Did anyone notice the book on the seat of the Rover who's title reads
"Birds of prey" ?
Well the bird that was being photographed is not a bird of prey, it is a scavenger better known as a Turkey vulture.
How could they Overlook this?
Big B

msmoto said:
All shooting at the same time via radio triggers....yup this is certainly different from the 1960's....

Suppose this means another D4.....hundred, I mean...

So given the limited number of channels on say a PW how do they prevent firing each others cameras ?
Are the remotes fired by, and at the same time as the operators main camera ?

Great video, sevencrossing. Did anyone notice the interesting cropping of the videographer's head shots of the photographers during the interviews?.... placed them off to the side....

And, lot's of bodies, no lens changing going on....I posted a shot of one of the photographers at the John Edward's trial in Greensboro, NC, had two or three remote bodies, plus two on board. All shooting at the same time via radio triggers....yup this is certainly different from the 1960's....

Suppose this means another D4.....hundred, I mean...

This not exclusively nikon
but it give some intersting insight how the real Pros work

Reuters photographers and editors discuss their strategy for covering Olympics track and field events from every angle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqGsbcTJZMM&feature=player_embedded

Didn't get it. Except to make note of two yuppies driving two of the worlds biggest pieces of shit SUV's on the planet. Thank goodness there were two of them cauz one of them is going to need a ride off the mountain.
What crap!

Don't get me going on the Dodge thing. Mine 04 3500 Cummins Diesel Dually. Love my truck. Sorry i wont do it again.

hahahah, though I've seen some for2's in US it still brings me a smile to my face - knowing the average car size in US :)

as for jeep's... well... I remember like one time I was in Florida and we got a free upgrade from Thrifty... Jeep - the road from Pensacola to New Orlean was a hell and I'm not a luxury car boy :)

adamz said:
@msmoto - You can actually drive Land Rover, which can't be spoken about Jeep, never I drove such uncomfy car before - really don't know what people see in Jeeps.

I will find one and send a photo, ha, ha, ha...... actually some of the newer models are fairly comfortable....and full of luxuries. But, both the Land Rover and the Jeep in the US drink lots of fuel.... so I zip around most of the time in my Smart fortwo. I have always admired the Land Rovers, have had the Toyota Land Cruiser, and the Porsche Cayenne Turbo.....absolutely a mind blower...an off road vehicle capable of up to 265 kph. Currently I use for my big, four wheel drive, a Dodge Cummins Diesel truck.... oh well...

@msmoto - You can actually drive Land Rover, which can't be spoken about Jeep, never I drove such uncomfy car before - really don't know what people see in Jeeps.

What it actually means is that it doesn't matter if you shoot Canon or Nikon,just that you absolutely have to have a Range Rover to get decent shots of buzzards ;>)

Pictures by the fastest man in the world with the fastest camera!

http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/os2012/article15239832.ab

Includes a photo of Usain using the D4

Just some minutes ago, Usain Bolt took some pictures with a Nikon (D3s or D4) after winning his second gold medal at the 200m race.

Maybe as Sigmund Freud is reported to have said, "sometimes a cigar is just a cigar" the commercial is about two RangeRover models and both go up hills off road.... kinda like a Jeep only at three times the cost, ha, ha, ha..... Oh, the gas is about the same, though....

tcole1983 said:
So I have notices something as I watch. When they pan the Canon lenses obviously stand out more then the black Nikon. But why does every Canon camera have a huge 400+ mm lens on it while the Nikons seem to have shorter lenses. I don't see many of the big guns really.

That's because I arranged for the Nikon guys to get ringside seats, and the 'away team' to sit in the gods! LOL.

parke1953 said:
Yep that's it.

Assuming you're right, what on earth has that got to do with Land Rovers? Oh it's no use, I give up, way too subliminal for me.

Rx4Photo said:
I get it.....The Canon guy toots his horn and causes the Nikon shooter to miss a good shot of the bird. It's about jealousy and envy, right.

Yep that's it.

I get it.....The Canon guy toots his horn and causes the Nikon shooter to miss a good shot of the bird. It's about jealousy and envy, right.

parke1953 said:
Looked like the Nikon guy got the shot in flight. The canon guy missed.

They're both driving vehicles that cost them $300 a week in gas to get pictures of ugly birds. They both lose.

:)

Looked like the Nikon guy got the shot in flight. The canon guy missed.

R8R said:
Who the hell spends that much coin to take pictures of buzzards??

Does this include sea gulls and pelicans? LOL

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. LOL, I agree...

Who the hell spends that much coin to take pictures of buzzards??

OK, a little confession...I do drive around the race course with the D4 on the back of the 400 with the TC-20EIII attached as the overall length is too long for the soft case. But, it all sits partially in the soft case and the case is secured in the front seat, lens cover on lens. And this is in a Smart fortwo. Or Smart forone plus gear.

And, about that Canon shooters being smarter than Nikon....mmm it was the Nikon shooter who had his lens cap on at the Olympics.... Maybe the Nikon shooters have worse hangovers....

As a public funded broadcaster the UK's BBC is providing pretty massive coverage of the event.
I've been watching quite a bit of TV since landing back in the UK at the weekend.
Occasionally they slip in a little technical piece - yesterday they showed the remote cameras used underwater in the swimming pool - all driven from a control room below ground next to the pool. There wasn't enough detail to see what cameras and lenses were inside the waterproof housings though.

I was amused by the description of the video camera rig used to follow the divers through their routine from the high board right down into the water. The camera is on some sort of rig inside a plastic pipe - the pipe looked opaque from where the documentary filmed it but must have a clear side towards the pool. The camera is simply hauled up to the top of the tube using a thin rope, then dropped to fall down the tube as the divers go through their routine. Physics says that the camera and divers both accelerate at the same rate and i guess they've tweaked things to get the air resistance of the camera to match that of the divers :-) The footage looked great !

Otherwise, there are cameras on trolleys hung from pairs of overhead cables, cameras on a balloon platform above the main stadium, motorised cameras around all of the running and cycling tracks, you name it ... and always the kit is hidden from view inside the housing !

And above all - some fantastic performances by great athletes. Something truly worth recording for posterity .

Cheers.

Interestingly enough, if I want the range of 200-400mm, I can put the TC-14EII or 20EII on the 70-200mm f/2.8 VRII and get very good results, and have a fairly light weight lens. Some time ago, I did some comparisons using this and here is one of the 2x on the back at 200mm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fantinesfotos/6911905024/sizes/o/in/set-72157630044833773/

One can see that the ability to grab a good image is most likely there and saves the weight of the 200-400 when you have already the 400 and 600 to carry around...or your grip has this stuff...

And the possibility is, with a preview of the shoot, Andrew knows he will need the longer lenses and not the shorter ones. Actually the 300mm f/2.8 would be my next choice and not the zoom.

And, BTW, if you want to see the blocked video, search on YouTube for "Olympic photographer vs. lens cap" Sadly he is shooting Nikon.