Hey Gary, I had (have) a Panasonic Lumix FZ80 and loved it, however, the manual focus was terrible. I never did use it. Then I got a Panasonic Lumix FZ1000 which has a better, useable manual focus. The "super" part of the zoom is only 800mm equivalent, but the larger sensor made up for more cropping. I know Panasonic came out with an upgrade to the FZ80 but not sure what all got upgraded besides the price.
Richard Walker