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/

Rent your own photo booth

Portable photo booths you can rent for your party/event/wedding/etc. It's a surefire hit -- who doesn't like photo booths?

A couple highlights from their site:

How's it work?
Just press the big, red button and the booth shoots 4 photos, approximately 5 seconds apart. Pictures are displayed on screens after they are taken, so poses can be adjusted, smiles aligned. Seconds later, the pictures are printed and available outside the booth. Following your event, these same photos can be delivered to you on CD and available online.

Crowd Pleaser.
As photos are taken, they’re displayed on screens inside and outside the booth. Crowds will form to cheer on the booth's patrons...a sure-fire way to get the party started!

http://www.redcheese.com/services.html