On the venerable dpreview.com, one of the most active forum posts at the present time, is the one where a person reports that a passerby, having seen his camera commented: "ho it's only a Nikon." This resulted in a slew of indignations, recriminations, and "replies" that the Nikonian should have used. I even contributed my two cents. It makes me think how pathetically attached we are not only to our cameras but to our brands. There are Nikonians, Canonians etc all ready to attack each other with the "my brand is better than yours. More space is wasted on such inane posts than on anything else. What can you do. Most people are in love with equipment. The picture taking part is necessary but only to vindicate equipment purchases and lusting for the next camera or lens. Another really ridiculous thing is that people list the equipment they own or even post pictures of their cameras and lenses that they call "glass" to sound more seasoned and knowledgeable.
Maybe it's better this way as it sort of separates the photographers from the camera nuts.
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