How to choose a camera brand based on a photography forum advice

[ricktas]

A glimpse into the life of what an admin has to deal with:

The Question: I am a newbie to photography, which camera brand should I choose?

Replies:

1 to tell them that Canon is the best and no other brand comes close.

14 to share similar experiences of Nikon and how Nikon should be chosen because their cameras are better.

6 to remind everyone that there are brands other than Canon and Nikon.

7 to caution about the dangers of choosing the wrong brand.

17 purists who use film and are offended by digital only discussions.

6 to argue over whether it's 'Cannon' or 'Canon'.

Another 6 to condemn those 6 as stupid.

22 to tell THOSE 6 to stop being jackasses.

2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "F-stop" not "aperture".

15 know-it-alls who claim they were in the industry, and that 'aperture' is perfectly correct.

14 who start talking about micro 4/3rds and that anyone who doesn't convert is stupid

27 who start fighting with the micro 4/3rds users about being called stupid

249 to post meme's and gif's.

19 to post that this forum is not about camera brands and to please take this discussion to the gear talk forum.

11 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all use cameras and therefore the posts are relevant here.

16 to post 'Following'.

36 to debate which method of choosing a camera brand is superior, where to buy the best and what brand of camera work best for the genre the newbie is interested in and what brands are no good.

7 to ask if that brand of camera is really worth the money.

19 to tell them that if they should go mirrorless because that is the future.

45 People to post pics of their own camera gear.

15 People to post "I can't see S$%^!" through the EVF and you need to look at DSLRs with optical viewfinders.

7 to post URL's where one can see examples of different EVFs and comment how good they are

4 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URL's.

13 to comment "Me too".

5 to post to the forum that they will no longer post or are leaving because they cannot handle the $!%cking EVF/Mirrorless/DSLR controversy.

6 to report the post or PM an admin because someone said "f÷×$"

22 to ask if there is a flounce in progress.

349 to post flounce memes.

4 to say "Didn't we go through this already a short time ago in another thread?".

13 to say "Do a search on camera brands before posting questions about camera brands".

1 to bring politics into the discussion by adding that (insert politician of choice) isn't the brightest, and you need flash to photograph them.

4 more to get into personal attacks over their political views.

5 admins to ban the camera brand owners who took it all too seriously.

1 late arrival to comment on the original post 6 months later and start it all over again.