Olympic Photographer documents his packing...

[ukaskew]

Oh...my...god:

http://www.vincentlaforet.com/Gear/index.html

At first I thought this for a team, but this is one guys equipment!

 

[Feirny]

Fcuk me! That is fapping awesome. I'd hate to lose even one case though.

 

[Hazza]

I'd hate to be carrying that with me on holiday!

 

[ukaskew]

If you click the first pic and follow it through it describes the whole process, amazing. His prime lens bag makes me weep, it's stunning.

 

[Clart]

crikey! I wonder how much that lot is insured for

 

[my172]

That is a lot of kit!!

 

[Leeshez]

Blimey there is loads.

 

[oneseventwo]

I'd be intrigued to see how he uses it whilst he's there, particularly the remote stuff - do they just have areas set aside where all the photographers set up their remote kit?

Got some great pics on his site too (unsuprisingly!), but it's nice to see things like blown highlights in his work! Makes me feel better about mine...

 

[Andy.]

Wow.... would be fun to have that lot to play with.

 

[182-racing-blue]

Is it me or did I see lot of Canon stuff there? Not a single Sony lens. Hmmmmmm, wonder why?

 

[JJ!]

^^ I spy a dig at Sony gear

 

[oneseventwo]

From his biog:

"Vincent is a Canon Explorer of Light and Canon Printmaster and serves as a consultant to companies such as Apple, Bogen, Lexar and X-Rite."

Probably got a fair bit of that stuff free or cheap.

Git.

 

[Rich]

Bloody hell !

 

[Pete.]

To think I,m dithering on which DSLR to begin with. Couldn't even afford to insure that lot. Some people have all the toys!!!

 

[Sym0n]

Is it me or did I see lot of Canon stuff there? Not a single Sony lens. Hmmmmmm, wonder why?

PMSL I just nearly fell off my chair laughing at that... :lolup:

Where's dunganick when we need him? :nono:

 

[Pettsi]

Wow!

 

[182-racing-blue]

Is it me or did I see lot of Canon stuff there? Not a single Sony lens. Hmmmmmm, wonder why?

PMSL I just nearly fell off my chair laughing at that... :lolup:

Where's dunganick when we need him? :nono:

I thought of Mr Carl "duganick" Zeiss, when I wrote that.

 

[Naith]

4.99 disposable woulda done me a treat!

thats mental, dedication to his art

 

[Blinkin182]

imagine getting all that to athens last time just to capture paula radcliffe crapping!

 

[dunganick]

PMSL I just nearly fell off my chair laughing at that... :lolup:

Where's dunganick when we need him? :nono:

I thought of Mr Carl "duganick" Zeiss, when I wrote that.

Your right, he uses 100% Olympus, clearly the better choice!

May i take this chance to apologise for having a different opinion from you.

You also cant type my name right. Clearly Carl Zeiss cut the glass for your glasses.

 

[182-racing-blue]

Having an opinion is fine, no one refutes your opinion, it's ok to have the wrong opinion too. You have proved that, Gunganick. Meesa sorry that yousa feel like that.

 

[unofficialPete]

I'd pack all of that then leave my memory or batteries at home!

 

[Addz]

Anyone got a rough idea how much all that is worth?

 

[unofficialPete]

Anyone got a rough idea how much all that is worth?

Hard to tell but I was hoping someone would have worked it out by now... grrr

At a glance:

6x 1D MKIII = £15000

Oh god the lenses, I should give up now... this is what I can see at a glance... there are far MORE...

Canon Canon EF 1.4x Converter £207.00 x3
Canon Canon EF 2x Converter £192.98
Canon EF 15mm f2.8 Fisheye £399.98
Canon EF 16-35mm f2.8L USM mkII £939.00
Canon EF 24mm f1.4 L USM £789.00
Canon EF 24-70mm f2.8L USM £780.00
Canon EF 35mm f1.4 L USM £839.00
Canon EF 70-200mm f2.8L IS USM £1185.00
Canon EF 85mm f1.2 L USM II £1185.00
Canon EF 135mm f2.0 L USM £619.00
Canon EF 200mm f2.0 L IS USM £3799.0
Canon EF 300mm f2.8L IS USM £2799.00
Canon EF 400mm f2.8L IS USM £4799.99
Canon EF 600mm f4.0L IS USM £5399.99
Canon TSE 24mm £760.00
Canon TSE 45mm £629.00
Canon TSE 90mm £699.00
Canon Speedlite 580EX II £249.99 x2


Lee filters - £150-£400 (could be anything)
Pocket Wizards - £800+


Can't be bothered to work out the Macs, laptops, hard drives, mono pods, battery packs, pet dog etc... so err I get roughly...


£42935.92

Realistically there must be about 60,000 worth...

 

[Marky_]

Amazing. Imagine looking for a specific item after they're all packed.

 

[Andy.]

Hard to tell but I was hoping someone would have worked it out by now... grrr

At a glance:

6x 1D MKIII = £15000

Oh god the lenses, I should give up now... this is what I can see at a glance... there are far MORE...

Canon Canon EF 1.4x Converter £207.00 x3
Canon Canon EF 2x Converter £192.98
Canon EF 15mm f2.8 Fisheye £399.98
Canon EF 16-35mm f2.8L USM mkII £939.00
Canon EF 24mm f1.4 L USM £789.00
Canon EF 24-70mm f2.8L USM £780.00
Canon EF 35mm f1.4 L USM £839.00
Canon EF 70-200mm f2.8L IS USM £1185.00
Canon EF 85mm f1.2 L USM II £1185.00
Canon EF 135mm f2.0 L USM £619.00
Canon EF 200mm f2.0 L IS USM £3799.0
Canon EF 300mm f2.8L IS USM £2799.00
Canon EF 400mm f2.8L IS USM £4799.99
Canon EF 600mm f4.0L IS USM £5399.99
Canon TSE 24mm £760.00
Canon TSE 45mm £629.00
Canon TSE 90mm £699.00
Canon Speedlite 580EX II £249.99 x2


Lee filters - £150-£400 (could be anything)
Pocket Wizards - £800+


Can't be bothered to work out the Macs, laptops, hard drives, mono pods, battery packs, pet dog etc... so err I get roughly...


£42935.92

Realistically there must be about 60,000 worth...

Change the cameras to:

2 x 1Ds Mk III = 9478
3 x 1D Mk III = 7335
1 x 5D = 1349


Total = 18,000 just on bodies. Ouch! Would love to have just one of those, let alone three!

 

[Brasseye]

that 400 looks dam usefull..............

and all those 1D bods well....

mans got a job to do

 

[Andi-B]

I'd put money on the cameras/equipment have already paid for themselves through him selling the photo's he's taken.

Stunning kit btw... I'm jealous.

 

[unofficialPete]

http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/olympicpix/archive/tags/Vincent+Laforet/default.aspx

Found his blog, check out the blood drop image!