Olympic Photographer Leaves Lens Cap On

We’ve all left our lens caps on before but it usually takes a split second to look through the viewfinder and figure out what the problem is. This Olympic photographer took a little bit longer to figure out that his lens cap was the reason for his blank images. Unluckily for him, these embarrassing 12 seconds were broadcast to the world.

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http://www.FengLongPhoto.com/ Zachary Long
Haha I saw this last night on TV and immediately noticed the guy in the back fumbling with his camera and wondering why it wasn’t shooting. Thank you to whomever recorded this :)
http://tambnguyen.com/ Tam Nguyen Photography
I think at the end he was gonna shoot it with his live view screen.
Canondude64
I saw the original too. Also liked the guy with the 1Dx spraying and praying the women’s gymnastics team. Sounded like a machine gun and he was only standing 5 feet in front of them after a performance…
http://www.chrisburke.ca Chris Burke
I gotta be honest.. I’m getting tired of all these posts knocking Olympic photogs.. Between here and borrow lenses.. Are we really that jealous of other people’s success that we get joy out of seeing them screw up? Yes, I took part in ripping on the guy with the bad photos.. That was just bad.. But this.. Seriously.. You’ve never in your life left the lens cap on.. People need to get off their high horses and rejoice with people in their success instead of sitting back and say “oh I could do it better”… Clearly you couldn’t do it better, because you aren’t there, you are at home, shooting babies for $25 and making fun of those who are actually getting noticed..
We wonder why the world is a terrible place.. It’s because of stuff like this.. Instead of saying “wow, look at that guy, he gets to shoot the Olympics” we sit back and nit pick the tiny mistake that we’ve probably all made at some point
http://www.facebook.com/brianreesephoto Brian Reese
WELL SAID Chris.
http://profile.yahoo.com/5U4BDTNEI66YGL6XYVF7H6FK2M Kimo
Yup,Chris nailed it.
http://www.rlmorris.com Lee Morris
I don’t think this is that serious of a post. If it were me forgetting to take my lens cap off I would have posted it as well and laughed at myself. We HAVE ALL made this mistake before and we all will again, what’s the big deal in pointing that out and having a chuckle?
http://tambnguyen.com/ Tam Nguyen Photography
Well said Lee.
robsydor
Well said Chris, Brian, Lee and Tam
http://www.facebook.com/dave.morrison.9275 Dave Morrison
Hey, I happen to know he modded the lens cap for pinhole photography. You guys are just haters. ;-)
http://profiles.google.com/kalavere Chris Popely
This did make me laugh. The photogs face said it all, ‘Fuck sake…’.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1374609376 Tim Krueger
well said rob
http://www.facebook.com/thekingjulian Julian Jones
yeah his boss won’t be happy lol
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000131315013 Andrew Gregg
Well said Tim.
http://profiles.google.com/pixelwaster Michael Turcotte
I’ve left my lens cap on many a times. Even if you totaled them all up it still wouldn’t be as long as 12 seconds. I have also had non-photographer laugh at me when it was left on.
My wife has a crush on Gordon Ramsey and watches Hell’s Kitchen. When the chiefs are past the half way point in the series and they screw up he usually says something like “at this stage in the competition you shouldn’t be making these kinds of mistakes”. Only with more force and maybe some bleeps.
ennuipoet
At least he was using a DSLR where he noticed the problem. I still shoot from time to time on an old film rangefinder and live in constant fear of forgetting to take the lens cap off. For you youngins, you can do that with a rangefinder and never know until you develop the roll.
http://www.facebook.com/derrel.hoshing Relzlife Ho-Shing
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahaah these replies are funnier than the actual post
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1291685060 Shane Aguon
Well said Relzlife.
wayneleone
well haha’d
http://www.facebook.com/people/Peter-Smolinski/1315370631 Peter Smolinski
