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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Leicestershire, UK
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Sorry, only look in at YoP occasionally now although the postings might have picked up a little.
Actually have never hired a lens as I have pretty much have, or have access to, everything I need. Generally it takes a while to get used to a lens to get the best from it. I'd consider it though if i found myself doing something exceptional.
I have a Nikon 80-200 f2.8. Slightly older version than the one you may be hiring but that suits me. It's brill and often under rated. The 70-200 is the lens everyone raves about but that's fine as it makes the 80-200 cheaper with almost the same performance. Mine is good for use at f2.8, and it really is a sharp lens with neutral or possibly cooler colours in some situations. Shots I have seen off the 70-200 seem to me to be slightly warmer but that might be my imagination.
Actually have never hired a lens as I have pretty much have, or have access to, everything I need. Generally it takes a while to get used to a lens to get the best from it. I'd consider it though if i found myself doing something exceptional.
I have a Nikon 80-200 f2.8. Slightly older version than the one you may be hiring but that suits me. It's brill and often under rated. The 70-200 is the lens everyone raves about but that's fine as it makes the 80-200 cheaper with almost the same performance. Mine is good for use at f2.8, and it really is a sharp lens with neutral or possibly cooler colours in some situations. Shots I have seen off the 70-200 seem to me to be slightly warmer but that might be my imagination.
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: East Sussex
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Hi
Just to quickly try and answer KenTT's comment of why hire companies do not sell more lenses.
We tried a hire before you buy a few years back. The real problem was that 'street' prices varied dramatically dependent not really on trade prices but also the kick-backs they were getting from the manufacturers allowing them to price sometimes below trade.
So if you had to make enough on a lens to cover the rental and you were already paying more than Joe Public could buy the same equipment off a retailer then it was a non-starter! If fact the only equipment we were ever able to do this with was bodies as there was enough margin to just about make it worthwhile.
We're still trying to find a way around this but margins are just so tight on lenses that it's quite hard.
Sure Stuart from Lensesforhire would very much agree on this (and yes they are very nice people - we quite often work together on bigger jobs).
Cheers
Guy
hireacamera.com
Just to quickly try and answer KenTT's comment of why hire companies do not sell more lenses.
We tried a hire before you buy a few years back. The real problem was that 'street' prices varied dramatically dependent not really on trade prices but also the kick-backs they were getting from the manufacturers allowing them to price sometimes below trade.
So if you had to make enough on a lens to cover the rental and you were already paying more than Joe Public could buy the same equipment off a retailer then it was a non-starter! If fact the only equipment we were ever able to do this with was bodies as there was enough margin to just about make it worthwhile.
We're still trying to find a way around this but margins are just so tight on lenses that it's quite hard.
Sure Stuart from Lensesforhire would very much agree on this (and yes they are very nice people - we quite often work together on bigger jobs).
Cheers
Guy
hireacamera.com