It’s that time again dear photographers. Time to enter the new Borrowlenses lens rental contest! I know you’ve been drooling over that 24mm 1.4 IS L, or the 45mm 2.8 tilt-shift. Or what about a macro lens for those adorable up-close nose and paw shots, or the 70-200 2.8L you’ve been debating on buying? What lens would make your pretty little heart sing in this wonderful new year? Think about it!
Up for grabs is a $150 gift certificate to the fabulous borrowlenses lens rental service, who we all know and adore. You know you want it, but you gotta follow the steps below to enter!
To enter, here is what you need to do:
- Leave a comment on this blog post (if reading via rss or facebook, you must click through to the Cowbelly blog and leave a comment there. Facebook comments won’t be counted). Your blog comment should contain the item you would like to rent if you win.
- Go to the BorrowLenses.com fan page (hyperlink http://www.facebook.com/borrowlenses), become a fan (like them).
- Link to this giveaway and post it on your facebook page. You must tag BorrowLenses in your status. To do this all you have to do is be a fan of BorrowLenses.com, and in your status update, type the @ symbol and type in BorrowLenses.com. Before you hit share, you will need to click on the lock icon left of the share button and choose that everyone can see it. If the link turns blue on the page, that means you did it correctly.
- Follow borrowlenses on twitter (hyperlink twitter.com/borrowlenses)
That’s it! Pretty sweet and pretty simple considering it might mean a week spent with your favorite lens!
Contest Deadline: extended to Tuesday February 1st at 11pm PST! This means you’ve gotta get your entry in before February 2nd! Do it now peeps, do it now.
Best wishes dear readers, and I’ll announce the winner here late next week! 🙂
I’m traveling g for a wedding soon I’d love to rent something fun to try!
^^^ is a newbie. Can’t wait to borrow my first lens! 🙂
What a fabulous contest! I would have to choose between the Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM or the Canon EF 24mm f/1.4 L USM II Wide Angle Lens.
OHHH! So lucky to be procrastinating by browsing your blog 😉 I would love to rent the Canon 24mm 1.4 IS L, especially after seeing those pictures of Fergie today!
OOOHHHH… this sounds like something fun…. I’d love to win.
I would love to rent anything.
I would love to rent the nikon 14-24mm f/2.8 and the 50mm AS-F f/1.4
I am dying to try out the Nikor 105mm f/2.8….among MANY others.
Would love to rent the Canon EF 14mm f/2.8L Mark II USM! 🙂
I’ve been wanting to rent either the Nikon 24mm f/1.4 or the 24-70 f/2.8
Yay contest!
Would love to rent the Sigma 15mm fisheye and also have a go with the new 70-300 to help decide if I want that or the classic 70-200.
I could have lots of fun trying out these lenses…Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM, Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5L Tilt-Shift, Canon EF 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6L IS USM, Canon EF 400mm f/2.8L II USM. Good luck everyone!
hmm…probably something in the wide angle category.
I always want to buy that lens and would like to try it. The lens that I want to rent is the Canon 85mm f/1.8 USM.
Please, pretty please
the 24mm 1.4 L for sure!
Love those great guys at Barrowlenses.com
I’d love to rent the Canon 5D…or possibly the Mark II so I can experience a full frame camera.
I would really love to try the Canon 24 L or 100 macro.:)
Woohoo just got 12 more inches of snow over nite. Could really use a new lens to rent to photography my kids standing on the 7ft snow banks.
awesome! Would love to rent the canon 70-200 2.8 IS Mk2…..and maybe the 100mm macro (L)!
I would love to rent the Eos 7d and the 100mm macro
Totes wanna win this. I would love to rent the Glidecam HD2000 for a wedding video I’m shooting in June!
I love BL and would LOVE to rent the 7D. Fingers crossed!!
Totally would love to win this. I want to rent different lighting such as a ring flash and beauty dish as well as others so I can play before I decide what to buy : )
I would love to rent the Nikon 70-200 2.8……………..
Wanting to rent the nikon 45 t/s for an upcoming trip, or maybe one of Nikon’s other tilts. Also would love to try one of the new prime g lenses if they are in stock!
