Lensrental is my go to rental place. They have even sent it early when they didn't have a rental on a lens.

Edit: after typing this post I get an email from them about my 3rd anniversary with them.

If you're in Dallas, aperaturent.com is local so you can pick it up instead of dealing with shipping.

I know the owners of Aperturent, great people and their pricing is very competitive. Most local camera shops offer rentals as well.

I have used them plenty of times. Very easy, even when I threw them for a loop by picking something up in person and shipping it back from somewhere else. Nice people working every time.

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Does anyone use a local (Texas) camera repair company that you would recommend? I have a small part I need replaced and really don't want to send to the manufacturer's service if I can avoid it.

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What's wrong and what camera?

Professional Camera Repair on Richmond in Houston is great, but there aren't any authorized repair places in Texas so no one gets parts from manufacturers.

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He did a quote for the work a while back but we weren't able to hook up until this morning. Should have it back in a week. Thanks again for the recommendation.

AZAG08..thanks for the suggestion of having the lens shipped directly to the travel location. We will be in Yellowstone in February 2022 (wolves, elk refuge, hopefully some winter geyser activity). I'm trying to decide between the Tamron 150-600 & the Sigma 150-600 lenses. I haul around a Canon f/2.8 70-200mm so guessing the additional pound or 2 of lens weight will be fine. I've rented from lensrentals.com before, & will use them again. Again..thanks for the suggestion to ship directly to Jackson Hole (will be flying home out of Bozeman, so will start looking into returning the lens from there).

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AZAG08..thanks for the suggestion of having the lens shipped directly to the travel location. We will be in Yellowstone in February 2022 (wolves, elk refuge, hopefully some winter geyser activity). I'm trying to decide between the Tamron 150-600 & the Sigma 150-600 lenses. I haul around a Canon f/2.8 70-200mm so guessing the additional pound or 2 of lens weight will be fine. I've rented from lensrentals.com before, & will use them again. Again..thanks for the suggestion to ship directly to Jackson Hole (will be flying home out of Bozeman, so will start looking into returning the lens from there).

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I owned both the Tamron and the Sigma using on a 7DmkII and both work well but my preference was the Tamron.

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Does anyone use a local (Texas) camera repair company that you would recommend? I have a small part I need replaced and really don't want to send to the manufacturer's service if I can avoid it.

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What's wrong and what camera?

Professional Camera Repair on Richmond in Houston is great, but there aren't any authorized repair places in Texas so no one gets parts from manufacturers.

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He did a quote for the work a while back but we weren't able to hook up until this morning. Should have it back in a week. Thanks again for the recommendation.

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Less than a week turnaround and excellent quality of work if anyone needs anything done to a camera.

Which memory card do y'all use for your DSLR camera?

https://shop.westerndigital.com/products/memory-cards/sandisk-extreme-pro-uhs-i-sd#SDSDXXY-064G-ANCIN

Primarily this one.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1481585-REG/lexar_lsd64gcbna16672_sdhc_sdxc_1667x_uhs_2_64gb.html

Anyone have recommendations on a 3 light setup for flash? I have a connection at a local small school and was asked about doing their formal fall photos. The classic ones like this...



I don't plan on taking on school portraits all the time so I don't really want to drop $1,000 just for lights just for this one shoot... I suppose renting is an option?

Renting is probably the way to go, but school pics is an extraordinarily terrible gig.

Yeah I really am hesitant to do this, but I've done school photos for this school in the past but they were just outside and informal so it was very easy. I know this will be a whole new ordeal.

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Yeah I really am hesitant to do this, but I've done school photos for this school in the past but they were just outside and informal so it was very easy. I know this will be a whole new ordeal.

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Background will be a pain. Easiest would be a roll of paper.

Probably want a stool for the kids to sit on.

Usually done with a 3-light set up and a reflector or 4th light for opposite side of the face.

I have all this stuff to do this type of thing, because I used to do a lot of corporate work where I would set up multiple looks. Even that is a huge pain in the ass.

I own two Godox v860ii's, could I pair those with the Godox AD400 Pro and some soft boxes and that would be my 3 lights? I ask about the AD400 as Photo Rental Source in Houston has that available.

Texcam is probably the better resource.

You absolutely do not want to rely on speedlights for something like this. You want monoblocks that plug in.


Alternatively, I can give you the names of a couple studios that do this type of thing and are trustworthy.

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Yeah I really am hesitant to do this, but I've done school photos for this school in the past but they were just outside and informal so it was very easy. I know this will be a whole new ordeal.

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Just say no!

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Just wanted to say thanks to those that advised me to rent a tamron 150-600 lens for my Yellowstone trip. It was worth it!

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Excellent shots. Really like the owl.

Wow, you got to see a lot of wildlife! I've never seen wolves or the bull moose before. I was already itching for a trip to the Rockies, now I've really got the bug...

Excellent shots, too.

Wow! Great photos!

Thanks! Highly recommend, it was an amazing trip. It's such a beautiful place

Did you pick up the rented lens after you got to YS …or did you travel with it. I'm hoping to be able to pick up a rented lens in Jackson after we get up there. Lens Rental has a FedEx preferred shipping location in Jackson not far from our hotel. We fly home from Bozeman. I haven't scouted a location there to return the lens yet.

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Did you pick up the rented lens after you got to YS …or did you travel with it. I'm hoping to be able to pick up a rented lens in Jackson after we get up there. Lens Rental has a FedEx preferred shipping location in Jackson not far from our hotel. We fly home from Bozeman. I haven't scouted a location there to return the lens yet.

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You can use Walgreens for pickup or dropoff.

Thanks for the Walgreens info..I didn't see that on their rental information. That makes it really easy to drop off before flying home.

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Thanks for the Walgreens info..I didn't see that on their rental information. That makes it really easy to drop off before flying home.

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Any Fedex that requires a signature i have delivered to my local walgreens and that is so easy.

Wow, those are awesome! Glad you had a great trip. I've been thinking we should take a trip up there soon, and these have really got me thinking.

Those are great pics. I have some pics of a recent trip to Alaska, and I'll share them once I figure out how to actually share them.

Beautiful. Alaska is on my list of places to see

What is the best way to get old 35mm and 110 film rolls processed currently? I am in BCS and wanted to know if anybody local still did that or what are my options? Any help greatly appreciated!

Seeking gimbal advice. Anyone skilled in gimbal technology? I am a newbie and bought the DJI Ronin RS2 for a unique application (I'm not shooting live video while on foot; I'm shooting stills of an object [Total Solar Eclipse 12/4/21] from a pitching and rolling boat deck). Finally got the gimbal balanced and calibrated, so passed 101. Any tips would be great; a lot to learn here!