Also, as I recall it was unusually warm at those Olympics. The Bob sled run
actually started to melt.
John
John Hermanson wrote:
> 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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