How to rent film equipment in Vietnam?

TOPIC 2 – How to rent film equipment in Vietnam?

Vietnam has a wide range of state-of-the-art film equipment which is available for rent. It would be better for your crew to rent film equipment in Vietnam than bringing the bulky equipment by yourself from your country, because it helps you minimize the international transport fee, save time and energy.

Beside, bringing less equipment also help you to have less possibility of troubles with Customs.

So, why don’t you consider the possibility of renting film production equipment in our country?

Procedure for renting the filming equipment or anything else in Vietnam is quite clearly. The renter just need to prove the personal identification, sign a renting contract and leave some money as deposit according your contract.

You can rent the film equipment by many ways, but we suggest you 2 main ways below:

1. Directly contacting to any equipment rental company in Vietnam:

If you know any rental company in Vietnam, you can work with them by yourself. You have to sign contract, deposit money and/or the rental company needs to keep some of your identification, such as passport of someone in the crew.

2. Using our service, then we will find the equipment you need:

We bet that not all of film crews can rent the equipment by themselves as the first way above, because of complex procedures and language disagreement. If you use our service, all you need is listing all equipment, we will check if they are available in Vietnam or not, then complete all procedures to bring them to you.

We once learned that the baggage cost to bring equipment on flight from London, UK to Hanoi, Vietnam is 40 USD/kg/trip. By the end, we were able to rent equipment for the filming crew with total cost of just 25 – 30% in comparison with if they bring from UK.

Below is a list of available equipment, but feel free to ask if you are looking for something else not listed.

Cameras	Lens	Lights	Tripods	Stabilizer	Monitors
– Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 4.6K- Sony FS7- Sony A7SII- Sony FS700- Sony A6500- Sony Action- Cam 4K- Panasonic- GH5- Canon C100- Canon 5D- MARK III- Canon 6D- Flycam/Drone 4K	– Canon 16-35L- Canon 17-40L- Canon 24-70L- Canon 70-200L- Canon 100L- Tokina 11-16- Carl Zeiss 21mm F2.8- Carl Zeiss 25mm F2.8- Carl Zeiss 35mm F2.8- Carl Zeiss 35mm F1.4- Carl Zeiss 50mm F1.5- Carl Zeiss 85mm F1.4- Carl Zeiss 135mm F2.8- Carl Zeiss 80-200mm- Rokinon Cine DS 14mm T3.1- Rokinon Cine DS 16mm T2.0- Rokinon Cine DS 24mm T1.4- Rokinon Cine DS 35mm T1.4- Rokinon Cine DS 50mm T1.4- Rokinon Cine DS 85mm T1.4- Rokinon Cine DS 100mm T2.8- Sony Alta PL (20, 25, 35, 50, 85, 135mm)	– HMI 575kw- HMI 1.2kw- HMI 2.5kw- HMI M18 (1.8kw)- HMI M40 (4kw)- Chinaball HMI 1.2kw- Chinaball HMI 1.8kw- Chinaball HMI 2.5kw- Chinaball HMI 4kw- Chinaball Tungsten 2000w- Tungsten Fresnel 150w- Tungsten Fresnel 300w- Tungsten Fresnel 650w- Tungsten Fresnel 1000w- Tungsten Fresnel 2000w- Kino Flo 4ft 4Bank 3200K- Kino Flo 4ft 4Bank 5600K- Kino Flo 2ft 4Bank 3200K- Kino Flo 2ft 4Bank 5600K- Kino Flo 6 bank- LED Panel- LED Hand Lamp- LED Fresnel 300w 5600K	– Set of 3 tripods(Tall, Medium, Short)- Sachtler- LX10- LX5- Vinten- Manfrotto- Libec- Monopod	– Ronin- Ronin MX- Glidecam- Steadicam- Ikan EC1- Beholder	– HDMI,SDI 21”- HDMI,SDI 15.6”- HDMI,SDI 7”- HDMI,SDI 5.5”- HDMI 7”- Dual 8” SDI monitor

