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I have a D80 and a Ricoh GR-D. Love 'em both. The GR-D works okay in very low light compared to most point and shoots I've come across, not as good as the D80 with a fast lens on, but that's entirely expectable. Couldn't use a camera that didn't have full manual control without having to go into menus.
I have some great photos I took of the correfoc in Barcelona in September - kids chasing adults with fireworks in the middle of the night basically - and while I probably would have got better pictures with the SLR, I didn't feel comfortable wandering around with it at night (when I lived there a couple of years ago I lost my wallet several times)... Given the low light and the speed at which people were moving, the GR-D worked really rather well.
Am a little irritated Ricoh has just announced the GR-D II, though - looks like it has improved, if not solved, the GR-D's problems with noise and RAW write time.