Lensrentals Blog
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Zen and the Art of Remote Presentation – Guide to Live Streaming
Like many of us at Lensrentals, people across the country are hunkered down at home either by choice or by local mandate in an effort to help slow the spread of COVID-19. This has created new challenges in how we work, how we learn, and how we experience the world around us. What were once face to…
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The Lensrentals Podcast Episode #23 – How to Buy a Used Lens
Each week Roger Cicala, founder of Lensrentals.com, hosts conversations about the art and science of capturing images. From photography to videography, film, history, and technology, the show covers a wide range of topics to educate and inspire creators of all kinds. *How to Buy a Used Lens* After…
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Photo and Video Products to Check Out During Isolation
We’re dealing with a very serious matter globally, which has led most of us to practice social isolation until further notice. While this COVID-19 outbreak is incredibly scary, it also has afforded us a lot of free time to sharpen our skills and find new ways to express our creativity. Earlier last…
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The Lensrentals Podcast Episode #22 – New Gear Rodeo: What We Think of the Latest Camera Bodies
Each week Roger Cicala, founder of Lensrentals.com, hosts conversations about the art and science of capturing images. From photography to videography, film, history, and technology, the show covers a wide range of topics to educate and inspire creators of all kinds. *New Gear Rodeo: What We Think…
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Photography and Videography Resources to Check out During Social Isolation
Self-quarantine has left many of us in a state of boredom, and even more of us in a state of uneasiness. This is no easy time for most of us, and so we wanted to provide you with some resources to help you financially, help you sharpen your skills, or even just help you cure some of your boredom…
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How to Disinfect Camera Equipment and Spaces
I’m qualified to talk about this subject to some degree; I take care of a ton of camera equipment, and I was a physician in my past life. And I’ve had so many requests for information about this that it seems logical to put something out, so everyone has access to it. That being said, at this…
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The Lensrentals Podcast Episode #21 – How to Make the Most of a Small Crew
Each week Roger Cicala, founder of Lensrentals.com, hosts conversations about the art and science of capturing images. From photography to videography, film, history, and technology, the show covers a wide range of topics to educate and inspire creators of all kinds. *How to Make the Most of a…
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The Lensrentals Podcast – BEST OF: How to Make Money Shooting Portraits
Each week Roger Cicala, founder of Lensrentals.com, hosts conversations about the art and science of capturing images. From photography to videography, film, history, and technology, the show covers a wide range of topics to educate and inspire creators of all kinds. *How to Make Money Shooting…
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The Lensrentals Podcast Episode #19 – How Lensrentals Reached a Million Orders
Each week Roger Cicala, founder of Lensrentals.com, hosts conversations about the art and science of capturing images. From photography to videography, film, history, and technology, the show covers a wide range of topics to educate and inspire creators of all kinds. *How Lensrentals Reached a…
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Review of the Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L DS with Defocus Smoothing
This past fall, we had listed our favorite gear for the year 2019, and I personally did something different. I listed the Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L DS and openly spoke about how I hadn’t even used it but was excited nonetheless of the new technology being put forth into the Canon RF series of lenses.…
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Practical Use of Field Curvature: 24-70mm Zooms
We’ve done a pretty good introduction to the field curvatures of 24mm, 35mm, 50mm, and 85mm prime lenses. We made a little bit of comparison with bargain primes and zoom lenses at 35mm. This post is going to assume you are familiar with those previous posts. (Yes, I know the reality is most people…
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The Lensrentals Podcast Episode #18 – How to Break a Video Camera
Each week Roger Cicala, founder of Lensrentals.com, hosts conversations about the art and science of capturing images. From photography to videography, film, history, and technology, the show covers a wide range of topics to educate and inspire creators of all kinds. *How to Break a Video Camera*…