Yes, Olympus had a facility at Lake Placid. I was able to shoot in my off hours
and then got free processing by way of UPI.
John
Jan Steinman wrote:
> >Olympus offered free repair service to working Pros (on site) at the first
> >Shuttle launch (I was there), Democratic & Republican Conventions, the Winter
> >Olympics in lake Placid, an scores of other events. It was all free,
> >with free
> >loaner equipment. This was while Nikon and Canon was giving away
> >equipment to any
> >Pro who would use it (to be seen with it)
>
> Actually, not at the '80 winter games, as I recall.
>
> I had press credentials at the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid,
> shooting for the National Ski Patrol, who was responsible for athelete
> safety during events.
>
> My OM2 died in the bitter cold -- that was a particularly harsh Olympics --
> and I made a panic call to to Olympus. They said they'd be glad to fix it
> for free, but they weren't on site, and there'd at least be the express
> parcel delay, so they suggested I take it to Canon, who was the official
> Games sponsor in photography. I did -- Canon had a complete on-site repair
> facility for the Games. They not only fixed it, but gave it a complete CLA
> and returned it with a Canon ski hat, a Canon camera strap, a Canon
> Olympics pin, and a commemorative shutter-speed print out on Canon/Olympics
> '80 stationery. (Wonder what THAT would be worth at eBay? :-)
>
> So I was pretty impressed with this collaboration between the two
> companies, but as far as I Olympus told me, only Canon was allowed to have
> a repair facility at the games under the sponsorship rules. I guess in
> return for that exclusive privilage, they had to work on all other cameras,
> also.
>
> : Jan Steinman <mailto:jans@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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