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August 19th, 2008 in Camera by Uncle Sha

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The photo above of the Olympic photographers is indeed a $250,000 thousand in the making as each photographer is equipped with at least $20,000 worth of equipment brought along by them. So the breakdown is

Total Cost: Around $250,000

  • 23 cameras in above photo
    1. Canon L-Series EF and Nikkor AF-S 500mm super telephoto lenses
    2. Each around $5,800
    3. A few 400mm, 600mm, 700mm, 800mm
    4. Average of $6,000 per telephoto lense
    5. That’s $138,000 total just on lenses
    6. Canon and Nikon cameras
    7. Average $5,000 price tag per camera
    8. Grand total to about a quarter of a million dollars.
  • 1,100 accredited photographers at the Beijing Olympics
    1. A good low-estimate per photographer would be $20,000 minimum
    2. Grand total to $22 million in professional digital photography equipment at the Olympics

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