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p.2 #1 · p.2 #1 · 2024 Olympics - gear

sjms wrote:
yep but none of them fit my cameras

No worry. You could grab a few on the way out as part of the deal.

Jul 30, 2024 at 03:09 PM

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p.2 #2 · p.2 #2 · 2024 Olympics - gear

my experience with Canon from 2003 to 2008 was not the smoothest. it is the reason why i use what i do from 2008 till now.

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Jul 30, 2024 at 03:13 PM

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p.2 #3 · p.2 #3 · 2024 Olympics - gear

lighthound wrote:
I'm pretty sure my head would explode if they let me in this room.

Wouldn't it be nice to be told you could keep everything you could carry.
I'd grab everything in the first two racks closest to the camera on the second rows, then hang as many 400's by their straps in my teeth and keep both hands ready to grab a couple of those 100-300's as I head out the door.

I'd keep one each of the 400, 600 and 100-300 and sell the rest. My wife and I would be able to go on nice trips every...Show more →

That's the go-to lens for most field sports.

Nowadays I imagine the 100-300 is going to get wide use in indoor arenas.

Jul 30, 2024 at 03:18 PM

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p.2 #4 · p.2 #4 · 2024 Olympics - gear

In the Rio games I saw a lot of 200-400mm, especially outdoors.

I was also trying to figure out what those multiple cameras were for. I thought perhaps they were used for analysis for judging replay, like when an athlete lands out of bounds.

By the way, here's a great video about the Olympic Broadcasting Service, the IOCs production organization:

Not quite photo related but about how they broadcast video around the world and the logistics of the Games.

Jul 31, 2024 at 01:38 AM

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p.2 #5 · p.2 #5 · 2024 Olympics - gear

well, in the end it seems the still image is far from dead as a medium.

Jul 31, 2024 at 04:39 AM

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p.2 #6 · p.2 #6 · 2024 Olympics - gear

The black lenses are conspicuously absent in the sea of white Canon and Sony glass at most venues. The Nikon shooters must still be waiting for their invitations to come in the mail.

Jul 31, 2024 at 09:53 AM

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p.2 #7 · p.2 #7 · 2024 Olympics - gear

sjms wrote:
well, in the end it seems the still image is far from dead as a medium.

Who said it was dead? The still image isn't dead, it's just been commoditized.

Jul 31, 2024 at 11:34 AM

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p.2 #8 · p.2 #8 · 2024 Olympics - gear

no, its always a commodity.

Jul 31, 2024 at 11:42 AM

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p.2 #9 · p.2 #9 · 2024 Olympics - gear

sjms wrote:
no, its always a commodity.

Well, if it always was a commodity it was never dead because it always had value. So basically you agree with me.

Photos are simply less unique now than even 30 years ago. It's very easy to find multiple similar photos taken in the last 20 years, making them fungible - the definition of a a commodity. You could thumb through the Bettmann Archive, not a small collection and you won't find too many similar photos. If the originals were ever sold they'd each go for large bills too.

Jul 31, 2024 at 01:38 PM

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p.2 #10 · p.2 #10 · 2024 Olympics - gear

it has slowed down vs that of videos these past years. it is a continuous project to keep up and to fill. i am one of those that try to do so.

just look at the average cell phone shot of someone's lunch. now there's history.

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Jul 31, 2024 at 01:44 PM

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p.2 #11 · p.2 #11 · 2024 Olympics - gear

lighthound wrote:
I'm pretty sure my head would explode if they let me in this room.

I'd keep one each of the 400, 600 and 100-300 and sell the rest. My wife and I would be able to go on nice trips every...Show more →

I spot several RF 200-800mm's in the top right

Jul 31, 2024 at 02:10 PM

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p.2 #12 · p.2 #12 · 2024 Olympics - gear

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I spot several RF 200-800mm's in the top right

Yep, I was going to post that image over in the 200-800 thread and point it out that there are at least 8 of them just setting there collecting dust.
But I thought better of it considering the current topic in there. That would make a few peoples head explode.

Jul 31, 2024 at 02:57 PM

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p.2 #13 · p.2 #13 · 2024 Olympics - gear

molson wrote:
The black lenses are conspicuously absent in the sea of white Canon and Sony glass at most venues. The Nikon shooters must still be waiting for their invitations to come in the mail.

There are plenty of people shooting with the Z8 and Z9 at the Olympics. I’ve seen at least 10-15 of them. And that shot of the surfer on the previous page was taken with a Z9.

Aug 01, 2024 at 07:35 AM

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p.2 #14 · p.2 #14 · 2024 Olympics - gear

Plenty of Nikons in the background of broadcasts I've been watching. AFP (Agence France-Presse) which is based in Paris is one of the world's largest news agencies and they've had a partnership in some form or another with Nikon for many years. I don't know if AFP is exclusively supplied by Nikon.

Aug 01, 2024 at 12:08 PM

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p.2 #15 · p.2 #15 · 2024 Olympics - gear

Jman13 wrote:
There are plenty of people shooting with the Z8 and Z9 at the Olympics. I’ve seen at least 10-15 of them.

That seems about right number for Nikon... but then there are around 3,000 accredited photographers at the games.

Aug 01, 2024 at 12:37 PM

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p.2 #16 · p.2 #16 · 2024 Olympics - gear

Why are trying to induce a Brand war? Why does it matter?

molson wrote:
That seems about right number for Nikon... but then there are around 3,000 accredited photographers at the games.

Aug 01, 2024 at 01:05 PM

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p.2 #17 · p.2 #17 · 2024 Olympics - gear

Jman13 wrote:
Why are trying to induce a Brand war? Why does it matter?

It doesn't, but here you are participating in it.

I could care less what brands are being used. I only posted images from one event. Not my fault there were mostly white lenses in the background of that one shot.

Aug 01, 2024 at 02:23 PM

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p.2 #18 · p.2 #18 · 2024 Olympics - gear

If you could care less, you would. So do you, or don't you?

Words. Hard stuff.

Aug 01, 2024 at 02:25 PM

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p.2 #19 · p.2 #19 · 2024 Olympics - gear

gentlemen there's plenty of hardware there to go around. so, what's the big deal? every dog has its day in the light.

i'd be busy watching the games. much more entertaining.

Aug 01, 2024 at 03:11 PM

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p.2 #20 · p.2 #20 · 2024 Olympics - gear

It isn't about quantity but quality.

The most iconic image so far of these games is of the surfer in the air. The article about that image states the photog is from AFP, and they have been shooting Nikon for the last few years.

Sony sensors, of course

Aug 02, 2024 at 11:44 AM

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