Not sure how you consider Nikon as his father "that has been taking care of him all these years and start to compare and say how good the new step parents" and how this ties into "his morals, integrity and gratitude". You may want to elaborate how Nikon has become your father.
It was wholly a business deal and there is nothing non filial or immoral to change brand when circumstances call for it. I use Nikon and stuck with Nikon for the past 28 years because of Nikon's strategy to keep backwards compatibility hence tying us into the eco system. Could I have taken the same photos I did with Canon, Minolta, Olympus and Pentax equipment? Answer is yes, but I would have to deal with all my old lenses becoming useless in one go, and upgrading from FD to EOS or MD to AF would have to be that much more painful as i will need to get the whole set. Could I have taken the same photos with Leica or Contax? No, cause I cannot afford these equipment.
In fact for many years I'd been steering friends towards Canon for its superior AF performance. In recent years it is back to Nikon for AF and sensor performance.
My brother in laws runs a successful photo business based on Nikon equipment. He's in discussion with Sony about possible endorsement deals and that's purely business. There should be nothing emotional about our equipment, they are simply tools.
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