I have rented a Canon 10-22 for my trip to Africa from LensPal but they don't have filters.
Doe's anyone know where I could rent one for 4 weeks?.
cdiver2 Goldmember 1,033 posts Likes: 84 Joined Feb 2012 Location: Safety Harbor Fl More info | Jul 15, 2012 19:37 | #1 I have rented a Canon 10-22 for my trip to Africa from LensPal but they don't have filters.
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Sirrith Cream of the Crop More info | Jul 15, 2012 19:40 | #2 Just buy one. Renting will most likely cost you the same or close enough to make no difference if it is even possible to rent a filter. -Tom
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Jon Cream of the Crop 69,628 posts Likes: 227 Joined Jun 2004 Location: Bethesda, MD USA More info | Jul 15, 2012 19:42 | #3 Might as well buy one. A B+W MRC CPL goes for around $128 at B&H. That's "rent" of $32/week, and if you don't decide to get a lens that uses 77 mm filters, you can sell it on and recoup most of the cost. Jon
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cdiver2 THREAD STARTER Goldmember 1,033 posts Likes: 84 Joined Feb 2012 Location: Safety Harbor Fl More info | Jul 15, 2012 20:00 | #4 Jon wrote in post #14721150 Might as well buy one. A B+W MRC CPL goes for around $128 at B&H. That's "rent" of $32/week, and if you don't decide to get a lens that uses 77 mm filters, you can sell it on and recoup most of the cost. $32 a week!!!! the 12-22 only cost me $98 for four weeks with a damage wavier
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Jon Cream of the Crop 69,628 posts Likes: 227 Joined Jun 2004 Location: Bethesda, MD USA More info | Jul 15, 2012 20:32 | #5 So call it a $4-5/week rent with a $110 or so deposit you can recoup if you sell it on. Jon
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kMatt Member 113 posts Joined Mar 2012 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada More info | Jul 16, 2012 01:56 | #6 I don't see why you don't just buy one. 77mm is among the most common filter sizes, and a CPL is worth the price IMO.
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dedsen Goldmember 2,580 posts Likes: 34 Joined Aug 2006 More info | Jul 16, 2012 07:46 | #7 Lensrentals.com rents them for $7.50 for 5 days, but only if you rent a lens from them. They do not rent filters by themselves.
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Jul 16, 2012 09:43 | #8 these (Pro-Optic) get pretty good reviews and aren't expensive. You can buy a 77mm CPL from Amazon for $45
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cdiver2 THREAD STARTER Goldmember 1,033 posts Likes: 84 Joined Feb 2012 Location: Safety Harbor Fl More info | Jul 16, 2012 18:45 | #9 Thanks for the suggestions, a friend is going to loan me one.
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