VENDOR: borrowlenses.com

Andy · September 4, 2007

Let me introduce you to some new friends of ours :evil

borrowlenses.com

Want to try before you buy? Need a special lens for a trip, or special shoot? Check 'em out :deal and "stay tuned."

Also a part of the awesome Club Smug :deal

DoctorIt · September 4, 2007

Very cool! Thanks Andy, and welcome to our newest Vendor

borrowlenses.com · September 4, 2007

DoctorIt wrote:

Very cool! Thanks Andy, and welcome to our newest Vendor

Thanks for the warm welcome! This is the thread to ask any questions regarding our service. Let me know if you have some

Max

Eric&Susan · September 4, 2007

Do you have any plans on getting the Sigma 100-300 F4 in a canon mount? I'm thinking about picking this up but want to try it out first.

Eric

wxwax · September 5, 2007

Sweet! Welcome aboard, Max.

claudermilk · September 5, 2007

Another stock question. Any plans to add the Tamron 200-500, Sigma 80-400, or 100-300?

photobug · September 5, 2007

Andy wrote:

Let me introduce you to some new friends of ours
borrowlenses.com
Want to try before you buy? Need a special lens for a trip, or special shoot? Check 'em out and "stay tuned."

Great service! And I only live 10 miles south of their physical location in San Mateo, CA -- which makes it really attractive

. If it makes anyone feel better, per Google Maps they're located right in downtown San Mateo (not, for example, off in a seedy warehouse district).

I hope to take advantage of their service sometime -- or perhaps even participate in their consignment rental program, where I can consign a lightly-used lens to generate a little income from it.

DJ-S1 · September 5, 2007

ClubSmug sez - 5% off your entire order at BorrowLenses.com! W00t!

borrowlenses.com · September 5, 2007

Thanks for the comments.

Photobug, thanks for looking us up and giving us a thumbs up on the location. Our UPS store where we get our packages shipped to did pick their spot well.

In all seriousness, the address you see on the contact page is that of the said UPS store, so please don't show up in person expecting to check out any lenses - you will probably encounter a slightly confused, but very nice UPS store employee - tell Shahade we said hi.

Eric&Susan & claudermilk, we are looking into expanding into the lenses you mention. This will probably happen in a few months. Meanwhile, have you both considered giving Sigma 120-300 f/2.8 a try? It's a pretty amazing lens.

wxwax, thanks for the welcome.

DJ-S1, you found that pretty quickly. Yes, we do offer Smuggers a custom discount deal. Enjoy!

Max

hamster · September 5, 2007

This is probably a dumb question, but any plans for Olympus lenses? No? Okay, I'll crawl back in my hole.

claudermilk · September 6, 2007

borrowlenses.com wrote:

Eric&Susan & claudermilk, we are looking into expanding into the lenses you mention. This will probably happen in a few months. Meanwhile, have you both considered giving Sigma 120-300 f/2.8 a try? It's a pretty amazing lens.

That was the first longer lens I looked at. The 300mm @ f2.8 is very, very tempting, it would be wonderful for my dance shoots. The $2k pricetag brings reality crashing back in. :cry While I really could use it, I think the others I'm looking at for half the price are more feasible. I might just torment myself and rent it for a show in a month though--I'm getting use of a 1Ds Mk II for that, more reach might make up for the loss of crop factor on the 70-200. :uhoh

Just for your interest, the contenders I'm looking at right now are the Canon 100-400, Tamron 200-500, Sigma 50-500, and 100-300 (with addition of a 1.4x TC). Possibly also the Canon 400/5.6L.

photobug · September 6, 2007

claudermilk wrote:

Just for your interest, the contenders I'm looking at right now are the Canon 100-400, Tamron 200-500, Sigma 50-500, and 100-300 (with addition of a 1.4x TC). Possibly also the Canon 400/5.6L.

Along with those choices, you might also want to consider the image-stabilized Sigma 80-400 OS f/4.5-5.6 -- $999 at most online retailers (B&H, Adorama, Amazon). I had and loved that lens on my 20D -- only gave it up to get a tele with larger max aperture (f/2.8) for indoor shots. The 80-400's image quality (color/contrast/sharpness) was on a par with Canon "L" glass, to my eyes.

borrowlenses.com · September 6, 2007

hamster wrote:

This is probably a dumb question, but any plans for Olympus lenses? No? Okay, I'll crawl back in my hole.

Hahaha, that's right, know your place!:D JUST KIDDING.

Seriously, I don't think an Olympus expansion is happening quite yet. We are still trying to round out our Nikon line-up, but please stay tuned!

borrowlenses.com · September 8, 2007

Chris/Photobug, thanks for the suggestions! I will add them to our growing "Lenses people want, but we don't yet have" list. Let me tell you, it's a big one.

claudermilk · September 10, 2007

photobug wrote:

Along with those choices, you might also want to consider the image-stabilized Sigma 80-400 OS f/4.5-5.6 -- $999 at most online retailers (B&H, Adorama, Amazon). I had and loved that lens on my 20D -- only gave it up to get a tele with larger max aperture (f/2.8) for indoor shots. The 80-400's image quality (color/contrast/sharpness) was on a par with Canon "L" glass, to my eyes.

