Yes. Lens Lenders is exclusively Canadian. For lens rentals in the USA, we recommend BorrowLenses.com, CameraLensRentals.com and LensRentals.com
Browse our rental catalogue and click on the lens you would like to rent. Enter the rental start and end dates you are interested in and click the "Check Availability" button. If the lens is available for the dates you would like, send us a rental request. We will e-mail a Paypal invoice to you. The e-mail invoice will link you to the secure Paypal website for payment with your Visa or Mastercard. Your lens rental will be shipped inside a professional case using Canada Post to arrive on the first day of your lens rental period. At the end of the lens rental,return the lens and all accessories to any Canada Post outlet using the pre-paid return shipping label included with the lens.
No. Lens Lenders serves all of Canada exclusively through the Internet.
We plan to grow as our customer needs do. If there is a rental lens you would like us to carry, please make a suggestion.
We are continually adding to our inventory. If there is a rental lens you would like us to carry, please make a suggestion.
No deposit is required. You are responsible for the rental lens while it is in your care, including damage, loss or theft.
No. Our specialty is renting lenses, not selling insurance. We recommend that customers contact their insurance agent or broker to ask about insurance coverage for rented property in their care.
Your credit card will be charged when you pay your invoice through Paypal to reserve your rental lens.
No. Shipping is free to anywhere in Canada.
Yes. GST is applicable to all rentals. PST is applicable to Ontario customers.
Your rental lens will arrive on or before the first day of your lens rental period.
You have full use of the lens rental through to the end of the last day of your lens rental period. The lens should be returned in the morning of the following day.
Lens Lenders has never had a rental lens damaged during shipping. We ship our lenses inside professional, watertight containers so damage during shipping is very unlikely. We use the Canada Post website to track all shipments and require a signature upon delivery so we will know if a delivery problem occurs. In the unlikely event that you receive a lens damaged during shipping, please contact us immediately. You will not be responsible to pay for damages that occur during shipping.
The rental lens will be delivered to you in a professional shipping case with a pre-paid, return shipping label. Simply put the rental lens back into the case with all accessories and take it to any Canada Post outlet with the return shipping label. Return shipping costs are pre-paid.
No. Please leave cleaning and maintenance of rental lenses to us.
If you know that you will be late returning the rental lens, please contact us. We track the shipping status of our lenses and may contact you if the lens is late being returned to Canada Post. Late returns will incur a daily late fee until returned. Lenses that are not returned to us after 10 days of their due date will be considered lost and the customer will be billed for the lens replacement costs.
If something should happen to the lens while in your care, please contact us. Customers are responsible for all loss and damages to the rental lens while in their care. Any needed repairs must be performed by us. Please do not bring the rental lens to a repair center yourself. Should a rental lens be lost or stolen while in your care, you will be responsible for the rental lens replacement costs. We recommend that customers contact their insurance agent or broker to ask about insurance coverage of rented property in their care prior to renting.
The rental agreement is accessible from the website menu bar. You can also view it here.