Cameras	– Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 4.6K- Sony FS7- Sony A7SII- Sony FS700- Sony A6500- Sony Action- Cam 4K- Panasonic- GH5- Canon C100- Canon 5D- MARK III- Canon 6D- Flycam/Drone 4K
Lens	– Canon 16-35L- Canon 17-40L- Canon 24-70L- Canon 70-200L- Canon 100L- Tokina 11-16- Carl Zeiss 21mm F2.8- Carl Zeiss 25mm F2.8- Carl Zeiss 35mm F2.8- Carl Zeiss 35mm F1.4- Carl Zeiss 50mm F1.5- Carl Zeiss 85mm F1.4- Carl Zeiss 135mm F2.8- Carl Zeiss 80-200mm- Rokinon Cine DS 14mm T3.1- Rokinon Cine DS 16mm T2.0- Rokinon Cine DS 24mm T1.4- Rokinon Cine DS 35mm T1.4- Rokinon Cine DS 50mm T1.4- Rokinon Cine DS 85mm T1.4- Rokinon Cine DS 100mm T2.8- Sony Alta PL (20, 25, 35, 50, 85, 135mm)
Lights	– HMI 575kw- HMI 1.2kw- HMI 2.5kw- HMI M18 (1.8kw)- HMI M40 (4kw)- Chinaball HMI 1.2kw- Chinaball HMI 1.8kw- Chinaball HMI 2.5kw- Chinaball HMI 4kw- Chinaball Tungsten 2000w- Tungsten Fresnel 150w- Tungsten Fresnel 300w- Tungsten Fresnel 650w- Tungsten Fresnel 1000w- Tungsten Fresnel 2000w- Kino Flo 4ft 4Bank 3200K- Kino Flo 4ft 4Bank 5600K- Kino Flo 2ft 4Bank 3200K- Kino Flo 2ft 4Bank 5600K- Kino Flo 6 bank- LED Panel- LED Hand Lamp- LED Fresnel 300w 5600K
Tripods	– Set of 3 tripods(Tall, Medium, Short)- Sachtler- LX10- LX5- Vinten- Manfrotto- Libec- Monopod
Stabilizer	– Ronin- Ronin MX- Glidecam- Steadicam- Ikan EC1- Beholder
Monitors	– HDMI,SDI 21”- HDMI,SDI 15.6”- HDMI,SDI 7”- HDMI,SDI 5.5”- HDMI 7”- Dual 8” SDI monitor

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Peter Mcdowell

22:26 25 Apr 20

I worked with Khuyen and Vietnam Filming Fixer twice - once in 2016 and 2019 - both for my independent documentary film... Jimmy in Saigon. I recommend her very highly - she is very knowledgeable, skilled, a great translator, a real "people person" and really excels in logistics and organization. A great communicator, helper and leader for any Vietnam film shoot.read more

Dan Krauss

18:32 24 Feb 20

I worked on a production for 18 days across Vietnam with Khuyen and she was on top of every detail during our shoot. We... had 14 crew members with different diets and needs and accommodated everyone perfectly. I can't recommend her enough!read more

Steven Doxey

18:37 17 Feb 20

My production company shot fitness content with Khuyen for 18 days in Vietnam, and the experience was beyond great!... Right off the bat, Khuyen was extremely responsive, and answered all of our questions. All the way through pre-production, she was attentive, immediately responded to emails, and was extremely helpful. Once we arrived in Vietnam, Khuyen was with us every step of the way. She was friendly, considerate, and extremely thorough and helpful. We had a total of 14 crew members, with a lot of different needs and asks, and she was able to seamlessly assist us. We traveled from Hanoi, all the way down to Da Nang, and Khuyen was knowledgable and helpful in every city we filmed in. She helped us secure filming permits, and handled all of our accommodations. Even down to finding restaurants, and helping the crew arrange for laundry pickup. No task was too small or too big for her to handle. We filmed every location we wanted to, and Khuyen made the entire process easy. Because of this wonderful experience, we now consider Khuyen a friend, and hope we get to come back to Vietnam to visit her again. I would highly recommend her to any production considering filming in Vietnam. She is knowledgable, has strong connections with local authorities and the film office, and can handle any needs your production may have. 10 / 10 experience!read more