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!

The Rebel T5i performs as well as it was expected to but is it really any better than its 2012 predecessor, the T4i? BL investigates.

BorrowLenses.com is at the 2013 NAB Show in Las Vegas! If you are here, too, please come visit us in booth #C9550! We have great cameras for folks to try out and other surprise goodies, including a chance to win a free rental from us! Not at NAB? That’s ok – take a virtual tour with us below. Here are some of the shots we were able to take during quick breaks. See more here and here.

BorrowLenses.com is at the 2013 NAB Show in Las Vegas! If you are here, too, please come visit us in booth #C9550! We have great cameras for folks to try out and other surprise goodies, including a chance to win a free rental from us!

Not at NAB? That’s ok – take a virtual tour with us below. We’ll be posting pictures and videos all week so be sure to check our blog for more fun footage!

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.

•  We start with a bit of a blast from the past. One of the editors, Eli Sinkus, at 522 Productions took an audio narrative from photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson and overlaid it onto a touching and inspiring B&W film on what inspires him.
  
• Here’s another one from the “blast from the past” department. The guys over at PetaPixel have a really cool piece on Alfred Eisenstadt on photographing Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler’s Propaganda Minister. Worth reading.
• If you’re an ex-Instagram user looking for something to sate your craving, check out Pressgram. This Kickstarter campaign looks to give you the filter-y goodness of Instagram with a self-hosted WordPress-based display solution.
• Shane Hurlbut is one of our favorite cinematographers, not just because he’s really good at what he does, but because he shares his process, thinking, techniques, and inspiration with all and sundry on his blog. Here’s a fantastic piece on lighting for cinematographers.
• And finally, we turn again to Benjamin Von Wong. Put this guy together with either flames, waterfalls, or in this case, colored pigments, and you have some pretty amazing imagery.

 And now, for the BorrowLenses.com Roundup!

• We’re going to be at NAB next week! If you’re around, come by, say hello…
• There’s a bunch of new Zacuto gear to rent; stand by for an announcement tomorrow!
• In case you missed it, we have the hot new X100s to rent. They’re in demand, so book yours now!

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

Want to attend NAB and see the latest innovations coming out of the audio and video industry and meet great vendors like us? Register for free with expo pass code LV5334 and visit us in booth #C9550.

From April 8th-11th, BorrowLenses.com will be giving away goodies and showing off some of the latest video gear at the National Association of Broadcasters Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center. As always, we’ll have our giant bowls of candy and plenty of BL folks around to answer questions. We’ll also be having special giveaways for visitors of our booth!

See new video gear rentals at our booth!

We have a great lineup of cameras for folks to look at in our booth, #C9550, all four days of the event, including a Red Epic, the Blackmagic Cinema Camera, and Sony’s new F5. We’ll also be giving away gift certificates and other great prizes at these talks so be sure to stop by!

Expo Open Hours

Monday-Wednesday, April 8th-10th: 9am-6pm
Thursday, April 11th: 9am-2pm

Every month we offer a free desktop wallpaper featuring a new BorrowLenses.com item!

Please see the links below for your free wallpaper.
Visit back every month to see the new item we’re featuring!

Blackmagic Cinema Camera Wallpaper

To download the wallpaper, click on the link containing your desired image size. Then, right click (or Control-click on a Mac) on an image and select the option to save that image.

• 1024 x 768
• 1280 x 800
• 1280 x 1024
• 1440 x 900
• 1600 x 900
• 1680 x 1050
• 1920 x 1080