I don't recall not seeing the reflection 'line'! This photo, drew me in.

Your Photo 'pulled me in'. After I downloaded and looked at it in detail, I wanted to find out more info. Went to a website and learned there are several festivals each year. But, according to the file I attached, they don't allow photography, drawings, etc. :-(

Did any see the "shipping dates" announced at the bottom of the last page? (2012) Was that a typo?

Snip of last page of article

I've only hiked to the bottom (stayed one night) and back to the south rim. I think (or you are a much better photographer than I), judged from your photos, the north rim is much more beautiful. Nice Job!

I just shared your statement with my wife. She laughed. Now what does that mean?

This week I took one of my USB 'thumb drives' to photo club. It would not recognize it (even though three other members had shown their 'challenge' through that same computer port. Our chairman just plugged into to another USB port on that same computer and it worked. Maybe try each of your computer ports or even another computer's ports before you smash it.

20% of the finalists of this year's Photo Journalism 'contest' were discarded because of too much editing.

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/17/world-press-photo-manipulation-ethics-of-digital-photojournalism/?emc=edit_tu_20150217&nl=technology&nlid=55884200&_r=0

I found this "review" on Amazon and thought it would enlarge the discussion for those considering this camera. I'm not purchasing cameras for a long time so no prejudice here.

Advertised features do sound great, but others are lacking!

Sony made improvement, by adding 79 af points, bud in practice, unless you're shooting moving object, there is not much difference with A57.

1. You can't remap joystick keys or assign ANY function to them.
2. You can't use self timer in HDR mode
3. File save/read/preview speed is slower than A57
4. Video stabilization is electronic, instead of optical, as was on A57, so you're getting that "floating jelly" effect
5. ISO sensitivity is bad. Under same conditions, same lens and same settings, where A57 sets ISO 500, A77ii sets ISO2000!
6. Series photo taking is faster, but during save of burst shot, camera is "frozen", you can't even navigate in menu!
7. Flash no longer sends pulses of light to assist AF.

There are also other shortcomings, will list them later.

My personal advice - if you have other SLT series camera and willing to upgrade, DON'T DO THAT NOW. Wait, maybe better camera will be released shortly>

Do you have micro HDMI cable with a micro on one end. If it fits snuggly into the larger (like my Panasonic camcorder) female connection, I'm betting the USB is the small one (like it is on my camera). Hope you get a response from a SX50 owner (because I'm not one of those).

You seem good looking (from your 'icon') enough. Why aren't they looking at you? ;-)

Those first two are some of the best that I've every seen at the park!!! (Not that the last one isn't a good photo.)

Pic 5 gives my stomach an 'uneasy' feeling. Pic 6 makes it more secure. I like your "story telling" in both photos.

This gives you some more info to think about:
http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-7-support-what-happens-on-january-13-2015/

Very Strong "story line"! We want to know more. Is the 'owner' of this single glass patiently waiting (no lip 'marks' on the glass) for his/her partner? Is he/she enjoying 'quiet time (the warmth and piece)? Thanks so much for the 'mystery'. It kept me 'glued'.

Thanks for the details that you shared! It is almost embarrassing to me. I'm called a Viet Nam Vet (1963-65). I have added "Era" to the end because I didn't ever get to that country. But, I'm certainly proud for all service men that went into battle to preserve our freedom!