I would rent should I win the 24mm PC tilt shift lens. It’s been on my list to try for sometime.
Good luck everyone!
If I were to win the borrowlenses.com gift certificate I would rent the 24mm PC lens. I’ve been wanting to try it for sometime now.
I’m thinking the 35mm or the 24mm. Still debating. Either way it’ll be going to Europe with me!
Loved renting from you all! Told all my friends. Can’t wait to do it again! thanks
How to narrow down such a long wish-lish! There are a variety of my lenses that I have been wanting to upgrade since I just upgrade my Canon body……..
Fisheye! Sigma 8mm f/3.5 or maybe the Profoto Ring Flash. The possibilities are endless!
I would love to try out 35 or 28 mm Prime for canon. I have a 50mm 1.8, but the 1.4s are so much crisper.
Oooohhh!!! I sooo want to give BorrowLenses a try! Became a fan on facebook and posted a comment with the link…yay!
I would start with the Olympus Macro 50mm 2.0 then there are just so many more that it would be hard to choose…but choose I would!
I’m eager to spend some QT with the Canon TS-E 45mm f/2.8. Please pick me! 😉 Posted to everyone on FB; I’m also a liker and a follower. Fingers crossed!
I really need to try out Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM or the Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM. I need a new lens in that size range and I have to decide which one!
I’d love to borrow the nikon 10-24mm!!!!! OR the fish eye.
For me any wide angle lens like the Zeiss 18mm f/3.5 Distagon or Canon EF 14mm f/2.8L Mark II will do! Great work guys! xx
I’d love to try out the Canon 100m macro L lens. That or the 50mm 1.4 L 🙂
also… I have been a fan of their fb page for a while! 🙂
I would like to try out Tokina 11-16mm and bunch of other lens.
I would love to try out for the Nikkor 35mm AF-S f1.4! ;D
I have an upcoming need for a 300 f2.8 AF-S!
Ok, would love to try out some new Canon lenses. Maybe 70-200 canon IS II
I want to rent a tilt shift or the 35mm prime to see what all the hullabaloo is about.
I drive an hour and a half to get to your store. I’ve been along time member. Great group of guys. Would love to use the 24 – 70 mm 2.8 .
I would actually loveeeee to rent a Tokina 10-17mm!!
I want to try a Canon 50mm 1.2L and an 85 mm!
Great pics of the animals!! I would love to rent the Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L!
I would like to rent another Canon EF-S 17-55mm F/2.8 IS USM. I already have one, but mine just doesn’t seem to have the great clairity that everyone else seems to have. It would be nice to compare it to another lens. Two other top choices would be a Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L Mark II USM and a Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM. Regardless, thanks for doing this. I know whoever wins will enjoy it.
i would love to borrow some macro lenses, and try the 16-35mm before i buy one.
I have been wanting to try out this site for a long time! Would like to rent some macro lenses and a Canon 70-200 UMF lens to try out on my new T2i before purchasing one…
I love Borrowlenses and am looking to rent the canon 24-70 2.8 just to practice with and see if I want the Canon version.
I’ve run across your website before seeing this contest via borrowlenses! I love your work! I volunteer at a local shelter and with a local rescue to take portraits for their websites! I would LOVE to rent the Nikon 17-55 2.8! I’ve been looking at this lens for a while as a fast, wide portrait lens!
I would absolutely love to rent a wide angle lens for landscapes and HDR work. Something like a Sigma 10-20mm. I need to get one this year for that and want to try it out first.
I just got a new lens, but I would start with a monopod and filters for a trip! Thanks for this contest!
I’m seeing a 5D MarkII rental in my future.
I would love to try out the Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Canon. I don’t know why I haven’t tried lenses from borrowlenses.com before. It sure would expand my horizons!
Great Idea, I’d like to snap some lovely bokeh-ed pet portraits with the Nikon 200mm f/2G AF-S ED VR II 🙂
I would love to rent this lens: Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM or a Canon EF 70-300 f/4-5.6 L IS USM. It would depend on what subjects I had lined up for that time frame. Thanks for the opportunity!
