annoying as it tends to get caught up and flips up when putting the camera in a carry-case.

* The stick-on dangle-string on the protective lens-cap is an annoying length - it's too short to stick-on the camera-body so you have to stick it onto the lens-body but then the hood goes with the lens when you change lenses!