Posts tagged ‘lens’

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Get a free lens rental from BorrowLenses.com

Our friends at BorrowLenses.com have offered to give away another free lens rental to a lucky Photodoto reader. It's been a little over a year since we did our last lens rental giveaway. Last year's winner rented an 85mm f/1.8 and loved it. Lens rentals are a great way to try [...]

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Wednesday grab bag

And now for some links that respect your personal space... The final batches of Polaroid film pass their expiry date on September 30 2009. Share the last Polaroid you shoot with the world. Canon will not be attending the PMA trade show in Anaheim in February. But they will be at CES [...]

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Another package from ZipLens

My nephew is getting married this weekend and despite my protests I was roped into doing some of the photography. I had originally intended to actually put my feet up and enjoy the ceremony and ensuing festivities... you know... like an actual guest. It's too late for me but know [...]

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Pro Photo Rental lens rentals (with discount for Photodoto readers)

Jared at Pro Photo Rental (prophotorental.com) just sent me some information about their rental business located in Boulder, Colorado. I've used a couple of these services personally (read reviews of Rentglass and Ziplens) and we also have a handy roundup of online rental services. Pro Photo Rental---offering Canon, Nikon, and Olympus [...]

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Ack! My 80-200 broke!

The focus selector switch on my Nikkor 80-200 f/2.8D cracked and broke off. Somewhat bummed out. That's not a cheap lens and, although the repair should be trivial, I have a feeling it's not going to be inexpensive either. Sigh. Nobody ever said photography was a cheap hobby, right? At [...]

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