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Canon FD (REHOUSED) PL Mount lenses now available at Film Equipment Hire

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Canon FD (REHOUSED) PL Mount lenses for rent at Film Equipment Hire
06 Oct

Canon FD (REHOUSED) PL Mount lenses now available at Film Equipment Hire

 

The Canon FD series is one of the most sought-after vintage lens collections, known for its stunning image quality and warm, cinematic look. Whitepoint Optics in Finland have been pioneers in rehousing these wonderful lenses into full frame cinema primes.

Currently we have four in our set with another four to follow giving a comprehensive set of focal lengths.

The Lens Conversion process includes the following:

• Stainless steel PL mount
• Zero image shifting
• Cam Form Focus drive optimized for modern motors
• Unique robust aluminium construction
• Easy to collimate with shims
• 280-300 degree rotation
• Standard 110mm and 95mm front diameter

 

  • “The Canon FD lenses have a beautiful quality to them that is difficult to replicate with modern lenses. They have a certain warmth and character that is perfect for creating a cinematic look.” – Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC (1917, Skyfall, Blade Runner 2049)

  • “I love the Canon FD lenses. They have a unique bokeh that is soft and dreamy, adding depth and dimension to any scene.” – Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC (Gravity, The Revenant, Birdman)

  • “The Canon FD lenses have a classic, vintage look that is perfect for period pieces. They have a certain softness to them that is reminiscent of older films.” – Robert Richardson, ASC (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, The Aviator, Django Unchained)

Astera Set of 8 Titan Tubes with Charging Case for rent at Film Equipment Hire

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Astera Set of 8 Titan Tubes with Charging Case for rent at Film Equipment Hire
24 Mar

Astera Set of 8 Titan Tubes now available at Film Equipment Hire

 

The ultimate film lighting tube for TV, cinema, and photography.

Astera ASPFP1-SET (ASPFP1SET) Titan Tube Set of 8 w/ Accessories (Stands/Holders/Spigots/Eye Bolts). Titan is the ultimate LED tube for filmmakers, TV studios and any creative person. It emits powerful, tunable white with ultra-high colour rendering as well as coloured light which can be applied to individual pixels or the whole tube. The tube offers unlimited range of usage; indoor or outdoor, AC-powered or on battery, on the go with the Astera App, with wired or wireless DMX.

The Film Equipment Store is also an official re-seller for Astera Products

Astera Set of 8 Titan Tubes with Charging Case for rent at Film Equipment Hire

Aputure LS 600d Daylight LED for rent at Film Equipment Hire

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Aputure LS 600d Daylight LED for rent at Film Equipment Hire
15 Dec

The Aputure LS 600d Daylight LED is now available to rent at Film Equipment Hire.
Aputure LS 600D Pro 600W Daylight-Balanced Point-Source LED Light (p/n 6971842181292). The LS 600d Pro is the latest and brightest flagshiplight in the Aputure Light Storm COB product line.
Its immensely bright 600W COB LED output positions the 600d Pro as one of the brightest point source LEDs on the market. With only a 720W Max Power Draw, this light is able to approach the brightness of 1200W HMIs at only a fraction of their total energy consumption, allowing you to power more than one from a single household circuit.
In addition, the 600d Pro takes advantage of the lower power consumption requirements of LEDs compared to hot lights, allowing it to draw power from both V & Gold Mount cinema batteries. Its multi-voltage battery plates make it compatible with 14.4V, 26V, and 28.8V batteries, for a wide variety of power options.

ARRI Alura 15.5-45mm f/T2.8 Wide-Angle Zoom with PL Mount for rent at Film Equipment Hire

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ARRI Alura 15.5-45mm f/T2.8 Wide-Angle Zoom with PL Mount for rent at Film Equipment Hire
15 Dec

The ARRI Alura 15.5-45mm f/T2.8 Wide-Angle Zoom with PL Mount is now available to rent at Film Equipment Hire. Its part of the matching set of Alura’s and will compliment and match our existing 30-80 lens.
Both, the ARRI Alura 15.5-45/T2.8 and the ARRI Alura 30-80/T2.8 share the unique characteristics that have made the existing Alura Studio Zooms (18-80/T2.6 and 45-250/T2.6) already best-sellers: highest optical quality in a robust housing at an affordable price. While optimized for digital cameras, they are compatible with film cameras and include the ARRI Lens Data System (LDS).

Aputure range of LED Lighting now available for rent at Film Equipment Hire

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Aputure C300D for rent at Film Equipment Hire
14 Oct

Aputure range of LED Lighting now available for rent at Film Equipment Hire

Aputure is a global designer and manufacturer of cinema lighting fixtures, light-shaping accessories and lighting software. Its products are used in studio and on location film sets along with in photography and live production.

They have released some amazing products such as the C300D and C120D with various fixtures to make the an ideal solution for may lighting set-ups.

The Light Storm product family is Aputure’s flagship product line, showcasing all of its innovations in COB and point-source lighting technology for the stills & motion picture industry. Beginning with the LS 1 LED panel, the Light Storm product line transitioned into the realm of modifiable point-source lighting with the LS C120t a tungsten-balanced light that utilized the open-source Bowens-S Mount to provide simple and affordable modifier options for its single-source LED chip. Since the introduction of their first single-source light with the LS C120t, Aputure proceeded to release larger and smaller point-source fixtures such as the 300d and mini-20c,to allow for a wider variety of use cases.

