Usain Bolt wins the 200 meters and shoots with a 1DX and 24-70 -Winner!!!

[bkorcel]

Cool! Than I will still be able to get my 1DX at a "reasonable" price then! LOL

I smell a big endorsement coming! Expect canon prices to go up to pay for it.

Didn't they say NIKON?! LOL! Look at the pictures! : ;D

 

[lecoupdejarnac]

Don't jump on the bandwagon and pretend you know what NBC's coverage is like in the US

Please, by all means, jump on this bandwagon! The coverage is horrible and should rightfully be called out for what it is.

And I concur, looks like 14-24 to me...

 

[iaind]

Trust Usain Bolt to go over to the dark side

 

[KyleSTL]

Don't jump on the bandwagon and pretend you know what NBC's coverage is like in the US

Please, by all means, jump on this bandwagon! The coverage is horrible and should rightfully be called out for what it is.

And I concur, looks like 14-24 to me...

The coverage has been terrible, but should not be characterized by people outside the US who just read articles about it. To say that the 200m final was not covered in the US is just ignorant (meant in the literal sense of the word - do not know).

 

[Wrathwilde]

He obviously had to settle for a Nikon camera, no 1D X owner is going to chance having to run down Bolt to get their camera back. Although if he had snagged a 1D X... The photographer chasing him would have given Bolt the closest race of his life.

 

[Caps18]

The coverage has been just fine. The time delay is messing them up since the 200m race was on at 10pm EST which was probably 7-12 hours after he actually ran it.

And it helps if you have MSNBC, CNBC, NBCSN, and regular NBC they are showing almost everything.


Were you able to take your DSLR into the event?

 

[poias]

Canon should run an ad campaign to tout how the best use Canon! If Bolt uses Canon, you can bet a lot of impressionable folks will be lining up to buy 5DM3 and 1DX! Boy, I can't want to be a fly on the wall in one of the Canon marketing conference rooms.

 

[Tayvin]

Canon should run an ad campaign to tout how the best use Canon! If Bolt uses Canon, you can bet a lot of impressionable folks will be lining up to buy 5DM3 and 1DX! Boy, I can't want to be a fly on the wall in one of the Canon marketing conference rooms.

I think you mean Nikon because that's what he's holding.

 

[DanielW]

He obviously had to settle for a Nikon camera, no 1D X owner is going to chance having to run down Bolt to get their camera back. Although if he had snagged a 1D X... The photographer chasing him would have given Bolt the closest race of his life.

LOL

 

[CatfishSoupFTW]

the pictures were quite amusing. one photographer just stood there with a smile and forgot to shoot (D: ) curious if he just smashed it in automatic mode, or the settings just happened to be right.

but it was a nikon... unfortunately

 

[poias]

the pictures were quite amusing. one photographer just stood there with a smile and forgot to shoot (D: ) curious if he just smashed it in automatic mode, or the settings just happened to be right.

but it was a nikon... unfortunately

That was the photographer from whom Bolt took the camera.

 

[Tcapp]

They gave him a d4 cause no one in their right mind would hand over a 1dx.

 

[Mr Simpleton]

The photographer Jimmy Wixtröm more or less planned the whole thing. He got Usain to use his camera last year and now during the Olymipics Jimmy was wearing the same cap each and every day and was even called a stalker by Usain (but with a smile)... and Jimmy stood where he knew Usain would pass after the 200 meter final. He shouted for Usain and got noticed. The rest is history..... As for just standing and not taking any photos, Jimmy had two cams, but the one he had left was with tele lens and useless for capturing the moment.

I am confident it was no planned marketing from Nikon on this... but sure could be used in upcoming commercials if they wanted to

 

[Orion]

there was NO Canon and NO Nikon . . . just a pro body camera for taking photos. WINNER!