Originally posted by Dartmoor Dave he was latched onto by an enthusiastic Canikon who spent the whole two weeks telling him he was using the wrong camera.
I think it shows a lack of confidence on the part of the Canikon, he needed to excercise his thoughts out loud as to why his camera was supposed to be better.
I have never met this scenario. If I did I think I would listen to their points, and, if they had not already mentioned it (unlikely), ask if they were familiar with the
www.dpreview.com website and recommend it's side-by-side comparison tool. I'd tell them that it would show that between Nikon/Canon/Pentax's (and some others') equivalent offerings, the advantages and disadvantages were six of one and half a dozen of the other.