Lensrentals Reveals 2022’s Most Rented Cameras & Lenses

Do you lease or personal your photograph gear? As budgets proceed to get slashed and costs proceed to rise, many photographers flip to leases. So what has been essentially the most rented cameras and lenses this 12 months, you ask? In keeping with Lensrentals‘ newly launched listing, the highest rented manufacturers have been Canon and Sony (dominating a lot of the listing), however with the market share percentages beginning to shift in direction of Sony. When it comes to particular cameras, the 45-megapixel, full-frame Canon EOS R5 is, for the second 12 months in a row, essentially the most rented.

“For individuals who have used this unbelievable digital camera, this could come as no shock, because it’s one of many flagships of the trade chief in cameras and lenses. Nonetheless, once you begin digging by means of the listing just a little additional, there are a couple of surprises,” in keeping with Lensrentals.

“Every year, we return by means of our knowledge of leases, and current to you which ones merchandise are essentially the most rented gear for that 12 months,” Lensrentals continues on its blog. “To us, it seems like an excellent judgment of the trade, as we’re one of many world’s largest rental homes for lenses and cameras. Parsing this knowledge, and evaluating it to earlier years, provides us a extremely in-depth take a look at trade tendencies and what we are able to count on from upcoming years. In case you’re a frequent reader of our weblog, you already know the routine, so let’s bounce into the numbers, and take a look at Lensrentals’ 2022 listing of hottest photograph and video merchandise for 2022.”

“Most notably, we lastly have a RED digital camera within the prime twenty, with the RED Komodo 6K. In earlier years, the listing has been dominated by Canon and Sony gear—with this 12 months being no exception—so it’s good to see RED lastly declare a much-deserved spot within the prime twenty. Except for the RED KOMODO 6K, there are a selection of video-focused cameras within the prime twenty, most notably the Canon C70, and the Sony FX3 each scratching the highest ten. That is no shock as video platforms have turn out to be extra of a spotlight within the latest 12 months, as YouTube and TikTok trended upwards, and Instagram trending downward (regardless of their newfound concentrate on video).

“One other shock is the holdout in opposition to the mirrorless normal, with a number of EF lenses sustaining their spots on the highest twenty, and the Canon 5d Mark IV nonetheless holding its place at #8—regardless of being over six years previous at this level.”

Head over to the Lensrentals weblog to learn Lensrentals’ 2022 listing in its entirety and the corporate’s particular model breakdowns. Their lists embody lenses rented by lens mounts, lens manufacturers by market share, digital camera model market shares and extra.