Olympics Photographer on Canon R1, Sony a9 III, and More! Feat. Leah Hennel

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Photographer Leah Hennel is an award-winning photojournalist who has been on the ground at Olympic events for the past 10 years. She just returned from Paris after covering the 2024 Summer Olympics and chats with The PetaPixel Podcast team about process, strategy, the day-to-day experience, and -- of course -- gear.
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In This Episode

• 00:00 - Intro
• 06:22 - Samyang made the world's first optical exchange autofocus lens
• 09:44 - Apple event is scheduled for September 9
• 15:48 - Check out this 18.7K camera and it's crazy underwater housing
• 20:11 - Kodak Color Negative photochemicals are available globally
• 21:53 - Apple published its first Final Cut Pro YouTube video ads for the first time... ever?
• 25:45 - Story about Resolve
• 26:35 - The rise and crash of the camera industry in one chart
• 32:43 - Olympics 2024 Debrief with photographer Leah Hennel
• 1:07:23 - Tech Support
• 1:27:46 - What have you been up to?
• 1:29:43 - Never read the comments
• 1:37:22 - Feel good story of the week