Lens Rental from RentGlass.com

Posted Jul 9th 2006 1:33PM by Andrew Barrow
Filed under: Canon, Equipment, Lenses

RentGlass. com allows the rental of camera lenses for your SLR's. A great way to test out a lens before you buy or to experiment with those specialist lenses that you would love to have but couldn't possibly warrant the expense. At the moment the site is offering the Canon 24mm Tilt-Shift at $44/$37/$32 per week for 1/2/3 weeks respectively.

At the moment only Canon-compatible products are listed (Nikon-compatible are listed as being available from the 20th July). It seems to be a popular service as the Canon page states "The Canon store is currently under extremely high demand. Please use our in-stock email notification system for the best chance of getting the lens you want."

Each lens comes with a prepaid return shipping and label - how easy can it be? Your week doesn't actually begin until the UPS tracked package is delivered.

Reader Comments

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1. What a GREAT idea! Thnx

Posted at 3:15PM on Jul 9th 2006 by Landon Howell

2. come on. i know it can't be a typo: you spelled lens wrong three times. for months i have held back on nitpicking because you guys are doing the best you can, but this is unacceptable. not using spellcheck is one thing - that would have allowed you to catch mistakes like 'warrent' - but to be a digital photo blogger and not know how to spell lens is a deadly sin.

Posted at 4:26PM on Jul 9th 2006 by borg

3. Yep, shoddy. Sorry about that that one went through without a spell check. No excuses but I have corrected it now.

Posted at 7:02PM on Jul 9th 2006 by Andrew

4. These guys launched RentGlass a few months ago... it started out as a "two guys in a basement" venture which is why they often don't have lenses in stock. It's a decent idea for those of you without anywhere local to rent glass. Me? I prefer walking into Pro Photo Supply in Northwest Portland...

Posted at 7:23PM on Jul 9th 2006 by Aaron B. Hockley

5. I think this is a great way to be able to try out and use lenses that wouldn't otherwise be affordable.

Posted at 8:57PM on Jul 9th 2006 by photomfa.com

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