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The Lensrentals Podcast · Archived
How the Best in the Business Get the Shot
From 2019 to 2022 we sat down with photographers, filmmakers, engineers, and the techs on our own bench — how they work, what breaks, and why the gear matters. The show has wrapped, but the full run lives on.
75 episodes
in the archive
2019 – 2022
a three-year run
Final
63
The send-off · Aug 22, 2022
Shooting the Sh!t: Pay Transparency, PA Work, and BS Reviews
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2022 16 episodes
Shooting the Sh!t: Pay Transparency, PA Work, and BS Reviews
From Concert Photography to Commercial Videography w/Nathan Armstrong and Will Evans
How to Test Your Gear at Home
Ask Lensrentals: Lens Inspection, Filters, and Repair Reliability
Ask Lensrentals: Oops! All Video
How to Buy a Used Camera
How the Canon 5.2mm Dual Fisheye Could Change VR
Why You Can't Trust Weather Sealing w/ Chris Gampat of The Phoblographer
Battle of the Flagships: R3 vs. Z9 vs. A1
Best Of
Audio only BEST OF: How Lensrentals Reached a Million Orders
Best Of
Audio only BEST OF: How to Make the Most of a Small Crew
Best Of
Audio only BEST OF: How David Carson Won a Pulitzer Covering Ferguson
Best Of
Audio only BEST OF: How to Make Money Shooting Portraits (Or When the Art of Photography Meets the Business of Photography)
Best Of
Audio only BEST OF: Women's Weekend Film Challenge (Or How a Short Film Contest is Attempting to Change the Industry)
Best Of
Audio only BEST OF: How to Break a Camera (Or Why Saltwater Will Destroy Everything You've Ever Loved)
Best Of
Audio only BEST OF: How to Break a Lens (Or How the Lensrentals Camera Repair Department Has Fixed So Many Lenses)
2021 20 episodes
Special
Show notes → 2021 Wrap Party: Photo Industry Review
Special
Show notes → 2021 Wrap Party: Video Industry Review
Photo Gear Rodeo: 100S, R3, and Z9, oh my!
Ask Lensrentals: Time Limits, Thicc Primes, and Third Party Lenses
How to Shoot Your First Short Film with Juli Jackson
What is Nightscape Photography? With Matthew Saville
Ask Lensrentals: Filters, Finances, and the Future
Roger Cicala Explains MTF Testing
New Gear Rodeo: Video Accessories
Ask Lensrentals: Gear, Geysers, and the Future is Video
Komodo 101
Engineering the Shot with Nat Geo's Tom O'Brien
Interlude
Audio only Summer Break Time
Solving Film Emulation with FilmConvert
Time Tested Gear
What Makes a Cinematic Image with Art Adams of ARRI
The Mysterious Future of the Photography Industry with Barney Britton of DPReview
Ask Lensrentals: Lenses, Sensor Cleaning, and Sharpness Testing
10 Essential Pieces of Video Gear for Beginners
How to Utilize Drones in Any Field with Women Who Drone
2020 25 episodes
Bonus
Show notes → 2020 Gear in Review: Bests and Busts
Nikon's Evolution from Film to Mirrorless
10 Essential Pieces of Photo Gear for Beginners
How to Buy a Used Lens
How NASA Photographers Capture History
Gear Horror Stories
Sony on the A7SIII and Emerging Technology
How Lensrentals Picks New Gear
How to Get Started Live Streaming
Making Retouching More Accessible with Sef McCullough
Canon on the R5 and Lens Development
New Gear Rodeo: Summer 2020
How to Disinfect Camera Equipment and Spaces
How to Buy a Used Lens
New Gear Rodeo: What We Think of the Latest Camera Bodies
How to Make the Most of a Small Crew
How to Make Money Shooting Portraits
How Lensrentals Reached a Million Orders
How to Break a Video Camera
How Rick Sammon Creates Killer Travel Images
How a Weekend Challenge is Changing the Film Industry
How Lighting is Evolving with No Film School's Charles Haine
How to Break a Camera
How to do Everything with Scott Kelby
Special
Show notes → 2019 Gear in Review: Bests and Busts
2019 14 episodes
How Post-Processing Began
How David Carson Won a Pulitzer Covering Ferguson
How to Get Started in VR
How to Break a Lens
How Early Photographers Turned Silver Into Gold
How Zero Point Zero Wrangles Gear
Bonus
Show notes → 10 Horror Movies Every Filmmaker Should See
How Canon Rumors Gets the Scoop
How Lensrentals Uses 3D Printing
How Indie Film Lab Keeps Film Alive
How to Shoot Your First Wedding
How Indie Memphis Runs a Film Festival
How Matthew Duclos Modifies Lenses
Interlude
Audio only Let's do this!