Tag: equipment
[Quickie] – A Public Service Reminder
by ttstam on Jun.20, 2009, under events, quickie
If you’re here in Seattle – the sun’s out, the weather’s nice, and there are all these fun events going on. Time to go rent that cool lens and get some great pics, right?
Well, you’re not the only one thinking that. In fact, as the summer months kick off, rental houses enter into their busiest season.
Most rental houses, such as online folks like LensRentals.com, or local resources such as Glazer’s Camera Rentals – take reservations. And, if you you know you are going to be shooting an event, you should call in your rental reservations the moment you know the dates. You can always cancel them if plans fall through.
In other words, don’t be like my sweetie, who forgot to call in her rental EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS for shooting the Fremont Solstice Parade today. Fortunately, this is a lens that I own, and I did find out after calling all around a 70-200mm f/2.8L (non Image-Stabalized) lens that I can rent. This event being important for her, I’ll be shooting my backup 40D and her backup 40D – and giving her my treasured “magic drain pipe”, my beloved EOS 5D Mk II and my 8Gb UDMA memory card.
As for me? I called in the rental EF400mm f/2.8L IS a year ago when Seafair’s dates were set… 
