You might try "Foto Forum". It is located on 7th street just a few feet south of Camelback rd. on the west side of 7th street. They are the only true camera store left in the valley now.
Regards, Jim

Bill, look closely at the camera model you are posting about. It is the G15, not the SX50 that is the small sensor "super zoom" camera that I am talking about.
Regards, Jim

R.G. Note I said all "super zoom" cameras, not "bridge cameras". There is a difference between them and presently, the only way technology will allow these extreme zoom ranges while keeping the overall size/cost down is by utilizing the smallest sensor size of 1/2.3.
You are correct on the 2/3 sensor sizes, but those are not "super zoom" cameras.
Regards, Jim

Bill, I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but the SX50 sensor is not 1/1.7" as you posted. The bad news is that it is even smaller than that! Yup, it is the smallest teeny tiny little green box size at the very bottom of your graph @ 1/2.3 as are all "super zoom" cameras.
Regards, Jim

Hi, pj. Now you are pretty "far out there", huh? Mileage wise, I mean :)
Nice to hear from the far west side!
Regards, Jim

Hellllloooo Chandler. As you wished me to stay cool over here, let me wish you to stay dust free down there!
Regards, Jim

Hi, Kevin. I am especially glad to see you sign on today as that means I am no longer the newbie from Arizona!!!
Regards, Jim

Nah, really? Another shooter here in the valley? Well, two more and we can form an association here in the desert :-D
Thank you, Bob, for the hello from way over there in Tempe.
Regards, Jim

I use FS first to search/cull files and it is very fast to do so. Then, I use it to compare like images side by side up to four at a time. Finally, I like to use it if I want/need to do any batch work and it is very fast in this regard as well. I do relatively little PP in FS due to LR being my tool of choice for much of my PP. Each new iteration of FS adds new features and they have done well over the years, but somewhere along the way developers dropped the ball re: WB.
It really is what I call a "handy" program in my workflow. I do not use it as a first line editing tool in my usage of it, even tho I open it first to get the dirty work out of the way quickly before moving on to my other editors of choice.
It really does deserve a look see, I think, even w/o the much needed WB tool (yet).
Regards, Jim

David, I agree with your assessment of FastStone and have used it for several years as well as several other like programs. But I have this grievance with the program, even tho it is my first go to editor/sorter, why no white balance tool? I mean this is basic to editing and still, no WB tool in the last 4.8 update . I know I can try and work around this with various sliders, but that never comes to what a good WB dropper can do for you. Other than that little gripe, I love and use FS everyday and will continue to do so, even while grumbling under my breath :?
Regards, Jim

Walter, It is nice to see (any) reference to the venerable old SunPak 622 anymore. I have a whole stable full of these brutes and every head and accessory ever made for them. I flat out love them and use them as often as I can, especially the bare bulb heads and ring light heads.
Thx for making me feel warm and fuzzy all over with your 622 posting!
Regards, Jim

Hi, Kevin. Ahhhh, you live out there in "real" photographic country don't you? Love to shoot out that way whenever I have the opportunity and the mercury drops under 90 degrees or so. I've become awfully soft in my declining years... :cry:
That Kachina in my avatar, which is about 30' tall or so, is in a bank bldg. in downtown Glendale.
Thx for the welcome!
Regards, Jim (over by the White Tanks)

Well, hello, neighbor! I, too, live in the west valley. Still waiting for the temps to drop to something more reasonable b4 I haul this ol' body out to make a day of shooting! I finally got cabin fever awhile back and grabbed my smallest, most inconspicuous camera (GF-1) and headed over to Arrowhead mall to do some "on the sly" street shooting. That lasted until I finished my lunch in the food court. As I got up to walk a bit more, a young security chap came along and asked if I was taking pics in the mall. My camera was hanging over my shoulder, but I had to answer him that I had shot a few. You know the rest of the story.... So, here I sit, in front of my 'puter gazing at a beige screen with funny little fonts all over it and wait...
Regards, Jim

Wahawk, I just joined UHH a few days ago and so I plead ignorance regarding your statement about forum rules forbidding the posting of photos on another's thread unless asked to do so. I just went through the rules to familiarize myself with the site and could not find that particular ruling, but I want to be sure, so thought I would ask you for clarification. Forum rules do ask that we not use upper case (shouting) and I note you have done so. Please help a newbie out by clearing these questions up for me so I do not become a violator here :-D
Regards, Jim

Hello back to you there in Florida, bcheary. Or "so you've been told", eh :roll:

Well, I think my (advanced) years have finally given me the right to sit down in front of this 'puter and just be fat and lazy for awhile and enjoy some company from around the world and mix it in with a joint love of photography. Bring on the addiction I say! I say all this until "she who rules" calls out from the front room for me to "come and take care of this"...
Regards, Jim