Nikon 24mm 1.4 🙂
If I were to win I want to try a Sony a850
I would love to rent the 70-200 2.8!!!!
I think I would give a zeiss lens a try
I would love to try out those new Zeiss CP.2’s they just got in. Delicious.
I actually am needing to rent a 24-70mm 2.8 and would love this opportunity! Thank you so much!
I would love to rent the Canon EF 28mm f/1.8 lens among soooo many other goodies <3
My husband would flip if he got this for Valentines Day …coming soon! For him, I would surprise him with the Nikon 24mm 1.4! Good luck to me!
I would rent the Zeiss 18mm Distagon for my Canon to shoot some wide architecture shots!
I would rent the 85mm 1.2 for a wedding I am doing! I have rented it before, and LOVED the quality!!
Go big or go home! No doubt I’d take the 70-200 2.8L for a spin!
I want to try out the 28-70 2.8! I’ve got a 70-200 2.8 and it would be a nice partner 🙂
Here’s to hoping I win so I can try a 300mm VR lens!
mmmmmm…..I think it would be the Nikon 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 II AF-s VR DX or the Nikkor 50mm 1.4G AF-S.
Thanks for the great opportunity! 🙂
definitely Canon 50mm 1.2
Ooooohhhh! I’d love to borrow a Canon 70-200 2.8L IS!
I would love to rent the Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM. I love borrowlenses.com!
I always rent from Borrow lenses before I make a purchase decision. They’ve saved me from some expensive mistakes AND gotten me addicted to some things I can’t afford
70-200 canon IS II !!!
Great idea Jamie – I would love the AF-S Zoom Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D ED-IF AF
I would to borrow the Zeiss 21mm f/2.8 lens.
So many choices!
Tough choice. How about one of the Nikon super telephoto lenses? Or barring that, the D700.
Hmmmm…I’d like to get my hands on the 85mm 1.2 but there are so many good choices…
What a great contest. I would rent a 24-70 2.8 or possibly an 85mm 1.2.
I would rent a 24-70 f/2.8!
Definitely the Canon 1D Mk IV. I might have to rent it for a job soon anyway.
I’ve been pining for the 100 2.8 IS Macro for so long now!
awesome giveaway! i’ve been wanting to try the nikon 14-24mm f/2.8. it’s always something… :p
Probably the 70-200 Canon L 2.8 just cause I’m considering buying it. Oh and maybe a fisheye for fun 😀
I would love to try out the 85 f/1.4 or the 50 f/1.2 🙂
So many… the Canon 35L…
Oh…I would like to try the 24 -70 2.8l, this lens is on my birthday wish list.
Always an inspiration. Now a fulfillment of dreams. My choice would be the Canon 24mm 1.4 or Canon EF 28mm f/1.8 lens.
Thanks for doing this.
Dean
Hum I’d either rent the Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L Mark II USM or Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye
Hmm… If I won I think I’d like to rent a super wide angle lens (i.e. Canon 10-22mm) to take with me on my trip to Europe in May!
That was the Nikon 70-200 f2.8 lense. 🙂
I rented the 70-200 f2.8 from Borrowlenses last summer to take shots of a fast pitch softball tournament and fell in love with it. I would definetly rent it again! I would love to own one someday.
I would LOVE to borrow a Canon 50 1.2, fisheye, 85 1.4 or the 35 1.4!
Gotta try me some new Nikon glass!
I’d actually like to rent an SB-900 and a Ray Flash, maybe PocketWizards. I’m still saving up to buy my own.
Definitely the Nikon Micro 105mm 2.8!
I would love to rent either the 85mm 1.4 or the Nikon 28 = 70mm 2.8!
I heart borrow lenses! Id love to rent either the tilt shift,85 l.4 or a ring flash! Pick me,pick me!
I’d use it to go towards buying the used Nikon 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G AF-S IF-ED DX VR – or – Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G AF-S IF-ED VR.
Tough call between Nikon 14-24 f/2.8 and 70-200 f/2.8. I think I’ll go with the telephoto.
