Sony's "Camera Arsenal" at the Winter Olympics provides 250 cameras, 600 long gun lenses - Hong Kong unwire.hk

The 24th Winter Olympic Games kicked off in Beijing a few days ago. Sony also provided as many as 250 professional-grade cameras and 600 long-gun lenses for this year’s Winter Olympics. , for the second time at the Olympic site to provide photographers with photographic equipment support.

Photographer Nick Didlick at the Beijing Winter Olympics shows the inside of the press center. A total of 41 local staff work in the news center, with an additional 30 global logistics staff assisting photographers in different time zones around the world. Not only can photographers clean their cameras and perform repairs, but a large number of cameras and lenses can be loaned out for free at the service counter, including the flagship full-frame mirrorless A1, FE 600mm F4 GM OSS and FE 400mm F2.8 GM OSS and other ace cannons lens.

Although the Winter Olympics officially opened on February 4, some competitions had already held preliminaries before the opening ceremony to determine the qualifications of athletes to enter the finals. Among them, a Sony camera in the hands of a photographer also participated in the competition.

On February 3rd, the conference held two preliminaries for alpine skiing and freestyle skiing. During one of the skiing races, a photographer accidentally dropped his camera, and the camera body and lens rolled down a snow-filled slope. About half a minute after rolling down the slope, the camera and lens were picked up by another photographer present. However, in the process of rolling down the slope, a piece of debris is suspected to have been flying out of the camera or lens, and it is unknown which part of the camera the relevant debris belongs to.

The fall process was first reported by NBC Olympics’ official Twitter, and a 41-second short film was released. Judging from the appearance of the equipment in the film, the seriously injured camera may be a Sony A1 or Sony A9 II, and the lens may be a Sony FE 24- 70mm F2.8 GM or Sony FE 16-35mm F2.8 GM. It is believed that the photographer involved can use the maintenance and equipment loan service at the Beijing Winter Olympics Press Center.