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What is "bashing" anyway?

Started May 10, 2016 | Discussions thread
Barry Pearson
Barry Pearson Veteran Member • Posts: 9,625
Re: What is "bashing" anyway?
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DAVID MANZE wrote:

Defensive behavour is at it's height on the subject of AF-C, a few criticisms are tolerated till the general flavour becomes critical, then we see a flood of successful BIF images and accusation of incompetent users.

A lot depends on how criticisms are expressed. If someone says "Canon X and/or Nikon Y are better", then since I've never used a Canon or Nikon, I can't comment. Or, if I've been out-gunned by a friend using a Canon or Nikon, I'll say so.

But if someone says "Pentax is useless at Z", and I have successfully done Z, then I post photos to prove that Pentax isn't useless at Z. (I am much interested in what I can do with my own equipment than in what others can do with theirs).

I think there are too many simplistic over-generalisations around. On all sides of the arguments. I have photographic books published around the end of WW2 with photos of birds in flight. And just about every other sort of photography discussed here. No equipment is perfect. Hardly any modern cameras are useless for challenging subjects.

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