mikegreenwald Loc: Illinois

Rts 59 & 43 are parallel. Did you by chance mean 59 & 34?

twindad Loc: SW Michigan, frolicking in the snow.

No, they've recently reopened under new management and hit the ground running. I've been there a couple of times.

Macbadger Loc: Illinois

Calumet was taken over by Ritz/Wolf. They are not Nikon dealers. The Nikon cameras they carry are gray-market only. I don't know about their other brands. Central Camera is your best bet.

jmpierson

When you get to ProCam ask for Bill Skinner. He's great.

Frank47 Loc: West coast Florida

I've lived in the area for 40 years and I am sure he meant Rte. 59 and Rte. 34. A simple mis-type.

BobHartung Loc: Bettendorf, IA

Calumet is back in business. You'll have to be the judge of adequacy of selection. The web site is limited but maybe helpful to you http://www.calumetphoto.com/index.html

Note the store near Oak Brook Mall is the closest to Naperville.

There is also Central Camera in the loop. This is an old fashioned camera store with all sorts of camera gear spanning generations stacked from floor to ceiling. Workers have been around for a long time and really know what they are talking about. You'll have to call them to check lines they carry. http://centralcamera.com/

Otherwise just Google "Chicago camera" and you'll get a ton. The two above are just two I have done business with. Both, along with Fry's electronics are where I go to get a tech fix.

alfeng Loc: Out where the West commences ...

FWIW. While Central Camera may still be a great place to buy photographic equipment, I think that the average person will find it to be VERY INCONVENIENT to go to if they live in Naperville ...

You can either drive into town and pay an extraordinarily high parking fee OR you can do a round-trip on the commuter train (I know where the "stop" is in Downers Grove ... there may/must be one in Naperville, too ... it's a l-o-n-g ride into the city from Naperville regardless of the means of conveyance!) which will probably cost almost as much for each person as the parking fee ... so, if there is a party of two-or-three, it will be a fairly expensive excursion.

THAT's my long way of saying that you should take advantage of the nearby stores which have been recommended which are in Dupage County, and environs.

BTW. If you are fairly up-to-date on what is available, then what makes you think that the sales people will have more knowledge than you have?

I would think that YOU could probably explain the pluses-and-minuses of having this-or-that feature on a camera more objectively than most sales people ...

.....For example, this-or-that is the advantage-or-disadvantage of a pocketable camera ...

.....This-or-that is the advantage-or-disadvantage of a "Bridge" camera ...

.....This-or-that is the advantage-or-disadvantage of a DSLR ...

.....This-or-that is the advantage-or-disadvantage of a Full Frame camera sensor ...

.....Et cetera.

Toment Loc: FL, IL

Got my RX100iii at Calumet
Nice people good prices
Easy trip from Naperville
Have fun!

threedeers Loc: Northern Illinois

Yes Rt34, fingers getting old!

BobHartung Loc: Bettendorf, IA

Aurora and Naperville are two of the Metra Express stops that make only 3 stops before ending up at Union Station. Really not a bad ride. When we are going into central Chicago we always park in Naperville (free) and take Metra.

Pilot 6 Loc: Eugene, OR

From 1934 to '44 I drooled at Central every Sat. after my weekly piano lesson ............coveting Leica, Contax, Rollieflex, Graflex, ........and coming down out of the stratosphere, Retina, Welte, Bantam, Perfex amd Foth-Derby. And finally, PILOT 6!

Fergus Loc: Westfield,IN

I too have done business with Calumet and I was very satisfied.

mtbear

Apparently Helix has reopened.

http://www.helixcamera.com/helix/aboutus.html

I called the number and it is active. Formerly my goto place in Chicago.

BobHartung Loc: Bettendorf, IA

Very Interesting. Two of Chicago's best (IMHO) camera stores closed and have be resurrected by former employees: Calumet Photo and Helix. I'll have to check them both out next time I'm in the area.

Johngalt Loc: Downers Grove, Il

Actually Aurora...
4300 Westerbrook Drive... On 59 just before Ogden Ave (US34)