Equipment
The Most Rented Photo and Video Products of 2021
Each year, we try to share as much information as possible with our community here at Lensrentals.com. Being one of the largest rental houses in the world, we think that our end-of-the-year data can show a pretty broad scope of where the industry is heading and what we can expect into next year and…
Most Rented New Photo & Video Products of 2021
We have a habit at the end of the year here at Lenrentals.com. Each year, we compile all of our end-of-the-year data and share with you the best-rented products for the year. Being among the largest rental houses in the world, we really think that this information can be a great tool to measure…
How Lens Adapters Work & Why You Should Try Them
With both Nikon and Canon switching out their DSLR markets for mirrorless platforms and offering up new lens mounts as a result, and with Sony and Fuji both developing great lenses for their platforms, a common question we get asked is about lens adapters. And lens adapters are no new thing, dating…
A Look at the Progression of the Canon Mirrorless Platform
The month of October marks the 3rd anniversary of the Canon EOS R line of cameras and lenses – a product lineup that they’ve poured a significant amount of attention and resources into in these three years. The initial announcement of Canon’s focus on their mirrorless platform was met with a lot of…
Testing the Best Ultra-Wide Lenses for the Perseids Meteor Shower
Meteor showers can be some of the most exciting celestial events to shoot, but they can also be quite the challenge to get a good meteor photo. With about ten years of practicing astrophotography and timelapse, one of the best lessons I’ve learned with increasing chances of a good meteor shot is:…
I Traded My Full-Frame Kit For A Sony RX100 VI, Here’s What I Learned
This is the story of that time I, an obsessed pixel-peeper, decided to leave all my exotic full-frame cameras and lenses at home, and instead bring a Sony RX100 VI on a week-long backpacking trip in the High Sierra of California. About Me Hello, I’m Matthew Saville! I’ve contributed to the…
Lensrentals.com Reviews the FujiFilm GFX 100S
A month or so back, I wrote a piece a bit different than what you might usually find on this site – I went through and looked at the Canon R5, Sony Alpha 1, and the FujiFilm GFX 100s to determine what the best camera of 2021 was _for me_. As a lifelong Canon DSLR shooter, I knew it was time for me…
Production Services Series: Frame.io
_We cover gear a lot on the Lensrentals blog. Which lenses are the sharpest? Which camera has the most features?_ _What does the inside of a GFX100 look like__? What we rarely address, especially on the video side, is the equally important field of post-production. It won’t matter what codec you…
The Battle of the Behemoths – Finding the Best Camera of 2021
Though time has felt like it has stopped over the last year, the last few months have given us some pretty exciting photography and videography products to look forward to. Though many of these cameras aren’t readily available, I felt it was something worth discussing regardless; in the effort to…
The Top Rented Photo and Video Products of 2020
Each year, we take a look at the data and rentals we were able to provide for our customer base and use it to get some perspective on where the industry might be heading. Certainly, this year was a different one, with the pandemic putting many stops to the industry and the jobs available – but we…
First Impressions with the Oculus Quest 2
The Oculus Quest was first where the promises of VR, a baseline standard of quality, and affordability met, and Oculus (read: Facebook) seems to have been pretty well rewarded for finding the sweet spot. It’s estimated that half of all VR headsets sold in 2019 were Oculus Quest headsets, so I think…
Understanding the Differences in Video Camera Battery Systems
A curious reader recently asked for an explainer on the endlessly confusing world of professional video batteries. How is v-mount different from gold mount? What’s d-tap for? Are these things really worth the money? We don’t often get requests for video-related blog articles in the comments, so we…