RE: OT: Canon's gear room at the Olympics

2012-08-09 Thread Bob W
: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of P. J. Alling Sent: 09 August 2012 04:58 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Canon's gear room at the Olympics All of them? On 8/5/2012 7:25 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote: Makes me wonder how many Cannon pro shooters

Re: OT: Canon's gear room at the Olympics

2012-08-09 Thread Charles Robinson
On Aug 6, 2012, at 13:56, David Parsons wrote: Well, the guy who took the pictures (on a smartphone), shoot Nikon. The EXIF for all of the images shows me Canon 5D. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org

Re: OT: Canon's gear room at the Olympics

2012-08-08 Thread P. J. Alling
All of them? On 8/5/2012 7:25 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote: Makes me wonder how many Cannon pro shooters are covering the event. -Original Message- From: Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com Subject: Re: OT: Canon's gear room at the Olympics What one must realize is that these are just

Re: OT: Canon's gear room at the Olympics

2012-08-06 Thread John Sessoms
From: Larry Colen Do they really anticipate that much breakage? I think it's a case of have it and don't need it is always wins over need it and don't have it. But, I wouldn't be surprised if the story was planted by Canon marketing. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: Canon's gear room at the Olympics

2012-08-06 Thread David Parsons
Well, the guy who took the pictures (on a smartphone), shoot Nikon. On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 11:22 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Larry Colen Do they really anticipate that much breakage? I think it's a case of have it and don't need it is always wins over need it and

Re: OT: Canon's gear room at the Olympics

2012-08-05 Thread Joseph McAllister
What one must realize is that these are just replacement gear for the Pros. A further 60% are in the hands of the photogs. Someone on that site speculated 11-12 million dollars retail that could be seen and surmised by shelving units not seen. There is likely a repair person or two in the back

Re: OT: Canon's gear room at the Olympics

2012-08-05 Thread Larry Colen
Do they really anticipate that much breakage? Or does the pro program also include rental, and possibly onsite sales? On Aug 5, 2012, at 3:44 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote: What one must realize is that these are just replacement gear for the Pros. A further 60% are in the hands of the

Re: OT: Canon's gear room at the Olympics

2012-08-05 Thread Joseph McAllister
How would I know. I've been shooting Pentax since 1966. They are not GoPro, but NoPro kinda folks. On Aug 5, 2012, at 16:07 , Larry Colen wrote: Do they really anticipate that much breakage? Or does the pro program also include rental, and possibly onsite sales? On Aug 5, 2012, at

Re: OT: Canon's gear room at the Olympics

2012-08-05 Thread Kenneth Waller
Makes me wonder how many Cannon pro shooters are covering the event. -Original Message- From: Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com Subject: Re: OT: Canon's gear room at the Olympics What one must realize is that these are just replacement gear for the Pros. A further 60% are in the hands

Re: OT: Canon's gear room at the Olympics

2012-08-05 Thread John Francis
On Sun, Aug 05, 2012 at 04:07:36PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: Do they really anticipate that much breakage? Or does the pro program also include rental, and possibly onsite sales? The pro program almost certainly includes rental, replacement units for the pros to use during repairs, and loaner

OT: Canon's gear room at the Olympics

2012-08-04 Thread David Parsons
http://www.petapixel.com/2012/07/31/canons-drool-worthy-gear-room-at-the-london-olympics/ Canon has this store room for CPS members who are credentialed to shoot the Olympics. Crazy amount of gear there. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer

RE: OT: Canon's gear room at the Olympics

2012-08-04 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: OT: Canon's gear room at the Olympics http://www.petapixel.com/2012/07/31/canons-drool-worthy-gear-room-at-the-london-olympics/ Canon has this store room for CPS members who are credentialed to shoot the Olympics. Crazy amount of gear

Re: OT: Canon's gear room at the Olympics

2012-08-04 Thread Rick Womer
pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, August 4, 2012 6:17 PM Subject: OT: Canon's gear room at the Olympics http://www.petapixel.com/2012/07/31/canons-drool-worthy-gear-room-at-the-london-olympics/ Canon has this store room for CPS members who are credentialed to shoot the Olympics.  Crazy amount