Overview:
General Access:
This catalog shows all "General Access" gear available at Media Loan. General Access means any enrolled student can use it. Some items have gear guides for more information about how to use them. Some gear guides have videos produced in house or sourced online. We have more equipment that is only accessible to specific classes. To see more equipment, see our other catalogs linked in the sidebar on the right.
Proficiency:
At the moment, our parabolic microphone is the only General Access equipment that requires proficiency in order to use. This requires in-person instruction that Media Loan provides before use. All of our other General Access gear does not require instruction in order to check it out from us. For that reason be sure to review the gear guide and especially the precautions in each gear. If you would like any help learning our gear or have any issues feel free to reach out to us at the front desk, or call or email. See our website linked in the sidebar on the right for contact information.
Media Loan Intro Video
Catalog
Camera and Accessories
Digital Camera
DSLR
Camera
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Canon Rebel T6i
|Canon Rebel T5i/T6i/T7i Gear Guide
Camera Fundamentals
Used for photo and video. Our most popular camera that is ideal for new camera users but has all the features a professional would need. Can connect with our many lenses, stabilizers and flashes. We also have the Rebel T7i, Rebel T5i, Rebel T2i, Rebel T1i.
Digital Camera
Palmcorder
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Vixia HF M500
|Vixia HD Camcorder Gear Guide
|Used for video. This camcorder is easy to use and can get good footage with minimal menu diving. We also have the HFM700, HFM400, HFM300, HFM200
|Digital Camera
|Go Pro
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Go Pro Hero 4
|GoPro Hero 4 Gear Guide
|Used for for action shots and timelapse. This well known camera comes with a water proof case and is our only waterproof camera.
|Digital Camera
|Point and Shoot
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Olympus Tough TG-2
|No Guide
|A simple camera that requires the least experience and camera knowledge to use.
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|Lens for Digital Camera
|Wide Angle Lens
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Many Models of
EF and EF-S Mounts
|No Guide
|We have fixed and zoom lens options ranging from focal lengths of 10mm to 75mm. Simply put, these are used to see more of a scene, making objects look smaller.
Fixed Lens: 20mm, 28mm, 35mm
Zoom Lens: 8-15mm (fisheye), 11-18mm, 10-24mm
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|Lens for Digital Camera
|Normal Angle Lens
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Many Models of
EF and EF-S Mounts
|No Guide
|We have fixed and zoom lens options ranging from focal lengths of 28mm to 100mm. Simply put, these are designed to see objects more similar to human eyes than the other lens types.
Fixed Lens: 50mm, 50mm (macro), 60mm (macro
Zoom Lens: 24-70mm, 28-75mm (improved kit lens)
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|Lens for Digital Camera
|Telephoto Lens
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Many Models of
EF and EF-S Mounts
|No Guide
|We have fixed and zoom lens options ranging from focal lengths of 75mm to 300mm. Simply put, these are used to see less of a scene, making objects look bigger.
Fixed Lens: 85mm (portrait), 100mm (macro), 105mm (macro)
Zoom Lens: 28-105mm, 55-200mm, 55-250mm, 75-300mm
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|Film Camera
|35mm SLR
Camera
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Pentax K-1000
|35mm SLR Camera Gear Guide
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Camera Fundamentals |Our most popular film camera. Can use a wide variety of lenses (K mount) listed below in the "lens for 35mm SLR Camera" section. Film can be developed in Photoland. We also have Pentax Zx-M, Promaster 2500PK, Vivitar 35mm |- |Film Camera |Medium Format
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|No Guide
|A simple medium format camera with minimal controls. Good for beginners in medium format. Non-detachable 60mm focal length lens.
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|Lens for 35mm SLR Camera
|Lens
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Many Models of
K Mount |No Guide |We have fixed and zoom lens options ranging from focal lengths of 8mm to 210mm. These lens are K mount, meaning they only connect to our 35mm film cameras like the K-1000.
