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NIkon D850: Best Wildlife Camera EVER?
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<blockquote data-quote="lokatz" data-source="post: 638973" data-attributes="member: 43924"><p>Seriously, you had two days to think of something, and THIS is the best you were able to come up with?</p><p></p><p>Ok, now that I got my cheap return shot out of the way, let me get REAL serious: HoroscopeFish, there are obviously lots of people on this forum who joined, like I did, because they want to learn AND share their own knowledge/experience. Newbie or old hand, I'd hope that's true for everyone. We all have wisdom to share and knowledge gaps to fill. Since joining the forum, I've learned quite a few things, and I hope people learned something from me, as well. </p><p></p><p>Problem is, there is nothing to be learned from opinions. It takes well-formulated arguments, observations, and factual statements. The link mikew just shared provides great food for thought (thanks, Mike!) - your statement I am quoting here reflects no intention whatsoever to move the discussion forward. After more than 20 years of shooting with around ten different Nikons and no-idea-how-many different lenses, I am still happy to learn and be proven wrong; in fact, I admittedly sometimes make bold statements to see who CAN and WILL prove me wrong. In all cases, however, convincing me of something will take arguments, not opinions or insults. I try to do the same thing the other way around, by either using arguments or clearly stating it when something is just my opinion (and then still trying to augment that with an argument where possible).</p><p></p><p>"My camera is better" and "You're a fool", which unfortunately pretty much sums up your contributions to this thread (and those of a few others) in an admittedly pointed way, are statements that do well in the opinions department but suck as arguments. Does posting such statements give you pleasure? What it is that makes it enticing for you to insult and ridicule, rather than compel and convince? I'm afraid I don't get it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lokatz, post: 638973, member: 43924"] Seriously, you had two days to think of something, and THIS is the best you were able to come up with? Ok, now that I got my cheap return shot out of the way, let me get REAL serious: HoroscopeFish, there are obviously lots of people on this forum who joined, like I did, because they want to learn AND share their own knowledge/experience. Newbie or old hand, I'd hope that's true for everyone. We all have wisdom to share and knowledge gaps to fill. Since joining the forum, I've learned quite a few things, and I hope people learned something from me, as well. Problem is, there is nothing to be learned from opinions. It takes well-formulated arguments, observations, and factual statements. The link mikew just shared provides great food for thought (thanks, Mike!) - your statement I am quoting here reflects no intention whatsoever to move the discussion forward. After more than 20 years of shooting with around ten different Nikons and no-idea-how-many different lenses, I am still happy to learn and be proven wrong; in fact, I admittedly sometimes make bold statements to see who CAN and WILL prove me wrong. In all cases, however, convincing me of something will take arguments, not opinions or insults. I try to do the same thing the other way around, by either using arguments or clearly stating it when something is just my opinion (and then still trying to augment that with an argument where possible). "My camera is better" and "You're a fool", which unfortunately pretty much sums up your contributions to this thread (and those of a few others) in an admittedly pointed way, are statements that do well in the opinions department but suck as arguments. Does posting such statements give you pleasure? What it is that makes it enticing for you to insult and ridicule, rather than compel and convince? I'm afraid I don't get it. [/QUOTE]
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