Canon does take good care of me.
The "fan boy" thing gets me a bit irritated as well. Honestly, I'm as least loyal of a consumer as can possibly be. I'm all about top performance, even obsessed to a certain extent. Just as an example, my previous 3 pickups were Dodge, then Ford, now a GMC. I shoot both Hoyt and Mathews bows, use Kifaru and Eberlestock packs, Dozier, Ingram and Scott Cook hunting knives. My tactical optics are US Optics, Schmidt & Bender. Remington and Win rifles etc, etc, etc.... Nobody out there is less of a "fanboy" than I.
I can say this, if Nikon (or anyone) produced a product line even literally a *shread* better than Canon, I'd be all over it. I'd sell my $28,000 Canon kit today and put together a Nikon kit tomorrow, seriously. That's just me, no compromises. And for a total beginner, it should've be a no brainer. Experience will teach you.
