Camera Equipment Rental

Camera gear rental in China runs through a set group of partners. In the capital, Mango Gear Beijing and Beijing Film Gear are the leading ARRI houses, while Photon Asia covers high-end commercial and feature work. Shanghai Film Studio Rental and Pacific Audio Visual serve the Yangtze Delta, and Hengdian Gear Rental handles backlot drama. Qingdao Wanda Studios runs fully-equipped soundstage shoots, and the Shenzhen rental cluster (DJI and tech-shoot supply) takes on commercial product work.

Our team books across those inventories to assemble the body, lens, support, and accessory stack a production needs. The request list centres on ARRI Alexa 35, Mini LF, and Alexa Mini bodies, RED V-Raptor and Komodo, and Sony Venice 2, FX9, and FX6 broadcast bodies. These pair with Cooke S7/i and Anamorphic sets, Zeiss Supreme and Master Anamorphic, ARRI Signature Primes, DZOFilm (Chinese-made and gaining global traction), and the Vantage Hawk anamorphics that NRTA-OK'd co-productions now favour.

Global shoots land most of their gear through the cargo terminals at Beijing Capital (PEK), Daxing (PKX), Shanghai Pudong (PVG), Guangzhou Baiyun (CAN), and Hong Kong (HKG). China Customs ATA carnet forms go through the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, and the same team that books the rental clears customs. Road haulage and CRH high-speed rail cover the inter-city moves. Crews reach Hengdian from Beijing by all-night truck, and run Beijing to Shanghai in 4 hours on the CRH with prep gear. From there they transit onward to Qingdao, Hainan, Yunnan, and the Inner Mongolia or Tibet unit bases that work under NRTA co-production approval.

On the ground, the picture gets more specific. Camera technicians and DITs trained on the Beijing Film Academy cinematography track can join the booking when a Hengdian backlot needs prep support or a Shanghai night exterior needs on-set help. Emergency replacement and cross-rental from partner houses run through the same coordinator. That matters when an Alexa Mini LF goes down on day three of a Tibet altitude schedule at 3,400 metres.