Wooden Nickel is a great rental house for your film shoots, especially if you are a student. They…read morehave great prices, great customer service and reply quick. They make the process of renting out easy. Definitely recommend.

It's very easy to see why this place is so popular when you're setting up a film production or…read moretelevision and you need lighting there's nowhere else to go for great service but here. I was really impressed with how polite and friendly everyone was considering the heat and gruel situation everybody took the time to make sure my order is correct and even noted some things that I missed and took the time to show me how to learn to do it myself but at the same time again there was no shortage of offers for help despite being so busy. All you have to do is pull up, back in, and they'll be ready to help you as soon as you're out of the vehicle.

COVID-19 times. We just did a shoot that required a snorkel lens, a lens package for our RED camera…read moreand some last minute RED camera peripherals (since our online purchases didn't look like they'd be delivered on time). Kelly and team were very responsive and had EVERYTHING we needed. This is awesome. Feeling like they're a solid one stop shop. As someone coordinating production, I super appreciated the speedy, clear and friendly communication--ALL the qualities I hope for (but don't expect) from people when I'm under a compressed timeline to deliver a smooth shoot. If you're constantly finding yourself renting from multiple places for camera gear, I'd highly recommend checking CamTec out. Customer service is excellent. Thank you Kelly and team for all the arrangements to get us our gear on time! Definitely feel taken care of.

These guys are life savers!! We had an accident while on…read morelocation and needed a replacement camera. Called them, they had it in stock and gave us a great rental rate. They knew that we were in a jam but didn't take advantage of the fact. Camtec is the only place we will be going to from here on out. LOVE YOU GUYS!

Sad to be reviewing them so late, but this team i think was and is the best audio sales/rental…read morehouse in LA and it breaks my heart to see them close down and join another company that will no doubt see some people without a job :( lots of great small businesses getting bought up by bigger ones feels like it never ends up well, but I just had to get it on record these these people were the best and nicest and most helpful out there. Never felt stupid for not knowing a certain piece of gear or how something worked etc. Hope nothing but the best for the whole team

Wow! I walk in baffled over a dead audio puzzle--amp, mic or cable?--only to find its a stupid…read moremistake and all is fine. But not only that, Gene swaps out a stripped set screw ring on the mic where I tried to turn it normal counter-clockwise (duh)... which involves some soldering, of course... as I stand there. And then refuses to charge me! Take your audio trust issues to this guy! I will from now on. And my layman's sound needs, too.

Got scammed here…read more Bought their used 600d light for $550. Tested it at their shop it worked. Take it straight to set literally an hour later, doesn't turn on. Immediately text the owner to let him know. Had to send talent home and cancel the shoot. Show up next day, they test it, it doesn't turn on. I'm extremely polite, not blaming them at all. I'm saying let's work something out. They had another identical unit that worked. I offered to add cash to exchange the dead one for the one that worked. Staff seemed hard working and normal. The owner though got immediately confrontational and tried to get me out of there. I remained calm and asked him to put himself in my shoes and work something out with me that was fair. Nope. He immediately accused me of lying, put words in my mouth, accused me of threatening him ( what? ), etc. Well here's how I know I got scammed aside from just bad business. He claimed multiple times that in 20 years in the biz that he's never had the 600d break on him ever. He goes "You probably dropped it" ( I did not ). When I offered to go half and half to cover the damage he literally said "It costs $500 to fix that light I don't want it, we tested it, you bought it, it's your problem". He said the dollar amount confidently, not a random number, he said $500. Meanwhile the talent is waiting for me on set I'm running super late. Super stressed out. No apology of any kind by the way. I beg for at least a free 1 day rental, he immediately accuses me of trying to swap the bad light for the good one ( what? ), but finally to get rid of me agrees to 1 day of free rental ( $75 value ), puts a $500 hold on my CC, I shoot return the light. Well here's the fun part, he sends me to the repair shop ( Lux ) that he says "will fix it for sure". Just got the estimate from lux. Guess how much. $514 ( light has multiple issues ). So if he's NEVER had a 600d go bad in his 20 years in business how did he know the repair was gonna cost exactly $500? Lol. If I had to guess he plugged in the good one during the test and slipped me the bad one. I have no proof of that but I'd bet my house that's what happened. But what I do know for sure is that he treated me like some lying scammer homeless bum off the street, super rude, disrespectful, unapologetic, couldn't care less that he wasted my time, money, and ruined 2 days of my shoot. Having a keylight to not turn on on set in front of talent and makeup and client is extremely stressful and embarrassing to have to send them home, they drove 2 hours each way to get to the location. I'd stay away from these guys at all costs. If anything goes wrong you'll get treated like trash. Would have been one thing if I had it for a week. But for it to not turn on after 1 hour is crazy. I told lux unless they wanna do me a favor and half the repair cost due to the circumstances that light will have to go straight in the trash can. Lesson learned.

