I have never encountered canikon fanboys beeing smug about my Pentax. I recently became friends with a canon shooter and he thinks my camera is cool, he likes the feel of it, the quality of the pictures it takes and the features it has.
And i like his Canon because he has some second hand L glass on it, it's very nice.. and we're happy taking pictures together.
If I ever met someone being a fan boy and putting my gear down because of brand i would just ask them if they are working for the canikon (or sony, panasonic or what ever they have) corporation? If not, why would you put in all that effort promoting them? My camera is a tool that works great and many others do too, they all have their ups and down sides... but the bottom line is, if it does what you bought it to do it's great.
My camera has been whit me through a lot and has never disappointed me, it did coast as much as i thought was reasonable, it has never broken down on me, and i don't think it will, it's well made, it has abilities to take a wider variety of pictures that i can make and the pictures look great... i also have all the lenses i need and they are super.
Other camera makers does cameras this good too and i don't care, give me a nikon and i'll shoot that, i like SHOOTING not brands...
And if they get technical just point out that Pentaxes are built well, handle exceptionally and take good pictures (refer to how good they score the the DXOmark tests,
DxOMark - Camera Sensor Ratings ) K-5II Beating all the Canons? yes...
Why would you rave about a canikon after someone said all that? They don't seem like such a smart choise anymore. If they wanna talk glass... how many lenses are available and working even on the newest pentaxes now again? hehe
I'm always more happy just being happy shooting instead of imagining i'm in a commercial for a camera brand that's not even paying me for it.