What is "bashing" anyway?

Never owned a Nikon so cannot comment, but the only DSLR I ever owned was a K10D and going through all my photos, which were taken with any one of the following non DSLRs:

• Misc Sony compact cameras
• Misc phones (Note series are superb in daylight)
• Pentax K10D
• Sony f-717
• Panasonic GH2
• Sony NEX-5R
• Panasonic GX8

The general image quality, colour accuracy and dynamic range from the K10D was/is the best.

Plus I have always found Pentax ergonomics to be superior when comparing against both Nikon and Canon in a store, but not had any long term use.

To your main point, as someone who is a mobile phone geek, if you want to see fanboiism, just see what people write on GSMArena in the forums! DPreview is tame! Android VS iPhone etc. There is blood on the carpets!

We all have our loves at any one time, preferences in handling (small hands/large hands!), white balance (Panasonic too yellow for me!, great usability though), Nikon great low light performance but rubbish physical controls, Sony great shot to shot speed and compact design but THE worst ergonomics, Pentax dynamic range and ergonomics. Still trying to work out what Canon do best as they don't seem very imaginative. (Video from 5D Mk2 is outstanding.)

I like Nikon IQ, but the ergonomics drive me mad, my brother has a D3 and whilst it produces superb images, I want to scream when trying to work out how to use it! The Nikon (image playback) zoom system is so unintuitive! Arrrrhhh!