There is an army of paid shills that are roaming around internet and leave flaming messages and engage in controversial discussion with a single purpose: discredit one brand and tilt the public opinion towards the other brand. there are also paid shills that do this for a particular political party or even at state level.
typical consumer would "research" the product before making final purchasing decision. not necessarily consumers deeply understand the intricacies of the subject but rely on the "professional opinion" or other users opinion instead.
once they come over inflammatory post or realise that the product they are looking to purchase seems to be outdated, lacking or incomplete ( oh, nooos, Canon cameras are for old men, buy Sony !!) they do dig deeper and deeper until the negativity takes over and they seek either alternative opinion or follow the advice of buying into "latest tech" instead.
ideally, these shills need be identified by Admins, posts removed and accounts banned.
Hint: I have not come across a single "Canon shill" posting on Nikon or Sony rumor site in years.
Sony and Nikon shills are on Canon rumor and news sites to discredit Canon as much as it is possible.
this social marketing technique is invasive and needs to be dealt with.
GMCPhotographics said:
Oh dear...to the OP....you follow the MO of yet another Nikon / Sony fanboy with zero photographic experience decides to troll a Canon forum who do have members with years of professional photographic experience. Cameras do not take photographs....photographers do. The difference between a crappy photograph and an award winning photograph is the photographer...not the camera.
Canon are the world leader in DSLR equipment in terms of sales. Nikon and Sony are 2nd and 3rd place and that's irrespective of features or back lit buttons. So to the OP...please either grow up and respect the forum here or go and crawl back under the delusional rock you came from and give us all a break.