History of Photography

The Space Lens Mystery Screw

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We get to do some fun things through our testing company, Olaf Optical Testing. A lot of it I can’t talk about but sometimes we get a project that we can share. One of these came up recently when Matt Leeg asked us if we were interested in testing and cleaning an Angenieux 25mm f/0.95 […]

Teardowns and Disassembly

Tamron 15-30 f/2.8 Di VC Partial Teardown

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We’ve become fans of the Tamron 15-30mm f/2.8 Di VC USD lens since we first tested it optically, but we haven’t really been inside of one yet. It’s not that we weren’t curious. We’ve just been trying to get through the week before and after Memorial Day, typically one of the busier times of the […]

Lensrentals News and Alerts

Come See Us at Cine Gear Expo!

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Come visit us at Cine Gear Expo at Paramount Studios in Hollywood June 5th – 6th! We’ll be at Booth #302. Be sure to stop by and play with the latest gear, and enter to win an iPad Air 2 or a $250 gift certificate. We’ll also be giving out a special Cine Gear discount […]

Lensrentals News and Alerts

May 12th – Customer Service Closing Early

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On May 7th, our customer service manager, Sharon Perez, passed away unexpectedly. Sharon was a wonderful friend and co-worker for the past 4 1/2 years. She was an integral part of our Lensrentals family and she will be sorely missed by all of us. Out of respect for our friend Sharon, and to allow her […]

Other

Canon Announces T6 Sensor Recall

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I want to give credit to Canon for so quickly handling the problem we first reported with some T6 sensors. We announced the problem on April 30th, and within 10 days Canon had determined which cameras were affected (those with Serial Numbers beginning with “01 or “02”) and issued a product alert. Let me add […]

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