Now, the Light Storm series of products continues to be Aputure’s most popular series of lights, featuring fixtures such as the LS C120d II and LS C300d II, which are quickly becoming industry standard light fixtures, especially when combined with their popular Light Dome II parabolic softbox modifier.

RED HELIUM 8K now available for rent at Film Equipment Hire

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RED EPIC-W HELIUM 8K S35 for rent at Film Equipment Hire
01 Oct

RED HELIUM 8K now available for rent at Film Equipment Hire

 

The RED EPIC-W 8K Camera captures 17x more resolution than HD with over 16 stops of dynamic range and records 8K at up to 30 FPS. It is part of RED’s DSMC2 line, which features simultaneous REDCODE RAW® and Apple ProRes or Avid DNxHR/HD recording with lightning fast data rates up to 275 MB/s – all in a smaller and lightweight form factor compared to prior models. RED’s proprietary REDCODE RAW file format is structured for non-destructive editing and you can seamlessly pull detailed stills from footage.

 

Alexa Mini now available for rent at Film Equipment Hire

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01 Oct

Alexa Mini now available for rent at Film Equipment Hire

 

Film Equipment Hire Ireland have now added the Arri Alexa Mini to our rental stock. Available in PL or EF the worlds most popular cinema camera is now easier and cheaper to rent in Ireland. Contact us on +35318075759 or info@filmequipmenthire.com and ask us about packages available for your next production.

Sony FS7 Mk2 now available to rent at Film Equipment Hire

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Sony PXW-FS7 MK 2 XDCAM Super 35 Camera System for rent at Film Equipment Hire
11 Jan

Sony FS7 MK2 is now available to rent at Film Equipment Hire

 

Product Highlights

  • Super 35-Sized CMOS Sensor
  • Locking Sony E-Mount
  • Integrated Electronic Variable ND Filter
  • DCI 4K (4096 x 2160) up to 59.94p
  • UHD up to 59.94 fps, HD up to 180 fps
  • XAVC-I/L, MPEG-2, XAVC up to 600 Mb/s
  • Supports Rec. 709 and BT-2020
  • Dual XQD Memory Card Slots
  • Dual HD/3G-SDI and HDMI Output
  • Ergonomic Handgrip with Camera Controls

Dedolight Mobile DLED4.1-D LED Light Head (Daylight) now available for rent at Film Equipment Hire

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Dedolight Mobile DLED4.1-D LED Light Head (Daylight) for rent at Film Equipment Hire
12 Jul

Dedolight Mobile DLED4.1-D LED Light Head (Daylight) now available for rent at Film Equipment Hire

 

*** FEH add Dedo LED lights to its Stock ***

Film Equipment Hire have added a number of Dedolight Mobile DLED4.1-D LED Light Heads to its stock as we continue to expand our LED lighting range We are committed to giving our customers access to all the best products from around the world with many more exciting products to be announced in the coming months.
These great lights give all the benefits of the immensely popular DLH4 Tungsten lights in a Daylight LED version.

The 5600K daylight balance blends in seamlessly in outdoor situations and is ideal for location and ENG work, and as is characteristic of LED sources, generates negligible heat. The DLED4.1-D is powered by the 100 to 260 VAC DT4.0-1 or DT4.0-1-DMX which offers remote control of the light’s 100-20% dimmable light intensity. A DC power supply is also available for battery power sources up 18V. A full line of accessories from scrims and filters to Dedolight Imager projection attachments is available.

  • State-of-the-art LED light source with features exclusively developed by Dedolight
  • Dedolight patented aspherical optics
  • Daylight color balance is ideal for location work, guaranteeing maximum output and minimum time spent fumbling with filters
  • Provides astoundingly high efficiency in output
  • Unprecedented wider and tighter focusing range
  • Dedolight clean beam concept. Controlled precision beam with no stray light outside the fixture and perfectly even light distribution within the beam
  • Complete light-shaping control:
    Scrims, graduated gray filters, aspherical wide-angle attachments with rotating barndoor leaves
  • Dedolight imager projection attachments for light framing, soft edge light framing with eye filters, gobo projection, background effect projection, slide projection (available separately) .

Litepanels Gemini now available to rent at Film Equipment Hire Ireland

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Litepanels Gemini to rent at Film Equipment Hire
05 Jun

We have added a significant number of Litepanel Gemini’s to our rental stock at Film Equipment Hire Ireland.

The Litepanels Gemini is a 2’x1′ LED soft light with programmable colour temperature, gel simulation and incorporates lots of fantastic effects including lightning simulation, police car light simulation etc

It outputs 4,800lux at 5ft (5000K), which almost as much as the Arri Skypanel S60 output and similar specification in a much lighter lighting fixture.

Full spectrum daylight and tungsten plus colour hue and saturation control means that it can also simulate over 100 well known lighting gels using its own setup controls and incorporates lots of fantastic effects including lightning simulation, police car light simulation etc.  Local or remote control via DMX, wireless DMX or bluetooth control. A very bright fixture with a maximum 325W power draw.