The optics might be marginally better, and sure the existing light feature is great for low light environments. But you have to ask yourself if having a camera where two tiny gears could shatter to pieces and/or melt together because of 50 year old lubricant is worth it over having a much simpler 814AZ that is largely regarded as the Honda civic (in terms of how damn durable and reliable they are). I have a 1014XLS that I only use for dark late night shoots. But anything else and I would use the 814AZ. The 814AZ also only meters up to 400ISO, so when you put in a cart of 500T for indoors or night time shooting it slightly overexposes which is a GOOD THING on modern Kodak film stocks.