Team USA photographer DOUBLES hit rate with Canon EOS R1 at the Olympics

Team USA gymnast Frederick Richard, at the 2024 Olympic Games, photographed by Jeff Cable
(Image credit: Jeff Cable)

A renowned Olympic Games photographer has more than doubled his hit rate for gymnastics using the Canon EOS R1, claiming that the camera gives him "a 95% take rate".

Jeff Cable is a veteran of eight Olympic Games, photographing for Team USA and the US Olympic Committee. He is also a Canon shooter, and frequently tests the company's latest sports cameras at the Games – such as Tokyo 2020, where he was among the first to use the Canon EOS R3

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James Artaius
Editor

James has 22 years experience as a journalist, serving as editor of Digital Camera World for 6 of them. He started working in the photography industry in 2014, product testing and shooting ad campaigns for Olympus, as well as clients like Aston Martin Racing, Elinchrom and L'Oréal. An Olympus / OM System, Canon and Hasselblad shooter, he has a wealth of knowledge on cameras of all makes – and he loves instant cameras, too.