well said everybody
http://www.facebook.com/people/Rafal-Jurczak/100000193339484 Rafal Jurczak
“these embarrassing 12 seconds ” How do you know it was embarrassing for him? Maybe that was funny for him. I don´t consider any mistakes as embarrassing. We all are people and we aren´t perfect. And those who pretend to be perfect are stupid.
http://www.facebook.com/rphotoman Realphotoman Dbv
What makes it so funny is because all of us have done that at one time or another.
http://www.facebook.com/jpsummers John Paul Summers
well said indeed
http://www.facebook.com/ExpertosFotografos Jessy Caballero
well said Peter
http://www.facebook.com/ExpertosFotografos Jessy Caballero
well said Jonh Paul Summers
JASON ANDERSON
well well well … now that’s a deep subject!!!
Chris Helton
Agreed Lee. Get over yourself Burke. It’s good to see even professionals at the Olympics make a mistake. It’s good to have a laugh and realize everyones human.
http://www.facebook.com/josh.vernon.rogers Josh V-R
I make my living from photography I and I still think it’s pretty damn funny. I see where your coming from but seriously… lighten up man this is the sort of stuff most people follow fstoppers for.
http://www.facebook.com/josh.vernon.rogers Josh V-R
agreed
http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/G52DEYVWI5CTDOOFD6YDM2DMMY Luca Brajato
He was trying to “turn on” live view, then he realized it was actually ON, but the lens cap was on too. If you think about this, may be while swapping cameras quickly, it can happen easily. I don’t believe he was embarassed, at all :)
http://tambnguyen.com/ Tam Nguyen Photography
Well said Luca.
http://www.facebook.com/RicardoRGomez Ricardo Gomez
Yup… Done it a million times and counting…
http://www.facebook.com/andbott723 Andy Bottiglieri
well said Jessy
Marcus Lundberg
I have forgotten the lenscap, but at most I realize it about half a second after trying to take the first shot. This looks like a beginner who borrowed his first DSLR and can’t for his life realize what’s wrong. That’s funny!
http://www.facebook.com/STUDIO.AlexHendersonPhotography Alex Henderson
Well, I have a Nikon D700 and it quietly murmurs to me that the lens cap is still on…..Im sure other cameras dont have that feature…
http://www.flexiblevision.com Roman
Cascade is funny so I will write something to. ;)
http://www.facebook.com/ErebusMedia Pat Flores
I too believe so, well said Roman
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1374609376 Tim Krueger
agreed Josh
Kunal Daswani
Well said Andy
Debbie Davies
Nice to see good old LOCOG have blocked the video. I guess they are maximising their commercial interests again.
isn’t nice to have such an open and inclusive LONDON 2012 OLYMPICS GAMES (and any other banned copyrighted words)
http://twitter.com/0xToBe Tobias Gölzer
This is the benefit of a D4 – Push the ISO and you don’t have to remove the Lenscap
http://www.facebook.com/tanja.schulte.7923 Tanja Schulte
i can´t see the video.. the olympic commite has removed it…..
what a great world we live in….
http://www.ohhtography.com Paul Monaghan
Crap ehh.. I was looking forward to seeing it too.
http://twitter.com/Jensthetraveler Jens Marklund
At least he wasn’t using a rangefinder, that would’ve been awkward.
http://twitter.com/digitalkid56 Kid Digital.
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http://twitter.com/digitalkid56 Kid Digital.
Shit, forgot to take my lens cap off before I typed..
Miguel Alonso
Video removed… That is just ridiculous :-/
kurnikoff
Well at list you learned from your mistake Kid :P
Well said (in order of appearance):Chris, Brian, Lee, Tam, robsydor, Tim, Andrew, Relzlife, Shane, wayneleone, Peter, John, JASON, Roman, Pat, Jessy, Andy, Kunal and Kid x2
http://twitter.com/davidraco David Raco
new video was uploaded:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt5wO3-eXCg
This happens all the time with me. But i use viewfinder, and notice it immediately.
Rodoclix
Who among us has not left a cap on before realization? Let me say before any come forth…
We are not worthy!
The guy has done plenty right though to be there, with the credential, and most of us are not.

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