Podcast Episode

The Lensrentals Podcast Episode #38 – Ask Lensrentals: Lenses, Sensor Cleaning, and Sharpness Testing

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We’ve spoken about the start of Lensrentals before, with our founder Roger starting it all in his home as a way to loan out his photo gear to his friends. From there, we’ve grown quite a bit in size, and now rent out hundreds of thousands of pieces of gear to help photographers and videographers alike achieve their vision. Over the years, Roger’s skills have grown quite a bit as well, and he has become one of the biggest banks of knowledge for optical testing in the world. So it felt time to ask him a series of questions submitted by our customers and give you his no-nonsense advice that we’ve come to love.

Lenses and Optics

Sony FE 20mm f/1.8 G Optical Tests

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I haven’t published much optical testing in the last year for many reasons; some obvious, some not. But published or not, we still test things, and occasionally something comes up that I think I need to write up. The Sony FE 20mm f/1.8 G is one of those things. As wide-angle primes go, it’s reasonably priced […]

Lensrentals News and Alerts

Announcing the Winner of the Lensrentals Pitch Contest

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A month or so back, we announced our first-ever Pitch Contest, where we were giving away a pretty nice prize package to any videographers who have a great idea for a short film. The rules were simple, send us a pitch of a film you’ve always wanted to make, and through a team of judges, […]

Podcast Episode

The Lensrentals Podcast Episode #37 – 10 Pieces of Video Gear

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Lensrentals.com own Ryan and Ally sit down for this episode, and talk all things video gear – specifically, what gear you should be looking at as you just get started into videography. Ryan and Ally have years of experience in videography, and both help run our video rental department, with inventory selections, gear recommendations, and more.

Canon RF 100-500mm Teardown

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The Secret of the Broken Element: A Canon RF 100-500mm f4.7-7.1 Teardown

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In ancient times, the IS unit in Canon EF lenses was physically locked down, so the unit didn’t make rattling noises when the lens wasn’t powered up. Canon decided the lockdown was no longer necessary in modern times, so some RF lenses, like the Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1, rattled when the lens wasn’t mounted to the […]

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