{"id":215,"date":"2007-10-17T18:30:02","date_gmt":"2007-10-17T22:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/2007\/10\/17\/renting-a-lens\/"},"modified":"2007-10-17T18:30:02","modified_gmt":"2007-10-17T22:30:02","slug":"renting-a-lens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/2007\/10\/17\/renting-a-lens\/","title":{"rendered":"Renting a Lens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I think I mentioned my newfound interest in camera lens rentals. In particular, the prices are lower than I&#8217;d have expected. I have a few different things in mind&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The weekend before Thanksgiving, I&#8217;m going to an event with all the major presidential candidates. I&#8217;ve found that 200mm isn&#8217;t long enough to get good close-ups, and that f\/5.6 is far too slow for indoor shooting. (Especially as I don&#8217;t like shooting above ISO800.) So I need something longer and faster.<\/p>\n<ul>\n    <li>The ubiquitous choice is Canon&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lensrentals.com\/item\/canon-70-200mm-f2.8-is-l\">70-200mm f\/2.8 lens<\/a>. f\/2.8 is extraordinarily fast, and, as an added bonus, it has Image Stabilization, which apparently eliminates motion blur from hand-holding. 200mm isn&#8217;t long enough, but with a 1.4x or 2x teleconverter, it&#8217;s long and yet still fast.<\/li>\n    <li>If I didn&#8217;t need the image stabilization, Sigma has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lensrentals.com\/item\/sigma-120-300mm-f2.8-apo-hsm\">120-300mm f\/2.8<\/a> lens, which is just as fast but has f\/2.8 at 300mm.<\/li>\n    <li>Sigma makes another interesting one, an 80-400mm lens. It&#8217;s slower at f\/4.5-5.6, but it has their OS (Optical Stabilization), basically the same as Canon&#8217;s IS. And 400mm is nice and long!<\/li>\n    <li>I&#8217;m a fan of zooms, because I like getting things framed exactly, but Canon makes a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lensrentals.com\/item\/canon-200mm-f2.8-l\">200mm f\/2.8 prime<\/a>, which is highly-regarded and small.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are some other lenses that I&#8217;m interested in, maybe for Thanksgiving or just for general shooting, that I&#8217;d like to try:<\/p>\n<ul>\n    <li>Canon&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lensrentals.com\/item\/canon-85mm-f1.2-l\">85mm f\/1.2<\/a> lens is ridiculously fast. It gets the shots that nothing else can. (Well, except for its little brother, the 50mm f\/1.2)<\/li>\n    <li>I&#8217;m interested in the wide end of things. Sigma has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lensrentals.com\/item\/sigma-12-24mm-f4.5-5.6-ex-dg\">12-24mm<\/a> lens, which is <em>ridiculously<\/em> wide-angle. There&#8217;s some (pretty much unavoidable) distortion at the wide end, although it can be cleaned up in software. It&#8217;s seemingly a popular choice with people taking interior shots.<\/li>\n    <li>Sigma makes all the interesting ones&#8230; They&#8217;ve got a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lensrentals.com\/item\/sigma-20mm-f1.8\">20mm f\/1.8<\/a>, which is both really wide and really fast. And it&#8217;s quite cheap.<\/li>\n    <li>Sigma also makes a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lensrentals.com\/item\/sigma-30mm-f1.4-ex-dc-hsm\">30mm f\/1.4<\/a> lens, sometimes compared to the 50mm f\/1.4 series for full-frame sensors. It&#8217;s also much cheaper than Canon&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lensrentals.com\/item\/canon-35mm-f%241.4\">35mm f\/1.4<\/a> lens.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There&#8217;s also something unavoidable about going for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.photogalaxy.com\/pic\/marbo-48\/blue_moon.jpg\">moon shots<\/a>, something that requires a nice long lens. (And either a steady hand or a tripod.) It looks like the Thanksgiving time-frame will coincide with a full-ish moon.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think I mentioned my newfound interest in camera lens rentals. In particular, the prices are lower than I&#8217;d have expected. 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