I would love to borrow a canon 90mm tilf shift lens! Or an intervalometer.
I would love to try the Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8!! Have been wanting this lens for a while and would love to try it out before I think about purchasing
I loved renting from them in the past. I would like another go at some prime lenses.
I would love to try the Canon 16-35L!
holy lots of people want to win! i’d love the new nikon 35mm 1.4 🙂
Canon EF 14mm f/2.8L Mark II USM and the 580EX II Flash. Big money, big money!
Wow what a giveaway ! Well there is tons I want to try out but I know I want to play around with a lens baby so that would probably be the first thing I rent !
Would love to get the Nikon 105mm 2.8 lens for a couple of upcoming projects.
I could REALLY use the Nikon 24mm f/1.4G ED AF-S for my vacation in a couple months!
I would rent the Nikon 35 mm f/1.4! For sure. 🙂
I would love to win this certificate! I would rent the Nikon 35mm f/1.4G AF-S!!!
I would love to try out the 16-35/2.8 <3
I have never tried them but have been wanting to for a long time. Just waiting for the right opportunity (and enough advance notice). A gift certificate would be awesome!
PS I love love love your work.
I would love to try out the 50mm 1.4 lens!
I’ve been wanting to try the Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L
If I win, I’m going to try the: Nikon 14mm f/2.8 AF ED!
I follow BorrowLenses on Twitter!
Would have to go with the Tamron 200-500mm f/5-6.3 SP AF Di LD IF for Nikon in order to get some fun shots of the eagles currently in the area.
I would love to rent the 85 1.2 and/or maybe the 24-70. 🙂
Nikon Micro lens, baby!! 😉
Fan on FB & Twitter!! And spread the word about the contest on FB!
Thanks for the opportunity!
-Mariana
I’m a fan of BorrowLenses on FB!
Gotta roll with the 45mm 2.8 tilt-shift for sure.
I love borrowlenses.com, but if I don’t have a twit account, does that mean I’m disqualified?
I’d like to rent the 7D body.
Would love to try out the Canon 15mm fisheye!
I heart borrowlenses! 🙂 Hmm – what next? A tilt shift? Or the Canon 35L? Either one!
Canon 100mm f2.8!
LeLe loves borrowlenses! 🙂 We want to rent the Canon EF 15mm 2.8 fisheye and the Canon 50mm 1.2.
I LOVE Borrowlenses..would like to try Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G AF-S ED. Thanks!
I am always renting a tilt shoft, or a 100 macro, probably would get a TS if I win! :))))
I would love to rent the Nikon 100mm macro lens or maybe the 85mm, 2.8
I’d probably play with one of the Canon Fisheye lenses, and/or perhaps rent a better Canon body than the one I already own…
Commenting and hoping!
I love Borrowlenses! I have rented from them several times and have always had a great experience with their lenses.
My daughter is a Senior in high school and I need to take her Senior pictures still, so if I were to win this contest I would rent either the Canon EF 16-35mm F/2.8L Mark II USM or the Canon EF 50mm F/1.2L USM or maybe both.;)
oops. for got to mention. i’d pick the 45mm 2.8 tilt-shift.
Hi! First, lemme say that I LOVE it that you are a specialty photog who does pets! That’s awesome!
Now, from BorrowLenses, I’d love to try the Sigma 8mm f/3.5 EX DG Fisheye for Canon {I haven’t gotten to play around with a fisheye yet!} and I’d also love to play with some of the LensBaby lenses!
I love me some 24mm from Borrowlenses (the Canon f/1.4L variety)! Although the new version of the 70-200 would be fun too. I’ve always had great experiences with Borrowlenses,shipping them here or to destination shoots.
yo. i’m gonna win. thanks. u rock. 😉
Would like to rent any of the Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 lenses.
Would love to borrow some lenses! This would be perfect for a road trip to the grand canyon in late Feb! Want to try the Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM…
I’d love to try the 24-70 f2.8L!
I would love to try out some rental lenses or even better a camera!
24 1.4!
