>>3396100You're not asking to be spoon fed, rather you want a trailblazer. Someone to tell you "oh no, don't buy x because it broke on me 3 weeks in and customer support has been horrible."
If you've done the research, and still wait on a second opinion thats fine, but don't complain that no-one's providing you info you want, because, well, it's fucking 4chan.
Not to mention is fucking /p/, one of the slowest boards.
Also people that know what they are talking about are deemed to be opinionated assholes or shills, and newbs that make up the hungry dim masses who want an enlightened answer for nothing, ie. spoonfed, are just as lowly judged.
So even if you get the info you "want to hear", are you going to believe them? Do you have any reason to?
If you do the research yourself, then at least have the balls to go with your gut and take the plunge.
I'm sure everyone act like they're insightfully proving me in that Sony has the worst customer support with an equally fragile guarantee on their products, and had I known that beforehand I'd have maybe gone for Nikon/Canon, but at the time I was only interested in the price because its a beginner m.less.
Now I'm not even going to pretend to answer any of your other questions about gear since I proudly admit to being one of those newbs so apparently I don't know shit, but if you've done the research and can't find a better deal on something, then just go for it. You ain't getting any younger.