Equipment Planning Services

Here is how this works in practice. We help with gear planning by bringing local market knowledge of what Icelandic rental houses actually hold and where imported gear becomes needed. Our team works with your department heads to compile complete camera, lens, lighting, grip and sound lists, sources competitive quotes from Icelandic suppliers, and sets up delivery schedules against your shooting plan.

Here is the short of it. Key, we plan for Iceland's conditions: weather protection and rain covers as standard, cold-rated batteries and the spare capacity to swap them through long exposed days, robust support gear for wind, and transport cases built for 4x4 and super-jeep movement on Highland F-roads. We advise on what to import versus rent locally, manage the ATA carnet records that short-term gear import needs, and confirm power planning around the country's 230V/50Hz mains and the power packs support remote locations need.

Where a production carries pro rigs, drones, gimbals or aerial systems, we factor their regulatory and logistical needs into the plan so nothing arrives unaccounted for on the first shooting day.

Here is the breakdown. Iceland supports shoots with a capable rental base. But it is a base sized for an island of roughly 390,000 people, so thorough planning prevents costly gaps. The country's top rental houses hold solid camera, lighting and grip inventory, and RVK Studios in Reykjavik anchors the facilities side, yet very large shoots routinely import pro gear from the UK and mainland Europe. Because the country sits outside the EU customs union, that imported gear travels under ATA carnets, and the forms has to be right before kit reaches Keflavik.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. The environment then dictates the rest: persistent wind, cold, rain and glacial damp are real factors, mains power is 230V/50Hz, and Highland locations need gear that can be moved and run far from infrastructure. Drones fall under Icelandic Transport Authority and EASA rules, with strict limits in national parks. Planning gear around these realities is what keeps a department fully resourced rather than improvising.