Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/21

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Subject: [Leica] This is why LenRentals.com rules
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:02:13 -0700
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A $1000, insured no less, for a week, seems low.
After all a 1Ds, in Los Angeles, rents for around $300 per day.
With a week rental being 4 days.
S.d.


On Sep 21, 2009, at 1:20 PM, George Lottermoser wrote:

> If you look about for hi-rez medium format rentals
> you'll find many in this price range.
>
> Pro's charging $2K to $4K per day will pay this rental without  
> batting an eye.
> They'll also rent studio space, props, models, stylists, set  
> designers and builders, etc.
>
> Whether they choose to rent S2 or H or Sinar or PhaseOne or ?
> well that's something else.
>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george at imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>
> On Sep 21, 2009, at 1:23 PM, red735i at earthlink.net wrote:
>
>> $1,000 a week.
>>
>> You gotta be kidding.... for us normal amateurs.....
>>
>> And I keep hearing that Pros are getting squeezed on costs by  
>> their clients.... How many of them can afford to charge this off  
>> against their client?
>>
>> So who is the market for this rental and the actual camera, the  
>> Rich Amateur?
>>
>> I still think the S2 is a financial disaster in waiting......The  
>> R10 would not be.
>>
>> Frank
>>>
>>> I heard about this over the weekend, now renting M9 and S2 -
>>>
>>> https://www.lensrentals.com/for-leica
>>>
>>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from red735i at earthlink.net (red735i at earthlink.net) ([Leica] This is why LenRentals.com rules)
Message from imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] This is why LenRentals.com rules)