Olympics

We were a bit jealous when we saw all those robotic camera rigs working away at the 2012 Olympic Games, but today on the floor of Photokina 2012, we got to control one ourselves.

The Olympics are starting to wrap-up in London, but the constant stream of photos coming out the games continues. Some of the shots from yesterday's track and field are events are a bit unusual, though, in that they were taken by 200m gold medalist, Usain Bolt.

It takes a lot of gear to shoot the Olympics, but if you're a member of the Canon Professional Services shooting the Games, then Canon really has you covered.

Getty Images photographer Streeter Lecka puts it best: “The Olympics are unlike anything you will ever shoot in sports,” he says. “For professional shooters, it’s our Super Bowl. The competitive spirit that the athletes feel, we feel. We’re all going for that iconic picture that will forever go down in Olympic history. We’re there to capture it in real time, under nerve-racking pressure, because in competitive sports shooting, there’s never a ‘do over’.” Preach it, brother.