Professional sound recorder coming with necessary accessories to record outdoors (deadcat).

 A small, super bright and really handy LED light, made by Falcon Eyes and in brilliant condition

 Sony A7rii that comes with a 28mm, 50mm & 35-70mm lenses, spare battery, charger and a range of attachments, including diopters and ND filters. Perfect kit for a videographer.

Great for low budget 16mm filmmaking or for a low maintenance B cam on bigger shoots.

Recently serviced & tested 1971 Bolex Rex-5 standard 16mm camera in mint condition. Comes with Kern 16-100mm T1.9 zoom lens & Kern 10mm T1.6 prime lens. Aswell as other accessories including Sunhood, Gash Stock & Spool, Rewind Crank & Filters. D>Tap Powered MST Motor & 400ft Mag Available upon request.

Filters include an ND0.6, ND1.2, No.85 & a No.85 combined with ND0.3. 

Please Note: Full disclosure, the 10mm has a couple of tiny scratches on the front element. These little nicks go unnoticed unless you are shooting with harsh backlight shining into the lens, and it gives a similar appearance to a raindrop on the lens, so be careful with the 10mm if you are using backlight.

Recently serviced mint condition Hasselblad 500 C/M. Comes with 80mm T2.8 lens, extra A24 back, 35mm Film Adapters, Cable Release, Macro Attachment & Polaroid back.

Perfect for studio or location shoots alike.

Great for low budget music videos or B roll on bigger shoots with multiple cameras.

Recently tested super 8 camera with 7-80mm T1.8 Schneider Lens. Comes in aluminium flight case and will be supplied with rechargeable batteries.

Batteries come provided.

Great for low budget music videos or B roll on bigger shoots with multiple cameras.

Recently tested super 8 camera with 7-25mm T1.8 Schneider Lens. Comes in aluminium flight case and will be supplied with rechargeable batteries.

Batteries come provided.

 Large sized bean bag for supporting cinema cameras, great for tricky low angle shots etc.

Late 1990s Sony Mini DV Camera

Comes with 5 x batteries, 2 x battery chargers, mains power cable, remote control, carry strap, user manual and carry case.

Tapes will be provided in case incase you don’t have your own, if used, the price is £5 per tape.

Full list of features below:

* 		2000 x Digital Zoom
* 		Carl Zeiss zoom lens - 40x zoom - 1.9 - 76 mm - f/1.8-4.1
* 		Night Shot Vision
* 		40x Optical Zoom
* 		USB Streaming
* 		2.5" LCD touch screen Display Screen
* 		Digital Photo Mode
* 		Shooting Programs : beach & ski, landscape, night mode, portrait mode, sports mode, spotlight, sunset & moon
* 		Special Effects : Flash Motion, Luminance Key, Monotone, Mosaic, Negative Art, Old Movie, Pastel, Sepia, Slim, Solarization, Still, Stretch, Strobe, Trail, Wipe
* 		Full Colour Viewfinder
* 		Date/Time Stamp
* 		Built-in speaker, backlight compensation, date/time stamp

5 Inch TV Logic Monitor with 3 x Mini XLR > D Tap Cables, 2 x BNC Cables & 1 x Noga Arm

Comes with 7-42mm t1.8 In-Built Zoom Lens & Protective Carry Case. 

Great for low budget music videos or B roll on bigger shoots with multiple cameras.

Batteries come provided.

The Krasnogorsk-3, or as it is better known, the “K-3” is a very handy camera for low budget shoots. It performs well either as a run & gun A cam, a compact B cam or as a backup for the Bolex.

This camera is in great condition and has had its loop formers removed to avoid any issues with scratching film, which is a common problem with these cameras. It comes with a Meteor 17-69mm T1.9 Zoom Lens, aswell as other accessories including Filters, Pistol Grip & Shoulder Mount.

Filters include a 1.2ND, +2 Diopter, No.85 & a UV Protector.

Great for low budget 16mm filmmaking or for a low maintenance B cam on bigger shoots.

Camera has been modified to Super16mm gate & comes with Les Bosher’s famous bayonet > PL Mount adapter giving you a huge range of lens choices. In the kit there is also a bayonet > C Mount adapter, Kern C Mount 25mm T1.4 lens & ND 0.6 Filter. The kit comes in a Peli 1510 Protective Case.

D>Tap Powered MST Motor & 400ft Mag Available upon request.

PLEASE NOTE: Please allow headroom at the top of the frame within the viewfinder, as the negative will be slightly cropped by 2mm or so at the top of frame compared to the image in the viewfinder 👍🏻

All of the kit can be wet hired with a myself, who can come on board your project as a DoP/Camera Operator or Camera Assistant.

I am a camera assistant by trade but also have experience shooting a range of different projects, both as a DoP & Camera Operator.

Examples of my work can be found on my website www.charlesmaddocks.co.uk

Please feel free to enquire on here, or via the rentals instagram @xdotrentals

Rate listed is APA Clapper Loader rate, but can be negotiated depending on the project

Charlie was great help, answered all the questions I had about the camera and making the most of it. This will be my go to 💯

great as always doing business with charlie. thanks mate 

Great experience renting from Charlie. Super easy and well communicated 

Really good kit, super responsive and helpful. It was a pleasure renting from Charlie.

Great communication and an easy rental :)

It's a weight off my mind renting kit through Charlie - he always responds quickly, is super flexible with collection and drop off, and also provides advice and support during rental. What more could you ask for? Thank you always

Really great experience renting with Charles!

As always Charlies kit was wonderful. He was super flexible and easy to communicate with, and I'll be back again. Thank you 

charles was really accommodating, collection and return went very good camera in great condition goodkkkkjjjjjggreagreat 

Charlie was an absolute delight to rent from, answered all of my questions and queries rapidly and kept in touch throughout the rental. He also made collection and drop off really quick and easy for me. The Bolex was absolutely perfect and all the filters etc included in the kit were fabulous. Very grateful, thank you Charlie. 

Fantastic communication, very reliable and beautifully well kept equipment. 100% recommended! 

Super lender - great communication. Thanks Charlie!

Easy communication and pickup / drop off. Thanks Charlie!

Kit in perfect condition, very helpful nice bloke!

Good communicator, easy pick-up/drop-off and kit is a great condition!

Very helpful - definitely use again. Camera lens was superb.

Charlie was very accommodating allowing me to collect the kit earlier than arranged. I will be hiring from him again

Absolutely brilliant service, Charlie was a delight to communicate with and so flexible for what we needed


Probably the best kept Nizo 801 I’ve ever worked with, Charlie was extremely punctual with communication and was very flexible to our needs. Would absolutely recommend again! 


Couldn't ask for more. Really responsive. Great kit! Very happy.

Charlie was super flexible with pick ups and return times and his Bolex is in mint condition. Pleasure working with his equipment and chatting to him!

Kit was excellent and Charlie is super friendly!! 

Charlie was great! Very helpful and super fast at responding!





Charlie sounds to be a great fella. Brilliant communication! 

Charlie is great! Very accommodating and flexible. Would happily rent again. 

Great communication and very understanding renter. 

Super great! Very easy experience, great communication. Would recommend 100%

Very nice and helpful! Had lots of great advice, would definitely borrow the camera again 



Charlie was super helpful and understanding. Can’t recommend him enough!

Really helpful. I had problems with it and gave him a call and he talked me through everything. 

Excellent camera and good lender! Quick and easy to pick up and was in a great condition. Would use again. Charlie was great!


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