Roger Cicala's Nine Commandments

Roger Cicala. Photo from LensRentals.

I need to read more blogs. I tend to get obsessive about putting together my own little site, and I neglect to regularly visit other ones. The Universe out there is maturing now, and there is some really good stuff on offer. I need to check in with these places, make regular rounds. Too much good stuff to risk missing it.

Roger Cicala's Lensrentals.com blog is one I should make a point of visiting—every time I go there I'm impressed and enlightened, and sometimes amused and entertained as well. My experiences with their business have been excellent, and their blog is a big bonus. Where else can you go to see a Touit dismantled, with expert commentary?

Check out The Photography Consumer's Bill of Rights, too. Roger (who I don't know personally, by the way) is in a position to say.

Mike
(Thanks to Michael Steinbach)

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[Tony Rowlett]

At first I wondered why the fellow needed so many coffee cups!

[Roger Bradbury]

Judging by the photo, LensRentals are now renting out vacumn flasks that match those coffee cup 'lenses' : ]

[Paul Bass]

I originally read that post's title as Roger Cicada's Nine Commandments....."Emerge from the ground every SEVENTEEN years! Not sixteen, not eighteen."

[David]

Mike, you should check out his lens history series. Truly fascinating histories of the people who designed the lenses that all current lenses are designed around.

http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/category/photography/history

[Jeff]

Never miss his blog, which is bookmarked along with TOP. I emailed you his post on the future of the camera industry, which I thought might prompt some of your own thoughts on the matter.

http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2013/06/whose-camera-will-i-buy-in-2018

[Mark]

Sorry, Mike, but that photo was on numerous sites weeks ago.

[And that matters to me in what way? I'm puzzled. --Mike]

[Robert Howell]

"Where else can you go to see a Touit dismantled, with expert commentary?"
Geek talk Mikey. If you're really serious about branching out try Bearycheap.
Now THAT'S different stuff, on a branch of its own.

[David]

The tenth commandment?

Go Blackhawks!

Hawks Win!!

Kthxbye

[Nigel]

The Photography Consumer's Bill of Rights could usefully find rather wider application beyond the purely commercial field, at least for the first four items...

1. We have a right to be treated as intelligent beings.

2. We have a right to factual information.

3. We have a right to not be lied to.

4. We have a right to know how things work.

[John Brewton]

Great idea those nine commandments, but the camera manufacturers are still stonewalling on most problems. Yes, we have the right to all the things Roger mentioned - doesn't mean it is going to happen anytime soon.

[Mark]

If it doesn't matter to you, Mike, that's fine. But I would think what would matter to you, but perhaps I'm wrong, is what matters to your readers. Usually your posts are new and informative. In this case, it was old news, that's all I was pointing out. Nothing more, nothing less.

[JW]

I recently used their service and found it to be excellent. Even had to extend the rental period for a D800. Great service and thanks for mentioning these guys a few months ago.

[Bruno Masset]

> Roger Cicala's Nine Commandments

I suppose the picture is showing an angry Roger preparing to smash the Canon lenses which took him forty days of toil to obtain from the Maker's Mount Horeb depot. LensRental's marketing department apparently told Roger upon his return that the clients were now involved in the sin of Nikoning.