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Hiring lenses in Adelaide

Postby xorl on Sat Oct 22, 2005 1:01 pm

Hi,
Does anyone know a good place in Adelaide to hire/borrow a 70-200/2.8 or 80-200/2.8? I've got a dance ball on next Saturday night and as usual I'm taking photos ;). In the past I've just used my 50/1.4 (which works well), but it's not really possible to fill the frame since I can't go running onto the floor during a showcase ;). I figure the extra reach from a fast telephoto zoom will make it about perfect. A 70/80-200 is on my wish list but unfortunately I don't have the budget for it yet..
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Postby fozzie on Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:37 pm

xorl/Mark,

You have a PM.
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Postby oli on Sun Oct 23, 2005 5:26 pm

I rang a place in town (I think they are called Photographic Wholesalers??) and it costed at least 85$ a day to hire any telephoto zooms.
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Postby xorl on Sun Oct 23, 2005 7:44 pm

Thanks Oli, I'll give them a call when I ring around town this week. I think there are probably a couple of other places which hire out gear as well - I just need to find them. Hopefully one of them has a fast zoom in stock.
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Postby xorl on Fri Oct 28, 2005 3:46 pm

I've hired a 80-200/2.8 from L&P for Saturday. It's the push/pull version, I would have preferred separate focus/zoom rings but it should still do the job well. The service at L&P seems pretty good. Since they aren't open on Sunday they hired the lens out for the entire weekend at the day rate & then gave me a discount on top of that. I guess I'll be going there again ;).

Looks like 'll be spending tonight getting familiar with the push/pull thingy. I'm guessing that AF-C mode isn't going to be as fun..
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Postby redline on Fri Oct 28, 2005 3:55 pm

so how much did lp charge? if i remember correctly here in mel its about 50$-70$ for a weekend
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Postby oli on Fri Oct 28, 2005 3:56 pm

L&P is what/who?
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Postby xorl on Fri Oct 28, 2005 4:28 pm

L&P photographics in Kent Town. It was one of the camera stores I hadn't got around to visiting (until today). Their day rate is $50 but they gave it to me for $40 (for the weekend).
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Postby oli on Thu Nov 03, 2005 10:16 pm

For anyone who is interested their website is here:
http://www.lapfoto.com.au/

They seem to have a good selection of gear and very reasonable prices.

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Postby xorl on Fri Nov 04, 2005 12:50 am

I found that website earlier when I was poking around for places to hire gear in Adelaide. I'm not sure if the site is related to the Adelaide L&P since the "Contact Us" page only lists a NSW store.
I'm not sure the Adelaide store is up with this whole "Internet" thing. ;)
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Postby mdboo on Thu Nov 10, 2005 6:56 pm

hey Xorl, do you have a phone number for L&P??

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Postby fozzie on Thu Nov 10, 2005 7:11 pm

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Try this:

L & P PHOTOGRAPHICS
10 College Rd
Kent Town 5067

Tel: (08) 8363 1783
Fax: (08) 8363 1579
Email xlphoto@dodo.com.au
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Postby mdboo on Thu Nov 10, 2005 7:34 pm

Ahhh....cheers Fozzie :D

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Postby bouyant_clown on Wed Jan 25, 2006 4:57 pm

Has anyone else been hiring lenses from L & P? (or elsewhere in adelaide)?
Is $40 for a weekend the general case or did xorl just strike it lucky one time?
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Postby rookie2 on Wed Jan 25, 2006 5:05 pm

sounds great to me.
are you a pro shooter - I imagine they wouldnt hire out to wannabe pros (ie enthusiastic but not fully skilled) snappers like me.
I'd love to try out the 105 macro and a VR lens prior to purchasing.
what did you hire?
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Postby fozzie on Wed Jan 25, 2006 6:44 pm

rookie2 - another option would be to come along to the next 'Meet' in about 8-10 weeks, place undecided at this stage (may be Adelaide Zoo :idea: ) and you can try both lenses for nothing.
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Postby xorl on Sun Jan 29, 2006 11:12 am

rookie2, L&P will hire to anyone that pays for the service ;). You don't have to be a "pro" to hire a lens.
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Postby rookie2 on Sun Jan 29, 2006 6:45 pm

look forward to it (meeting @ zoo) - sounds like great way to try b4 u buy!
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Re: Hiring lenses in Adelaide

Postby team piggy on Sat Jun 14, 2008 6:16 pm

Old thread I know, but adding this incase it helps anyone searching in the future.

I noticed today that Photo Wholesalers now have a large range of Hire gear on the back shelf. From D60 thru to D3's / Pro lenses etc.
D3 | D700 | D300 x 2 | D200 X 2| D70s| 300 2.8VR| 70-200, 2.8VR| 28-70, 2.8|24-70 2.8 | 14-24 2.8 | 50-500| 50, 1.4| 18-200VR| 10.5 Fishy | Batt Grips| SB800 x2 | SB900 |Pocketwizards | Manfrotto's blah blah.
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Re: Hiring lenses in Adelaide

Postby Leginmat on Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:14 pm

team piggy wrote:Old thread I know, but adding this incase it helps anyone searching in the future.

I noticed today that Photo Wholesalers now have a large range of Hire gear on the back shelf. From D60 thru to D3's / Pro lenses etc.


Goodie! :D Did you happen to see a 100-400mm L on the shelf?
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Re: Hiring lenses in Adelaide

Postby digitor on Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:17 pm

Leginmat wrote:Goodie! Would they happen to have a Canon 100-400mm L?


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Re: Hiring lenses in Adelaide

Postby darklightphotography on Tue Dec 09, 2008 9:00 am

For info, L&P Photographic Supplies in Adelaide have changed to Total Photo.

http://totalphoto.com.au/?page_id=51
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