Which lens to hire?

[BillyPilgrim]

If I fancied having a go with the Canon EF 400mm F/5.6 here's what I would do......

Buy it brand new from DigitalRev for £599 + £51pp. They will refund the VAT, should it be charged.

Use it for the 2 weeks.

Sell it on the well know auction site. The last 2nd-hand one to sell on there went for £626 and was without the original box, instructions and did not have almost a year's Canon warranty left on it.

I'd be very confident of losing no more than £50 (probably a lot less) and if the purchase/sell-on was well timed I'd receive the money before the credit card bill for the original purchase

[AJH748]

I don't suppose you could PM me with a place to rent lenses

Hi Nick

No need pm - here is the link:-

Just realised posting the link may be against the forum rules so I've pm'd you!

Alan

[AJH748]

Originally Posted by BillyPilgrim

If I fancied having a go with the Canon EF 400mm F/5.6 here's what I would do......

Buy it brand new from DigitalRev for £599 + £51pp. They will refund the VAT, should it be charged.

Use it for the 2 weeks.

Sell it on the well know auction site. The last 2nd-hand one to sell on there went for £626 and was without the original box, instructions and did not have almost a year's Canon warranty left on it.

I'd be very confident of losing no more than £50 (probably a lot less) and if the purchase/sell-on was well timed I'd receive the money before the credit card bill for the original purchase

Hi Billy

For the cost of hiring I really don't think it's worth going to all that time and effort to buy and then re-sell.

The cost to hire the 400mm lens for example is £44 per week including VAT and insurance.

When you consider that to buy this lens is around £700, then the rental price doesn't seem too bad to me.

[BillyPilgrim]

Originally Posted by AJH748

Hi Billy

For the cost of hiring I really don't think it's worth going to all that time and effort to buy and then re-sell.

The cost to hire the 400mm lens for example is £44 per week including VAT and insurance.

When you consider that to buy this lens is around £700, then the rental price doesn't seem too bad to me.

I'd agree that price sounds very reasonable. I thought lens hire was much dearer than that!

[Ollie]

Once you have used a 400mm f5.6L USM lens you will be hooked on it, so be prepared to say goodbye to your hard earned cash
Roger