What an Olympic photographer carries when they travel

[Cal Walters]

...if only!

http://gizmodo.com/all-the-gear-an-olympic-photographer-is-bringing-to-soc-1513322659?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_faceboo k&utm_source=gizmodo_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow
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[Ian Cassell]

3 x 1DX and a 5DIII -- sigh ...

[Don Lacy]

You should see a picture of Canons loan room well over a million dollars worth of lens all lined up on shelves

[Ian Cassell]

You should see a picture of Canons loan room well over a million dollars worth of lens all lined up on shelves

Yes but has anyone seen any NEW lenses or bodies being trialed at the games?

[arash_hazeghi]

Yes but has anyone seen any NEW lenses or bodies being trialed at the games?

Canon do not really need any new lenses or bodies at this time. the 1DX and MKII lenses have dominated sports photography by a wide margin. Out of the Japanese camera makers Canon is doing well with their camera business while outlook for others, especially Sony is gloomy. This is from Canon's own publication admittedly but according to them 75% of the professional photographers in the press area used Canon for the Super Bowl

http://usa.canon.com/cusa/about_canon?pageKeyCode=pressreldetail&docId=0901e02480b221d1&WT.mc_id=C126149

[Ian Cassell]

For their profit base, maybe they don't need any new bodies, Arash. For those of us waiting patiently for an updated crop-sensor body, they do need one.

[arash_hazeghi]

For their profit base, maybe they don't need any new bodies, Arash. For those of us waiting patiently for an updated crop-sensor body, they do need one.

There is really no market for that. a few people might like it but in terms of revenue it will be very small for them...

[David Stephens]

The Getty images photogs put all their equipment together and took at shot. It was all 1D X bodies, except for 3 5D MkIIIs..

[Hazel Grant]

I saw a 4x teleconverter in the list. I have read that teleconverters, while adding the telescopic boost, also are just another layer of glass and so hurt the sharpness. Any opinions about this? How to compensate?

[David Stephens]

Hazel, I don't know about the 4X TC, but the Canon 1.4x and 2.0x TC-III have excellent IQ. No compensating is required.