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A vintage revival in lenses! These are some of the most beautiful nostalgic soft glow, yet still modern lenses we've ever seen. If a lens could be called "poetic", this would be it. Available to rent now in 14mm, 21mm, 25mm, 35mm, 40mm, 50mm, 75mm, 100mm, 135mm, 180mm.

We recently did a novice workshop about how not to screw up your sound if you aren't a pro sound person working in video/film. Here are our highlight notes about the Unforgiable Sins of Audio Production for Film/Video!!!
https://camerarentalsvancouver.com/how-to-record-good-audio-for-your-video/
Even if you've been in the industry for a long time, it's a good reminder that sound is still 60% of video. :)

How to Record Good Audio For Your Video - Camera Rentals Vancouver If you want to actually be good at video production, you need to learn about audio. Don’t just pass the buck off to “the sound guy” because one day, they are going to cancel on you and you’ll be doing all the sound by yourself! So to save you from making all kinds of sound

Are you competing in Run N Gun and don't have a sound person and need to learn the basics? As part of the Run N Gun U program, Gearbase is putting on a tiny workshop to teach the absolute basics of production audio. Simple things like the different types of mics and connectors, placement, how to operate a boom pole. Why if you don't use headphones you should be kicked off set. Thursday May 8th after work at our office. You have to sign up for a spot, do so here: https://www.rngfest.com/rngu At $5 (which goes to RnG) it's nearly free!

Gearbase, along with RUN N GUN: Film Community https://www.shoreline-studios.com/, and most importantly... https://mantisarmourer.com/ present a NEARLY FREE ($5) course - SAFE ON SET FIREARM HANDLING. We don't need to talk about why firearm safety on set is deadly serious... This is your chance as an actor or crew to learn the basics of firearm handling and working with an armourer for next to nothing as part of all our service to the indie film community. Here's the link to sign up! https://www.rngfest.com/rngu

FREE GIFT FOR THE FIRST 5 PEOPLE who show up for our garage sale tomorrow (8am to 10am) Choice of 1 each
DJI Osmo +
Tascam DR10x (new!)
Zhiyun Crane 2
Cinematics 4x4 Matte Box
500 LED light panel
(there will likely be more options by tomorrow AM!)

We need more shelf space for new stuff and you need DEALS DEALS DEALS!!!! On Saturday the 14th at 8am we'll be dragging out tons of things from our back storage, yes mostly older but still good, and blowing them out at 1/2 used prices. Sometimes less! A lot of things may be great, we just have too many (like sliders and G3 wireless mics), or just cosmetically ugly like older light stands, sand bags, cases, etc. There will be older GoPros, older Sony bodies (FS100/FS700) at fractions of the price. For lighting, older LED panels, Divas and some random tube lights. There will also be things for the DIY repair person that need some small fixes which we haven't done because they don't go out much anymore (Litemats for one). There will be quite a few EF and E mount lenses like 70-200 f2.8 mki IS lenses that we have too many of moving into RF mount. And boxes of random things from DJI Osmo to Ronin S to old Teradeks and Bartechs for pennies on the original dollar.

No plans for Halloween night? Go watch movies!

Nightmare on Fundraiser Street Nightmare on Fundraiser Street is creeping up on Thursday, October 31! Get your tickets to this halloween screening and support GEMS Vancouver.

Photographers are notoriously hard to shop for! Here's an idea, rent the Canon, Nikon or Sony shooter in your life the flagship 102mp medium format Fuji GFX100 mkII kit for a weekend, and on sale now! Normally $415/per day, we're doing both for $295 per weekend.
Click through here for more info:
https://camerarentalsvancouver.com/rentals/cameras/dslr/fujifilm-gfx100-mkii/

We thought this would be a fun special. If you have a shoot ANY TIME in 2024, and as long as you book the rental by the end of April, we'll do a 2 day per week rate instead of the usual 3 day per week rate, on any Red, Alexa Mini, or Sony Burano camera. This is an instant 33% discount on any rental of a week or more. But again, only if you book by the end of April.

What this means in practical terms, if you need a cine camera for 7 days for a shoot, you only pay for 2. If you need it for 14 days, you only pay for 4. And so on. This includes memory cards, batteries, charger, etc. If you ask us really nicely we'll probably do a tripod and other accessories at the same rate.

So if you have a feature film you want to shoot in September, lock this in by the end of April. You can always change dates later. And yes, you have to mention this when you book, otherwise its the standard 3 day weekly rate. Happy shooting!