Railfan Technology > Renting high end digital cameras, lenses

There's an article in ReCode today about Lumoid, a firm which rents high end digital cameras and lenses. You can also buy the equipment, if you like. Their target market is the user who wants to try out equipment, or wants purpose specific equipment (25-300, f 3.5 lens, etc) that will only be used once or twice. They will also ship to your hotel, etc saving you the trouble of schlepping the camera and gear.

>>I opted to rent the Canon lens, the Sony camera body and the Sony lens for four days. Lumoid charged $43 per day, plus mandatory insurance, which cost $24, a flat shipping fee of $18 and, finally, taxes. The total was $178.95.<<


BorrowLenses is another firm in the same business

Has anyone done business with these guys?


http://recode.net/2014/04/21/why-buy-a-digital-camera-when-you-can-rent/

There is also www.lensrentals.com.

I worked w lensrentals.com. It was a good experience


Chico

I can also vouch for ARC Rentals, a division of Adorama. The prices are fair and service is right.

Dennis Livesey
New York, NY

ChooChooDennis Wrote:
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> I can also vouch for ARC Rentals, a division of
> Adorama. The prices are fair and service is right.


I've had good results buying from Adorama over the years. Maybe I'll try the rentals. Thanks.

I've rented from http://aperturent.com/ before. Atlanta based. If you live in the Atlanta area, they offer you the option to pickup instead of pay for shipping.

If ya live in FL, best one Ive dealt with is www.thelensdepot.com Good prices too

I used to rent occasionally from Calumet Photo but I discovered recently that they declared BK and closed all their stores in March of this year. Samy's Camera also has rental departments in a half-dozen locations in California.

I use http://www.borrowlenses.com/

Good experiences and prices.

Donnie Biggs