WHISTLER, B.C.–With snow backdrops and with subjects moving at upwards of 80 miles an hour, Canon figured that the Olympic would be a perfect testing ground for one of its new lenses.
The lens, an updated version of its 70-200mm L-series lens, is slated to ship in a few weeks. But Canon made about 300 just for the games to get some feedback and make any last minute tweaks, if necessary.
Both Canon and rival Nikon are at the Games, helping photographers with demo lenses and cameras.
I took advantage of that, borrowing a lens from Canon to shoot Friday’s bobsled images. The lens was a huge help, but my first few shots still captured more track than sled. Eventually, though, I got the hang of it and am looking forward to photographing Day 2’s action, which will get under way shortly.
Canon is also letting professional shutterbugs try out its EOS 1D Mark IV camera, which can shoot 10 still frames per second, as well as shoot full HD video at 30 frames per second. One of its most popular features here is doing a better job of not autofocusing on snow rather than the action–a traditional problem for autofocus.
[الاوسمه]: Olympic