Nikon Rocks!!!

In case i have not mentioned it before, Nikon Rocks. Both Nikon and Canon treat the photographers covering the games very well here. We all received a Beautiful Lowepro Flipside 500 camera bag at the opening reception, and they both have Loaner equipment available in the main press center. On Day 2 i had a bunch of time to kill so i visited the booth, they offered to clean my gear, so i handed over both my camera bodies as well as one lens, and an hour later i got them back nice and clear, tightened and they even replaced a piece of missing rubber on my D2x that fell off years ago.

That night I was shooting Mogul skiing so i asked about borrowing a Nikon D3s, which has even better high ISO than my D3, they gladly handed over the body. The following day i borrowed another body and a teleconverter. The only downside is that the gear needs to be returned each within 24 hours, but it is still a sweet deal. They also have a range of long lenses all the way up to a 600mm F4, but so far i have not needed one as my 200-400 is suiting me just fine.

After shooting in the pouring rain at the moguls, and seeing all of the other shooters with their high tech rain covers, i figured i would ask Nikon about them. Once again Nikon happily handed over a very nice cover for my lens, and told me to keep it.

Yes Nikon does Rock!!!