Originally posted by er1kksen I've seen a lot of accurate rumors come off similar forums. I don't know if they were the same forums, since I can't read chinese, but it's not like all chinese people are liars or something.
You've also almost certainly seen a lot of inaccurate rumors in the same forums. The presence of some good ones among all the bad ones doesn't mean any individual rumor from the same source is automatically credible.
And I never suggested "all chinese people are liars", nor would I, given that I grew up in (and adore) Asia.
Quote: The fact that it ended up on EOSHD gives it some extra credence with me. Yes, ultimately EOSHD is a rumor mill as well, but the info there seems to be correct far more often.
It ended up on EOSHD, by their own admission, because a reader pointed them towards that forum thread. In other words they have no idea if it is really credible -- they just felt it sounded believable. This is no different to a certain rumors site that recently ran a story pointing to a Pentax EVIL camera that was a fictional work created by a member of this site.
Quote: Obviously there's a very good chance that it's a bunch of crap. But I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt for the moment.
Nothing wrong with that, and I have no idea either way -- could be real, could be fake -- but I wouldn't consider the source necessarily credible.