John P. wrote
>>The fun part was when the photos went back to the local paper's editor. Of
>>the 9 pictures published for the race coverage, three were mine (OM-4T with
>>Motor Drive 2, using 21mm, 35-80 zoom and 300mm lenses). I've never had a
>>photo published in a newspaper before and it was most gratifying to see my
>>work in print. The remaining six shots were divided among the four
>>full-time staff shooters from the paper using their highly vaunted nikons
>>and canons. I guess those tired old Olympus clunkers still have a few good
>>shots left in 'em after all <g>.
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Way to go John P.!!!!!! I saved your post in my "True Oly Stories"
folder as an example how Oly equipment in the hands of a skillful
photographer can make a difference.
Would you mind describing your three photos that were published and how
you took/made them
Regards
S.C.
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>From: John Petrush[SMTP:jpetrush@xxxxxxxxx]
>Reply To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 1998 1:38 PM
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Working with the pros
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>I recently had the thrill and excitement of photographing a major motorsport
>event (the Darlington NASCAR races) with full media credentials as a
>stringer for the local newspaper. I stuffed my bag with nearly every piece
>of equipment I own and worked the infield, garage area, pit lane and all
>around the track. Many thanks to the members of this list who were
>instrumental in helping me assemble all the equipment needed to effectively
>cover such an assignment.
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>One of the little things I did was informally survey the equipment used by
>media pros over the four days of the event. While not scientifically
>precise, it wasn't too hard to tally the results. *Everyone* (except for
>me) was using either Nikon of Canon and it was just about a 50/50 split.
>Not a single Pentax or Minolta was seen, nor a medium format of any
>pedigree.
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>A few shooters noticed and asked about my Oly's, especially the OM-2n with
>the 250 back (which was the only one there as best I could tell). A couple
>even commented that Oly's were good cameras but couldn't match the results
>of their (fill in the blank here) systems.
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