EQUIPMENT RENTAL


New Equipment Catalogue / JULY 2011 (PDF 184kb)



In consulting this price list you will find the costs for each status of membership :
  • Associate or Active members

*N.B. If you are a first-time member, please note that there is a 48 hour waiting period for the rental of mobile equipment or the use of our on-site facilities outside of office hours.

How to rent equipment at Main Film

  • Equipment rental billing rates are as follows:

    - 7 days will be invoiced 3 days
    - week-ends will be invoiced 1 day

  • All mobile equipment that has a value of over 2000$ must be insured before it can leave Main Film.

    For details please contact info@mainfilm.qc.ca.

  • It is strongly suggested that all equipment, especially camera and sound be fully tested before check-out. To make an appointment, contact Alexis or Steven at tech@mainfilm.qc.ca.

Acces Policy (PDF 164KB)

EDITING SUITES

The upgrades of our digital editing suites are now complete. Both suites now operate on OS 10.6.7 (Snow Leopard) and Final Cut Pro has been upgaded to version 6.0.6. We have also added Manifesto title generators in both suites.

The suites are currently configured as follows:

Edit Suite 1:

  • Mac Pro Two 2,66 GHz 6 Core Intel Xeon Westmere (12cores)
  • 6x2GB RAM DDR3 1333Mhz
  • 1XRaid 0 1TB storage capacity
  • 1X600 GB and 1X250 GB storage
  • Final Cut Pro Studio 2
  • Kona LHe Video Card
  • NEC HD Monitor

Edit Suite 2:

  • Mac Pro Dual 2X3 GHz Dual-Core Xeon
  • 4GB RAM DDR2 667 MHz
  • 2x500GB and 1X200GB storage
  • Final Cut Pro Studio 2
  • PRO TOOLS 9 and Digi 002 Rack
  • NEC HD Monitor

KODAK DELIVERY CHARGE

Effective immediately, Kodak is charging a $20 delivery fee on all film orders. To avoid this fee, you have 2 options:

1) be part of a group order that will be placed each Thursday at noon.

OR

2) place your order through Main Film, and pick it up yourself at Kodak on Nun's Island.

If you are not able to take advantage of options 1 or 2, the 20$ fee will be added to your invoice.

For more information, please contact Steven or Alexis at tech@mainfilm.qc.ca or at (514)845-7442.

IN-HOUSE TRANSFERS

MAIN FILM now offers the possibility of tranferring your Super 8 / 16mm films to digital video. You have the choice to transfer in standard definition or in high definition. The results are suprising.

How to proceed:

  1. You should be comfortable operating a projector and the following cameras: Panasonic DVX-100B (SD) or Panasonic HPX-170 (HD). We will help you get started but you will be on your own to shoot.
  2. Transfers must be done at Main Film during office hours.
  3. The projector and the camera must be available.
  4. For HD transfers please note that you need to bring your own external hard drive to store your images.
Rates:
  • HD : 12$ per hour (associate member) and 7,20$ per hour (active member)
  • SD : 7$ per hour (associate member) and 4,20$ per hour (active member)

For more information, contact Alexis or Steven at (514)845-7442 or tech@mainfilm.qc.ca.


PLANNING TO SHOOT IN HD USING P2 TECHNOLOGY?

Are you ready? Are you sure? Read this!

Main Film's P2 Pre-flight checklist (48 KB)



FOR SALE


Video tapes and audio support for sale / 2009 (PDF 26 KB)


 



3981, boul St-Laurent, suite 750
Montreal (Quebec)
H2W 1Y5
Tel.: 514-845-7442
Fax.: 514-845-0718

Business hours: Tuesday to Friday, 10am to 6pm

For additional information do not hesitate to visit us
or email us at: info@mainfilm.qc.ca