About Us

We specialise in the hire and rental of cameras, lenses and lighting for photography and videography. We’re located on the edge of Balaclava and St Kilda in the south eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. We have been a family owned and operated business in Melbourne since 1916.

We rent camera equipment to people of all skill levels, from students to commercial photographers, fashion and editorial photographers, architecture photographers, event and wedding photographers, documentary makers, producers and filmmakers, fine artists, real estate photographers, and sports photographers.

Our rental equipment includes DSLR and mirrorless cameras, zoom and prime lenses for a wide range of camera systems, strobe and continuous lighting, audio recording equipment including lapel microphones and shotgun microphones, memory cards and other accessories.

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