Regarding backlit keys, I put the palm of my hand up to the screen and the reflection is just enough to read the keys. Not an elegant solution, but functional.
Regarding the LED flashlight. I use it a lot, particularly in testing. A new feature using the LED that will be available soon is the ability to monitor the progress of collection from the LED. If you need to raise the receiver overhead for a shot, you can set it to begin with a delay, which allows you to Start and then get the receiver plumb before it begins. Once it begins, the LED flashes for each recorded epoch. Then once it gets to Accept/Reject it flutters for a second.
