Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>And if you really want to save, do what I do, push the bare, naked Leica >shutter release button. It's not too tough. Nigel wrote: >>>>>>>>I have not been to a major sporting event (Olympics, Super Bowl >>>>>>>>etc.) in a decade where there wasn't a Canon rep on-site with >>>>>>>>replacement/loaner equipment.>>>>> Nigel, That happens because Canon pay an incredible amount of money for the privilege of being the "Official Camera" for the Olympics, Commonwealth and Pan American Games and to reap the advertising benefits of same! Not just because they are jolly good chaps wishing to look after their camera buyers. Actually even when Canon is the official camera of the Olympics and their name and cameras are all over the place, both Leica and Nikon have servicing and loaner equipment right around the corner from the Main Press Centre. Actually in Barcelona Spain at the 92 Summer Olympics Canon and Nikon worked in booths right beside each other! I guess you just haven't looked hard enough during the past ten years. :) Leica on the other hand notify every pro using sports photographer exactly where they will be set-up including the names of the servicing crew who will be attending. As well as what types of extra gear they will have on hand for use. Just because their name isn't flaunted all over the place doesn't mean they're not in attendance. The Leica Service Centre at the Olympics, winter and summer, I've worked all of them since 1968 until Barcelona '92, have had excellent people looking after pro shooters using Leica. Sure there aren't the same numbers as Canon, but those pros working their Leicas do so just as hard as the Canon or Nikon carriers. And they are as equally or better treated than those who use the other equipment. ted Ted Grant This is Our Work. The Legacy of Sir William Osler. http://www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant