The fact that I mentioned manefacurers is immaterial, since this is what most people aspire to. My point was that a whole culture seems to have grown out of owning particular brands of cameras because the people who aspire to own them seem convinced that this is the only way to become "good photographers".

The Cartier Bressons of this world owned cameras that were well behind modern technology, yet who would berate them because they didn't own the "best"

I'm sorry you didn't get the point of what I was trying to say, I was hoping we could have a discussion about photography, not an argument about who is trying to slag of particular owners camera's.

Sorry

Dave