These tools were developed by Camera Rentals NYC. You can use them whether you rent from us in New York or are part of the Film and TV communities around the world. Enjoy – and happy shooting!
We’ve all been there – we show up on set with our great camera package that has all the bells and whistles, and the batteries drain way faster than we expected. Or, there’s a voltage issue with the batteries we selected. For all these situations, there’s now a free tool by Camera Rentals NYC: The CinePower Calculator. Custom-built for the film industry, it’ll help independent filmmakers as much as studio professionals project out power needs, battery runtimes and more.
Learn how different sensor types and film stocks compare to each other, which cameras have which kind of sensors, and what popular lenses can cover which kinds of film stock and sensors. We built this tool for both beginners and advanced cinematographers and directors. You can use the CineSizer Tool for lots of scenarios – planning your next shoot, deciding on a camera purchase, figuring out which lenses are compatible with which sensors – there are no limits.
Figure out how much data you will shoot with a given number of cameras, frame rates, shoot days, codec used etc. It’ll also help you decide how many cards you should have on set and how many drives and backups you’ll need to buy. We built this tool for DITs, Cinematographers, 1st ACs, Editors and Producers. The calculator will help you figure out potential bottlenecks, is a good tool to save yourself from overwhelming hard drive costs, and allows for a real-time testing of different configurations.
We’re a boutique rental house based in NYC, right next to Times Square. While you can use the CineSize sensor and lens tool anywhere in the world, you can rent the equipment directly from us the next time you’re shooting in NYC.
We run our entire rentals setup digitally up until you come to grab the gear in person. We both offer rental directly on our site, as well as through a platform called ShareGrid (check our inventory there); get a discount on your first rental with this link on us.
Instead of filling out physical paperwork or signing numerous PDFs via multiple emails, it’s all done on a mobile-friendly platform. You’ll use a digital shopping cart to select the gear.
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PS: We’re not affiliated with ShareGrid, we just use them as our secondary rental platform.
We carry just about everything you’d need in the camera department – and at the same time, are proud to say that all our gear is battle-tested on our own productions. That means, all the kits are accessorized in an intelligent, real-world way.
We carry everything from a RED Komodo package to Atlas Orion Anamorphic lenses, BMPCC4K and BMPCC6K camera body to Sigma cine zooms, wireless video & follow focus, Director’s Monitor, camera rigs, MoVI Pro Gimbals, tripods, lighting for high-end documentaries, corporate interviews and a lot more.
You’re in luck – we do offer time-based discounts!
More about those discounts on our pricing policy page. Next to that, if you’re a returning renter, we often have special offers with up to 20% off your second rental with us. Just inquire about it when you make the rental request!
Every rental needs to either be insured or have a security deposit attached to it. If you already have insurance, you just send us a COI; if you don’t have insurance yet we offer 3 options:
More about all of this on our insurance page!
The CineTools Web applications are hosted by Camera Rentals NYC. You can find release notes and bugfixes in each tool’s respective pages.
