Quote Originally Posted by mpphoto12
im from jersey lol i need to get it shipped unless i can find a local place maybe somewhere in a surround state anyone know one in the tri-state area?? its mad expensive shipped like 500 dollars for a week
Hi,

I'm from south jersey and although I've never used them Calumet Camera has a store in Philadelphia that you can rent all kinds of equipment from including every lens up to the 600L. They have day and week rates andif you pick it up Friday after 3pm you can have it for the whole weekend till mondaynoon for the single day rate! [url="http://www.calumetphoto.com/rental/digitalcameras]Here[/url] is the link to the rental page. They say "call" for the daily/weekly rates for the lenses 300mm and larger but if you download there 2008 rental catalog the 400 2.8 is $100 for a day although prices might have changed slightly since then but you can always call to see the current rental price. There are some stipulations of course like...
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"A deposit for the full-replacement cost of the equipment is required unless other arrangements are made in advance.We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Optima and Discover cards. Sorry, we cannot accept Visa or Mastercard check/debit cards or overseas credit cards drawn on non-USA banks. A valid driver&rsquo;s license or, current passport is also required."

<span style="font-size: x-small;"]but I don't think thats unreasonable. Hope this helps and let me know how it works out because I've been wanting to rent from them for a while but haven't had a reason to yet.

Fred~