Super sweet staff! So nice, answered all the questions I had and educated me :). Would highly…read morerecommend!

Love love loved my experience here! I recently got a…read moredisposable camera at a festival and didn't want to go the commercial route because I have heard horror stories about cameras getting lost. Plus, big box stores don't return the negatives to you and I liked having that option. Red room is a bit on the pricier side but again, you're paying for the service and supporting a local business. I paid $17 to develop the film and got it within 1 hour emailed to me! They'll store the negatives for 30 days. Attaching some pictures to show you the quality (obviously dependent on the settings of your camera as well!) Gentleman at the store was really sweet. Would highly recommend coming here!

Shout out to the team at Red Room who for the second year in a row managed to pull off some amazing…read morework with only a day's turnaround time. Thanks so much, it turned out great! Kenny even helped me gift-wrap it in a pinch! RRPL will always be my first call, y'all rock

I highly recommend going with studio carts. Customers service is great. They come from a film…read morebackground so when ordering or modifying your carts you get a great product. Arguably the best!

I can't say enough positive things about this business and the phone service I received from…read moreRobert. I was inquiring about a repair on my Canon L series lens. Which is way out dated, but still a nice lens. Canon Customer Service emailed me a list of people to contact. Concept lighting was on that list. Robert informs me they no longer repair their old lenses. The reason behind why he no longer repairs them was honest and direct. I really like that as a consumer. Especially for expensive items. And for that reason, I can't blame him for not. However he is the only business in the U.S that repairs Mamiya cameras. So stop taking to where ever it is your taking your Mamiya and send it to Robert. Your getting ripped off by taking it else where. Robert charges the same price to repair it as he would some 3rd party camera shop. But your 3rd party is going to mark it up wazoo! Thank you Robert for all your help. I'm spreading your good name all over San Francisco like V.D.

The VES (Visual Effects Society) just finished our 22nd VES Awards Nomination Event at this…read morelocation. We've done it here for as long as I remember, and I feel almost ashamed that I'm just writing this review after so many years. FotoKem has 6 screening rooms and a marvelous staff that is always friendly and helpful. It's a great facility for screenings, and they have a small kitchen in one building and a snack lounge in the other building. Their wifi handled all 100 of us logging on and using it - though we might have been reaching its max when we were all using it and streaming at the same time. Also, FotoKem delivered all our media all across the globe with their globalDATA -- they have 24 hour round the clock support M-F. We had media delivered to NZ, UK, Germany, France, India, Canada, East Coast States and West Coast States -- every delivery was smooth and fast. One of the locations had some issues, and FotoKem walked them thru everything they needed to do. (It was user unfamiliarity on the other side, and FotoKem was very patient in walking thru things and explaining and resending for us)

Fotokem is run by self-absorbed people who couldn't give a crap about their customers. The lab guys…read moreare competent, but "management" is composed almost entirely of people who are incompetent but don't know it.

My business partner and I have been renting from Broccoli for over 20 years!…read moreThey are the absolute best in the biz! Reading the ridiculous comment made by the person named Damien below made me laugh out loud. These guys are the most trustworthy, professional and friendly in the ENTIRE equipment rental industry. They've worked with our budgets, never left us hanging, and ALWAYS provided the most personal level of service. Ask any professional photographer in LA, if they've ACTUALLY used Screaming Broccoli for anything, they've become a convert. I 100% stand behind my words here and will vouch for these guys.

I had the best experience at Screaming Broccoli. Ed was super helpful and everything ran smoothly…read more He even spent 40 mins repairing my own tripod for me and didn't charge anything. Highly recommended.