Inauguration of Barack Obama: who is ruling the pro bodies and extreme tele-lenses market?

[paulo_cortez]

<p>Gigapan image from the north press platform during President Obama's inaugural address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on January 20, 2009, made up of 220 images by David Bergman <br>

http://gigapan.org/viewGigapanFullscreen.php?auth=033ef14483ee899496648c2b4b06233c</p>

<p>Amongst other things, you can check the gear that pros are using for these type of events!<br>

Paulo<br /> </p>

[paulo_cortez]

<p>Check the middle stand and the right press platform!</p>

[eric_washburn]

<p>The system:<br>

<a href="http://gigapansystems.com/system-page.html">http://gigapansystems.com/system-page.html</a><br>

Apparently not yet compatible with DSLRs, but maybe one day....</p>

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[michael_ziegler2]

<p>What a great picture that is. I wouldn't have believed that was possible!</p>

[naturetrek]

<p>That picture was taken with a Canon G10. For DSLRs, there's this

[sarah_fox]

<p>I'm counting a white:black lens ratio somewhere between 2:1 and 3:1, at least in the press areas. You can almost read "Canon" and "Nikon" on the camera bodies! Wow!</p>

[erik_p1]

Yeah picture is cool. Amazing how few floating heads and other anomalies there are.

[hawkman]

<p>Sarah, I think you need to look more carefully I see more Nikon lenses than Canon in this particular shot, the three lenses in the lower center are all Nikon as are two other on the left clearly attached to a D3 body. That said not much can be concluded from one shot at one particular event.</p>

[mbkissel]

<p>Arash, zoom across to the press gallery on the other side, and then to the center stand on the right. Sarah's estimate may even be low.</p>

<p>The stitching is pretty good. I found a few "floating heads" and body doubles.</p>

[hawkman]

<p>Haha, you are right I missed that, detail is really impressive you can even identify individual faces. There is one dude that has no less than three canon and three Nikon bodies! </p>

[benbangerter]

<p>Camera counting aside, what a great photo! Fun to zoom and pan... Dr. Strangelove seated next to President Bush: priceless!</p>

[clgriffin]

<p>Did anyone else notice the guy who was shooting with a 4X5 field camera. He's on that far side, on the right near the edge and acouple of rows down from top. I wonder if he had a digital back?</p>

[paulo_cortez]

<p>Guy with a blue and yellow parka, fourth row from top, fifth from right?</p>

[benbangerter]

<p>There's another one, bearing 315 degrees from Pres. Obama, just to the left of the white dish antennas.</p>

[stwrtertbsratbs5]

<p>This simply refects Nikon's past delay in coming out with an FX camera. What's more interesting is what's happening in the market now.</p>

<p>We all benefit from competition. I shoot Nikon, but I want a healthy Canon to keep Nikon pushing forward.</p>

[sarah_fox]

<p>Agreed, Robert! As a Canon shooter, I like to see some high end Nikon glass out there.</p>

<p>The blue and yellow parka field camera person... He/she has some sort of mount that is clamped to the railing. Same mount for the Nikon(?) beside it. Pretty cool. Who makes those?</p>

[stwrtertbsratbs5]

<p>I'm 99% certain that the large format guys are using film because scanning backs wouldn't work for this type of shoot.</p>

[ken_d__virginia_]

<p>I am chuckling at Justice Clarence Thomas seemingly nodding off, though he could have just been blinking.</p>