It was on my list, however the stats trailed everything else so I dropped it. Might have to look at it anyway. I know the numbers are getting to the hair-splitting point, but I don't want too long a list of options.

binghott · September 11, 2007

i just rented the canon 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L is, it should be here next week! i'm considering buying this lens so i wanted to try it out, and it will be great to use for college sports (soccer, field hockey). i'm really excited!

i had several personal emails back and forth with max, and he was awesome. very helpful and polite, he even checked out my website!

that's great customer service!

anwmn1 · September 11, 2007

borrowlenses.com wrote:

Hahaha, that's right, know your place!:D JUST KIDDING.

Seriously, I don't think an Olympus expansion is happening quite yet. We are still trying to round out our Nikon line-up, but please stay tuned!

I would like to second the Olympus requests.

My top 3 would be:

Zuiko 7-14mm- retail is around $1500 so I would love to try it before putting out that money

Zuiko 300mm f2.8
Sigma 300-800
Both of those are in the $$$$ category

ob_3 · September 12, 2007

When will the East Coast store open up so we can have a local pickup too ?

best of luck, it appears to be a great service

Little T · September 12, 2007

So total nub question here, ive never rented glass much less from a website. If i pay for rental of 1 week say it takes 2 days to get to me and then would take 2 days to get back... that mean i only get to keep it in my person for 4days?

borrowlenses.com · September 12, 2007

binghott wrote:

i just rented the canon 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L is, it should be here next week! i'm considering buying this lens so i wanted to try it out, and it will be great to use for college sports (soccer, field hockey). i'm really excited!

i had several personal emails back and forth with max, and he was awesome. very helpful and polite, he even checked out my website!

that's great customer service!

Thanks for the warm words! I am pretty sure you won't be dissapointed with that lens - all of our customers had nothing but good things to say about it.

borrowlenses.com · September 12, 2007

anwmn1 wrote:

I would like to second the Olympus requests.

My top 3 would be:

Zuiko 7-14mm- retail is around $1500 so I would love to try it before putting out that money

Zuiko 300mm f2.8
Sigma 300-800
Both of those are in the $$$$ category

Wow...more Olympus. Thanks for the feedback. I will add these to my "MOST WANTED" list of lenses people want, but we don't carry.

borrowlenses.com · September 12, 2007

ob_3 wrote:

When will the East Coast store open up so we can have a local pickup too ?

best of luck, it appears to be a great service

Thanks! Well does going to your front door and opening it up for the postman who is coming with your baby count as local pick-up?

If so, your wish is already here...

borrowlenses.com · September 12, 2007

Little T wrote:

So total nub question here, ive never rented glass much less from a website. If i pay for rental of 1 week say it takes 2 days to get to me and then would take 2 days to get back... that mean i only get to keep it in my person for 4days?

No, we work a little differently (in a much nicer way for you). Our thought process is that if you rented it for a week, you should get a week to play with it. Thus, the shipping time does not count in your rental time and you are not billed for it. So if it takes 4 days round trip to get to you, we front the bill for that and you only pay for the 1 week you keep it.

Little T · September 12, 2007

borrowlenses.com wrote:

No, we work a little differently (in a much nicer way for you). Our thought process is that if you rented it for a week, you should get a week to play with it. Thus, the shipping time does not count in your rental time and you are not billed for it. So if it takes 4 days round trip to get to you, we front the bill for that and you only pay for the 1 week you keep it.

Awsome deal, i will be going on a vacation next month and i might just have look u all up. Seeing as how all i have right now is a tamron 28-70 ;( .

Just dunno what i want or what i can even afford now that i had to buy a new car grrr..

mr peas · September 12, 2007

I've been looking for a retailer to rent some lenses from you came with good timing.

I travel to San Jose once in a while, I'd like to rent me one of your lenses and then ship it back after I'm done. (or just rent it from here, but its nice to pick it up haha)

Can you cop a Canon MP-e 65mm Macro lens? I'd really like to rent one of them out and go LordV on them little critters.

Give me a PM when you get one or email me, joel[at]pnoise.com. I really appreciate it.

borrowlenses.com · September 13, 2007

Little T wrote:

Awsome deal, i will be going on a vacation next month and i might just have look u all up. Seeing as how all i have right now is a tamron 28-70 ;( .

Just dunno what i want or what i can even afford now that i had to buy a new car grrr..

There's an easy solution - sell the car and buy glass (or at least rent it A LOT)

borrowlenses.com · September 13, 2007

mr peas wrote:

I've been looking for a retailer to rent some lenses from you came with good timing.

I travel to San Jose once in a while, I'd like to rent me one of your lenses and then ship it back after I'm done. (or just rent it from here, but its nice to pick it up haha)

Can you cop a Canon MP-e 65mm Macro lens? I'd really like to rent one of them out and go LordV on them little critters.

Give me a PM when you get one or email me, joel[at]pnoise.com. I really appreciate it.

Thanks for the product suggestion. We will keep that lens in mind and you have been added to the aforementioned list. Keep 'em coming!

mr peas · September 13, 2007

The Tokina 10-17mm Fisheye would be a nice toy to rent as well.

Eric&Susan · September 25, 2007

I'm going to be in SF at the end of the week so I rented the 10-22. Saved my 5% and will be picking it up. I can't wait to try you guys out.

Eric

borrowlenses.com · September 25, 2007

Eric&Susan wrote:

I'm going to be in SF at the end of the week so I rented the 10-22. Saved my 5% and will be picking it up. I can't wait to try you guys out.

Eric

Eric,

I have your order right here. We'll see you on Thursday.

Max

Eric&Susan · September 25, 2007

borrowlenses.com wrote:

Eric,

I have your order right here. We'll see you on Thursday.

Max

Sounds good, I sent you an email with a time.

Eric

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