I would SO rent the Nikon D700 (& a lens), hoping that would give me the answer to my question : Canon or Nikon FF? Thanks so much for the chance to win!
Since I’ve been drooling over it for awhile now, I would love to try the Nikon d7000 and the 24-70mm to go with it. Or maybe the 35mm f/1.4!
I would LOVE to try out the Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM II.
I’d rent a Canon body and a prime lens. And, yes, they do rock!
I would rent the 45mm 2.8 tilt-shift!!!
I’d love to try the Canon 24mm 1.4.
I would rent the Nikon 70-200 f2.8, try it one last time before I purchase it!
I’d really love to try out the Nikon 10-24mm wide-angle zoom for a new perspective on things.
Oh, I really would LOVE to try out the Nikon 24mm f/3.5D ED PC-E. Really hope I win! 🙂 Thanks for the great give-away! 🙂
Oh how I would love the Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM II
I would like to rent a D3s body.
Awesome.
I Love Macro photography and recently bought Canon 100mm F2.8L Macro lens. But If I win I would love to try Canon 70-200 F2.8L lens for a week or so.
Love you BorrowLens
Thanks
VishVas
I would love the Canon 70-200mm IS
I’ve been drooling over this one for a while: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VR
I keep drooling over the Canon 24-70L and wanting to try, but know if I rent it then I’ll want to buy it and then I’ll have to budget for it. Oh well, still would love to try it out.
I would love to rent the Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 again now that I’ve upgraded my camera.
Whoo! 🙂 Did it all. 🙂 I would rent the nikon 24mm 1.4… Or maybe the 35mm… I soooo need a wide angle. 🙂
I want to try out a 24 mm 1.4 IS L !!!!!! I have never tried anything so luscious….
I’ll take a Zeiss 85mm f/1.4 ZE for Canon
I would either rent the Canon 5D Mark II or the Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM II.
Awesome!
I would love to rent a Canon 400 or 600mm lens
So many lenses…so little time…assuredly I will find one that will make me drool.
With so many to choose from how could you pick just one? My choice the Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8 AF-S ED
I’d love to try out either the Canon 24mm 1.4 or Canon 85mm 1.2. 🙂
Oh mate… put me down for the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM… **PLEEEEASE**
I’d rent the 24-70 or 70-200.
Awesome contest, Jamie! I’d love to rent the Nikon 35 1.4 when it’s available. It looks like a great lens!
Would love to win!! So many lenses I’m wanting to try..
I’d love to try the Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8! Thanks!
I have been wanting to try the Nikon 24mm f/1.4G ED AF-S! Fantastic giveaway, btw.
I definitely want the Canon TS-E 17mm f/4L Tilt-Shift. I’ve never been able to afford to play with one of those.
Would LOVE to borrow the Canon 50 1.2L!
Thanks!
I would have to say the Nikon 300mm f/2.8G AF-S IF-ED VR II costs a fortune to buy, but potentially free to rent.
I think I’d rent the nikon 60mm f2.8 macro.
Canon 70-200/2.8 IS II!
I’m wanting to rent the Canon 100mm f/2.8L IS Macro.
Huge borrowlenses fan here! I have a list! 70-200 2.8 VRII, 135mm 2.0, and 24-70
Hi! I would love to win the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS Macro USM for 2 weeks for my honeymoon in Hawaii in may.
I would love to try out the (not yet released) Nikon 35mm 1.4 lens!
I tweeted (@m_w_jones) last week that I would have preferred to drop $130 on a lens rental than on a tux for a buddy’s wedding. The wedding was cool, but I still would have preferred the lens. I think I have a problem, but I’m not sure.
Really want to try out some Macro stuff using the Sony 100mm f/2.8 Macro
Canon Prime 50mm yup!
Great idea! I haven’t rented from borrowlenses.com, but I have a wish list of items I’m wanting to try out for a wedding in a few months.
the Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G AF-S ED VR II
What haven’t I rented from borrowlenses.com?! I think I would rent the Canon 17mm tilt shift lens.
I would love the tilt shift lens for a week! I have been dying to try one of those out!
I would love to try out the Nikkor Micro 105 f/2.8