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Equipment & Techniques => Medium Format / Film / Digital Backs – and Large Sensor Photography => Topic started by: Anthony R on October 02, 2008, 04:18:12 pm

Title: Camera rental Los Angeles
Post by: Anthony R on October 02, 2008, 04:18:12 pm

Who do you use when you rent in LA?

Title: Camera rental Los Angeles
Post by: Josef Isayo on October 02, 2008, 05:31:17 pm

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Samy's or Calumet.

Title: Camera rental Los Angeles
Post by: pixjohn on October 02, 2008, 08:57:54 pm

What equipment are you looking for? Camera - Grip - Grip truck? I started doing some digital tech and renting H2 with Leaf back plus grip and lighting.

You also have

Pix Camera
Calumet
Samy's

plus a few other places.

Title: Camera rental Los Angeles
Post by: Anthony R on October 02, 2008, 11:15:15 pm

Camera bodies, lenses, laptop - DSLR

No immediate need. Future gig may require.

Title: Camera rental Los Angeles
Post by: SecondFocus on October 03, 2008, 12:47:36 am

Samy's

Title: Camera rental Los Angeles
Post by: Bielenberg on October 03, 2008, 01:37:08 am

I use Samy's all the time and they have always come thru for me, but I also use Flashlights--now located in Pasadena for strobe equipment.

Title: Camera rental Los Angeles
Post by: ericstaud on October 03, 2008, 02:13:38 am

http://www.samys.com/rentals.php (http://www.samys.com/rentals.php)
-5 locations, huge inventory.

http://www.pixcamera.com/ (http://www.pixcamera.com/)
-Open long hours for early pick-up and late delivery.

http://www.calumetphoto.com/ctl?ac.ui.pn=c...c.comp.locID=LA (http://www.calumetphoto.com/ctl?ac.ui.pn=compinfo.CompStoreLocDetail&ac.comp.locID=LA)

You can also rent from places like Pier59, Smashbox, 5th and Sunset, and Quixote studios.  Some of these studios can cater to special requests (like you showing up at 5 am to drive away a cube truck with all the equipment and film already loaded up for you).  They will also drive all over town to collect the various items you need for your shoot.  It is a premium price though.

Title: Camera rental Los Angeles
Post by: Frank Doorhof on October 03, 2008, 02:43:11 am

Flashlights is great if you need strobes, large selection and people who know their stuff.

Sammys also left a very positive impression on me but I never rented from them.