Shall We Play a Game?

Posted July 21, 2011
by Roger Cicala

Getting ready to move a business is just like any other move: you spend a lot of time waiting for workmen to show up: painters, electricians, plumbers, you name it. It seems Roger and Aaron got a little bored over at the new building. There wasn’t much to play with: lots of empty space, some lenses we’d started moving over, and some floor tiles they found. They had to entertain themselves somehow.

The Lensrentals Chess set

 

So a nice game of chess seemed like a good idea. I know: they were wrong for doing this. Very wrong. But since they did, does anybody want to rent a rather unique chess set? Shipping cost might be a deal breaker, though.

The Lensrentals Chess Set

 

 

The Classic Canon opening with Nikon defending aggressively

 

Addendum: well we figured we might as well plug it in to our rental model and price it: You can rent the Lensrentals Chess set for just $9,221.00 per week.

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64 Responses to “Shall We Play a Game?”

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  1. Canon vs Nikon: A Photographer’s Game of Chess | Find the best photographers. says:
    July 25, 2011 at 2:10 AM

    [...] Lens Rentals, a company that rents out photography equipment, is putting a new spin on the traditional chess set, replacing the regular pawns, rooks and knights with a bevy of Nikon and Canon lenses. [...]

  2. ND says:
    July 25, 2011 at 9:21 AM

    How did the horse of Canon move? Trage chess move … :)

  3. Shall We Play a Game? « A Lens a Week Blog says:
    July 25, 2011 at 10:21 AM

    [...] Funny! By LensRentals [...]

  4. Landon says:
    July 25, 2011 at 12:28 PM

    That’s hilarious!!!

  5. Steve Solomon says:
    July 25, 2011 at 1:50 PM

    Awesome set! I just wonder how one deals with pawn promotion..any Zeiss or Leitz optics in reserve? ;-)

  6. fxnerd says:
    July 25, 2011 at 11:58 PM

    from fark.com:

    “Bishop to f/8″

  7. A Game Of Chess: Canon vs Nikon style | Kevin S Jones Photography says:
    July 26, 2011 at 2:34 AM

    [...] Shall We Play A Game? [...]

  8. Früchtel says:
    July 26, 2011 at 8:21 AM

    I guess the Canon KingsKnight only will perform in combination with special openings. Otherwise it will not work properly (backfocus) or it has to be adjusted by Canon. The Canon QueensKnight only works with Mark IV-Kings, sunny weather provided.

  9. The game of chess says:
    July 26, 2011 at 8:57 AM

    [...] game of chess as played by photographers (very, very wealthy [...]

  10. Rauf Ashrafov says:
    July 26, 2011 at 11:54 AM

    Nikon…….Mate!

  11. Canon vs. Nikon Camera Lenses Chess Set | Craziest Gadgets says:
    July 26, 2011 at 3:13 PM

    [...] f/4 Kings and 500mm f4 Queens, 400mm f/2.8 Bishops, 300mm f/2.8 Knights, and 200mm f/2.0 Rooks. Lens Rentals initially set it up while moving some equipment around but now it’s an actual rental product. [...]

  12. Canon and Nikon Luxury Lenses Group Battle! ;-D | Fotokero says:
    August 9, 2011 at 3:59 PM

    [...] the Lens Rentals via Craziest [...]

  13. Tech nerds playing chess | Alex Pusch Photography says:
    August 18, 2011 at 8:19 AM

    [...] happens when you’ve got a lot of bored nerds with too much stuff in the house: the most expensive chess board I can [...]

  14. fast lens says:
    February 17, 2012 at 9:45 AM

    the smaller size lenses (prime lenses) stand in front as pion?

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