That would still be too expensive for me considering it's purchase price is only £1,320. It seems that it's just not feasible to offer lens rental at low enough prices, if it's equipment you anticipate needing on even only a few occasions it seems better to buy. Especially considering you can sell the lens for practically the same price you bought it at, whereas rental is money gone for good.
Put a 1.4x TC on Sigma 120-300mm?
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That would still be too expensive for me considering it's purchase price is only £1,320. It seems that it's just not feasible to offer lens rental at low enough prices, if it's equipment you anticipate needing on even only a few occasions it seems better to buy. Especially considering you can sell the lens for practically the same price you bought it at, whereas rental is money gone for good.
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A 70-200mm F2.8L mk2 for that price? Haven't seen that price in a long time and even then it was grey market. It's all well and fine if you've got a few grand lying around that you can tie up in a lens for however long it takes to use and sell again
All in all, the 70-200mm is still quite cheap compared to some of the other stuff you can rent! I wouldn't mind trying a 200-400mm F4L 1.4x extender and I don't have a spare £10k waiting around for lenses
Also, I doubt I could offload it quickly after without losing a fair chunk of cash.Also, when I've looked at prices, I found it seemed better value for money for the longer rentals (1 week+). The weekend ones seem quite expensive.
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15% of the purchase price for 11 days... I'm with the other guy, I think that is bonkers.
With how they hold value, you would only lose that 15% having used it for 6 months.
Talking of the 70-200 vr ii... Tc20e iii (2x) arrived this morning and I'm rather happy with the quality of it on that lens. Can tell there is a little extra softness and a very slight increase in af time/jitter... But it is minor.
Very pleased with this combo for the odd time I will want 400mm, until I can afford a 300 2.8
These newer tele extenders are much better than the old
Just to annoy you guys... The 70-200 vr2 can be had for 1899 chf new with 3 year warranty, which is approx £1300... Not much is cheaper in this country, but electronics are rather well priced.
The sigma 120-300 is about 2300chf
With how they hold value, you would only lose that 15% having used it for 6 months.
Talking of the 70-200 vr ii... Tc20e iii (2x) arrived this morning and I'm rather happy with the quality of it on that lens. Can tell there is a little extra softness and a very slight increase in af time/jitter... But it is minor.
Very pleased with this combo for the odd time I will want 400mm, until I can afford a 300 2.8
These newer tele extenders are much better than the old
Just to annoy you guys... The 70-200 vr2 can be had for 1899 chf new with 3 year warranty, which is approx £1300... Not much is cheaper in this country, but electronics are rather well priced.
The sigma 120-300 is about 2300chf
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That is the main thing, you can buy equipment and sell it after you are done for less money than renting!