It’s that time again – time to save 25% off these items with our Deal of the Week! Just use code “BLDOW” at checkout:

Nikon D7100 Digital SLR

Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 AF-S ED

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 IS USM II

Canon EOS 1D X Digital SLR

Remember, if you place your order this week by 11:59 PST, Sunday, May 19th, 2013 you can always schedule your rental anytime this year and STILL get the 25% off on your item!

Happy shooting, everyone!

Welcome to Cool Stuff, a weekly feature where we post our favorite links from the past week, including our favorite articles and how-tos, videos, images and more.

• First, from our friends over at PetaPixel, this one gave most of us butterflies just thinking about it. Actually doing this? No thank you. But we’ll watch the video anyway.
• Our tablets (like the iPad) are getting increasingly powerful, and Adobe has a plan to put that power to good use. The fun stuff starts at 18:09 in the video below.
• Budding photojournalists, heads-up! The folks over at Fotopedia have launched an iPad app that lets you create and view stories on the go. If you haven’t checked out Fotopedia, you should – they have a pretty nice platform for telling photo stories.
• We love our timelapses, but this one takes the cake. Two months of an Antarctic ice breaker’s journey, compressed into 5 minutes.
  
• And finally, to those who have a hundred questions about photography, here are your answers. Zack Arias, photographer and educator extraordinaire, has taken the best of his Awesome “Photography Q&A” Tumblr and turned it into an awesome book.

 And now, for the BorrowLenses.com Roundup!

• To anyone who doesn’t live close to a pickup location, this one’s for you: We have new shipping rates that make it even more affordable for you to rent gear.
• The Canon 800mm f/5.6 isn’t the only game in town anymore! Nikon’s 800mm is finally here…
• A big thanks to everyone who came by and said hello to us at Photo Video West last week!

That’s it for this week’s Cool Stuff. As always, questions and feedback are welcome in the comments below.

Save 25% off your order on these items when you use the code “BLDOW” at checkout:

Sony NEX-FS700 4K Sensor Camcorder

Nikon D600 (Body Only)

 Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM

Remember, if you place your order this week by 11:59 PST, Sunday, May 12th, 2013 you can always schedule your rental anytime this year and STILL get the 25% off on your item!

Happy shooting, everyone!

Save 25% off your order on these items when you use the code “BLDOW” at checkout:

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Micro Four Thirds Digital Camera Body

Nikon 18-200mm AF-S f/3.5-5.6G DX VR II

Sony 24-70mm f/2.8 Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T*

Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L II USM

Remember, if you place your order this week by 11:59 PST, Sunday, May 5th, 2013 you can always schedule your rental anytime this year and STILL get the 25% off on your item!

Happy shooting, everyone!

While we’ll never condone the wanton destruction of a lens (especially one of ours), sometimes a little home reverse engineering can do wonders–or at least make for a fun weekend project. This is exactly what photographer Jay Cassario did over at Lightshop. He took a $120 lens and converted into a tilt-shift, saving himself about $1,000. Of course, he could have just rented a tilt-shift lens from us but that is not the point! Read all about Jay’s  (more…)

Welcome to Cool Stuff, a weekly feature where we post our favorite links from the past week, including our favorite articles and how-tos, videos, images and more.

• This one falls into the “Ooops, how’d I miss that?” category. Canon is presenting a series on time-lapse photography with none other than Vincent Laforet. Part 2 is now out, and is embedded here for your viewing pleasure. (more…)

Save 25% off your order on these items when you use the code “BLDOW” at checkout.

Lytro Light Field Camera

Litepanels 1×1 Daylight Flood and Spotlight Kit w/ Stands

Nikon 85mm f/1.4G AF-S

Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM

Remember, if you place your order this week by 11:59 PST, Sunday, April 28th, 2013 you can always schedule your rental anytime this year and STILL get the 25% off on your item!

Happy shooting, everyone!