Lens rental

I am curious what you all think of renting lenses from places like lens rental .com. I think it would be a good way to try some out before you buy. Good luck/bad luck????

Renting a lens is often a good idea.

If you were trying to decide between the 500L and 600L renting either or both out beforehand would probably be a good idea before dropping that much cash

I rent lenses from a local store as a way to check them out before any buying decision.

I've rented from both lensrentals.com and borrowlenses.com. They are both top-quality outfits and I would highly recommend both. Rented a 100-400 a couple of times, a Sigma 10-20 once and some other rentals.

If you are a member of the Canon Pro program you can try before you buy. They have loaners that they will send you to check out. One at a time and as available. I use lensrental.com and think they are the greatest.

I've used lensrentals.com several times, and have nothing but the highest praise for Roger and their service.

I know it's not the largest company out there, but how often do you email a place and have the owner be the person to reply to your question?

pman67 wrote in post #7847161
I've used lensrentals.com several times, and have nothing but the highest praise for Roger and their service.

I know it's not the largest company out there, but how often do you email a place and have the owner be the person to reply to your question?

Actually, it is the largest rental company

Thank you for recommendations, all!

pman67 wrote in post #7847161
I've used lensrentals.com several times, and have nothing but the highest praise for Roger and their service.

I know it's not the largest company out there, but how often do you email a place and have the owner be the person to reply to your question?

I have my first lens reserved from lensrentals.com and I had a few questions...emailed them at 11:30 PM and within 10 minutes, I had not 1, but 2 people respond to my question.

lensrentals.com & borrowlenses have been fantastic

scpictaker wrote in post #7846394
I am curious what you all think of renting lenses from places like lens rental .com. I think it would be a good way to try some out before you buy. Good luck/bad luck????

i think renting first is a good way to decide if you want a lens. lenses i have rented and later bought are 17-40L, 24-70L, 100-400L, 35L and 85 1.8.

ed rader

FWIW
Every lens that I have purchased has been rented before hand to see if it would do what I have wanted it to do. It has saved me from some costly mistakes.
It is one thing to read,compare, mull and agonize over a large expenditure such as a 100-400.
But to get it in your hands and try it for the desired purpose could save you mucho dinero.
As a matter of fact I have one of Roger's ( lensrentals.com) 300 F4 L's here right now trying it out. Am comparing it to my 70-200 f4L w tc and my 100-400 for IQ.
Hope this helps some.
Ron

Oh,
And my next rental will be a full size sensor body. 5d maybe or 1ds.
Ron

Ron, how are you liking the 300? Its one of my favorite lenses, but I guess I'm in the minority there, its not all that popular compared to the zooms.

Hope the 300's going well. I've rented the 300 2.8 from them and will be buying it at some point this summer.

Lensrentals.com is definitely the place to go for rentals.