Despite repeated warnings, Lensrentals has had equipment returned with damage or destroyed from being used during the eclipse without solar filters.

Panasonic 20mm f1.7


Burned shutter


Sensor damage


and my favorite..

the 600 f4 - it looks fine on the outside


but don't look inside -

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Overall, we were really impressed with how few pieces of gear we got back damaged. And of the things returned, we were equally impressed with our customer-base, and their guilt and owning up to the damage. Unfortunately, these types of damage are considered neglect, as warnings were given out to customers before the solar eclipse.

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....people just don't listen....there were people in the office using their iPhone to take pics......even though everyone told them not to.....they also 'snuck' a peak with their naked eyes......

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Eejiotts! I can understand iphone users, but photographers who rent equipment should know better.

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Why does this happen? I can understand damage to sensors, but that first photo looks like a mechanical meltdown.

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Why does this happen? I can understand damage to sensors, but that first photo looks like a mechanical meltdown.

The lens focuses the light (IR/visible/UV) onto a very small spot. Same principle as when you use a magnifying glass to focus the sun's rays to ignite a piece of paper.

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Why does this happen? I can understand damage to sensors, but that first photo looks like a mechanical meltdown.

I'm thinking back to when I was a kid playing with a magnifying glass and focusing the sun onto a spot in the street, and I could melt the asphalt. A lens focusing on the sun is probably similar.

Total eclipse of the wallet.

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It is what it is.

Stuck with repair/replacement cost, and hopefully lost rental income as well.

I buy/rent digital high speed video cameras from the same guy as the Mythbusters got theirs, until he cut them off. They had a VERY cavalier attitude about protecting the rental gear from damage. They were forced to switch from Photron gear to Phantom, and ended up buying one or two of the cheap units for themselves. They are 5 or 6 figure cameras, and are built to order. You can't just make a call, and have a new one in a day.



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