Camera Equipment Rental

Here is how this works in practice. Our team configures and delivers complete camera packages built for Icelandic conditions: cinema bodies, lenses, support and extras, prepped and tested before they leave us. The skilled Reykjavik rental base carries solid working inventory. For high-end shoots we supplement bodies, pro glass and backup units from rental houses in the UK and mainland Europe, managing ATA carnet forms and customs so gear clears smoothly, since Iceland sits outside the EU customs union despite EEA, EFTA and Schengen membership. Cold is the constant factor.

Here is the short of it. We weatherproof against driving wind, blowing volcanic grit, glacial meltwater and rapid weather change, condition batteries for low temperatures because capacity drops sharply in the cold, and brief crews on managing condensation when gear moves between a heated car and a sub-zero exterior. We plan prep days, cross-rentals and returns around the schedule, set up delivery to remote units, and stay on call with replacement gear so a camera fault on a distant location does not cost a shooting day.

Here is the breakdown. Iceland is overwhelmingly a location shoot. RVK Studios in Gufunes, Reykjavik, founded by Baltasar Kormakur, anchors the small stage base. But the draw is the landscape: the rift valley of Thingvellir, Europe's largest glacier Vatnajoekull, the glacier lagoon at Jokulsarlon and Diamond Beach, the black sands of Reynisfjara, waterfalls from Gullfoss to Dettifoss, and the volcanic Highlands at Landmannalaugar. Those locations come with logistics: the Ring Road circles the island, Keflavik Global Airport is the gateway, and the Highlands open only in summer via F-roads needing 4x4 super-jeeps.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. Light is extreme, with the near-24-hour Midnight Sun in June and only four to five hours of low light in midwinter. Productions including Nolan's 'Interstellar' and 'Batman Begins', 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story', 'Prometheus' and 'Game of Thrones' have shot here, and Film in the country's reimbursement of 25 percent of eligible costs, rising to 35 percent for larger qualifying shoots, makes a well-named camera package central to the budget.