Diary of a Lens Rental

A lot of novice photographers and filmmakers make the same mistakes. Either we buy expensive lenses we end up never using, or we buy cheap lenses due to limited budgets. I bought the 50mm 1.8 II lens right after my kit lens broke. It’s the only lens I shoot with, and while I’m happy most of the time it does have it’s limitations. Focusing is very difficult. The focus ring is small and I’m almost always grabbing the fader ND ring rather than it. It was very inexpensive, but I know I want something more.

Before I dropped big bucks on a new telephoto, I discovered the world of gear rental. If you don’t know about these services, you’ve got to give them a try. I saw some posts on twitter from local shop Borrow Lenses and had to give it a try.

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