Lens rentals... by mail!

I just found about this place, www.borrowlenses.com. It's a great idea -- you can rent lenses without leaving your house, and just wait for them to arrive in the mail. No driving to the local camera shop, and no dealing with the snobby holier-than-thou camera shop guy. They offer lots of good Canon and Nikon options. It's like Netflix for lenses!

Best of all, their prices are really reasonable. And for those who are local to the SF bay area, they offer local pickups for shorter rental periods if you wish.

They also offer a consignment program. If you have any extra camera bodies, lenses, or other equipment that you aren't using very much, you can make money from them by letting borrowlenses.com rent them out on your behalf.

I haven't tried it yet, but it's got the makings of being a great service.

Link: http://www.borrowlenses.com/