Fixed Lens: 8mm (fisheye),14mm (fisheye), 16mm (fisheye), 28mm, 100mm (macro), 135mm
Zoom Lens: 28-80mm (macro), 35-80mm, 28-200mm, 70-200mm, 70-210mm (macro)
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|Light Meter
|Light Meter
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Sekonic L-308s
|No Guide
|A tool that analyzes light in order to help set the correct exposure in film photography.
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|Lighting
|LED
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Genarary SP-E-240B Kit with 2 lights
|LED With 3 Point Lighting Gear Guide
|This kit comes with 2 adjustable lights and all the stands and power to make it work. We also have the GVM 560AS 2 light kit, the Dracast 500 S-Series Kit 3 light kit, Genaray Spectroled Studio 500, GVM Ring light , and Smallrig RM100 LED.
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|Lighting
|Assortment of accessories like Gels, Diffusers, scrim, bounce, grey card, lens hoods, lens filters, etc
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Many items
|No Guide
|We have many tools to adjust existing lighting and other related aspects of photography and videography.
We have many of the objects used to alter the quality of light like black flags, diffusion flags, scrim cookies, wood cookies, a light control kit and more.
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|Lighting
|Camera Flash
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Many Models
|No Guide
|Photography tool used to add more flash than the built in flash of a camera.
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|Lighting
|Flash Kit
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Speedlite
|No Guide
|A well stocked kit with 2 flashes, a transmitter and many modifiers like reflector, bounce, beauty dish, honeycomb, filter, and more
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|Lighting
|Studio Flash
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Elinchrom D-lite 2 light kit
|Elinchrom Studio Flash Kit Gear Guide
|Lights that can be triggered to flash when a camera takes a picture. They come with stands and attachments to modify the light.
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|Stabilizers
|Photo Tripod
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Many Models of tripod
|No Guide
|We have different sizes of tripod for stabilizing shots.
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|Stabilizers
|Video Tripod
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Many Models of Tripod
|No Guide
|This is different from a photo tripod because it has a "fluid head" which allows for smooth movements.
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|Stabilizers
|Gorillapod
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Joby Gorillapod
|No Guide
|A small tripod with
posable legs.
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|Stabilizers
|Monopod
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Gitzo GM3350XL
|No Guide
|An adjustable pole with a camera mountable top. Ideal for quick shot in the feild that don't require absolute stability.
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|Stabilizers
|Tripod Dolly (Spreader)
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Unmarked
|No Guide
|A collapsible platform to put a tripod on top of. effectively gives the tripod wheels.
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|Stabilizers
|Pocket Skater
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Edelkrone Pocket Skater 2
|No Guide
|A small, versitle camera mount. It has adjustable wheels and mounting platform to make many sliding shots.
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|Stabilizers
|Weighted Stabilizer
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ProAm Autopilot
|No Guide
|A handheld camera mount with weights to stabilize camera movement.
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|Stabilizers
|Phone Gimbal
|DJI OM6
|No Guide
|Small automated stabilizer for making smooth handheld shot on phone camera.
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|Stabilizers
|Sandbag
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Sandbag
|No Guide
|Used to weigh stands. These are essential for top heavy set ups. we have 15lb bags and 5lb bags
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|Stabilizers
|C-Stand
|C-Stand
|No Guide
|A common stand for holding lighting equipment. We have the gobo arms that go along with them as well.
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|Other
Camera
Accessories
|DSLR intervalometer for timelapse
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Vello ShutterBoss II
|No Guide
|A tool that plugs into a DSLR like the Canon Rebel and can be used to take photos at an interval of your choosing.
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|Other
Camera
Accessories
|Clapboard
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Clapboard
|No Guide
|Used for video production to note scenes and sync audio to video sources when they are recorded separately.
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Audio
| Type | Item | Brand & Model | Gear Guide | Description |
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| Microphone | Stage | 
Shure SM-58 |
Microphones in General Access
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The most popular mic in the world. |
| Microphone | Podcast |  Electrovoice RE27ND
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Microphones in General Access | A mic often used by professional broadcasts and podcasts. |
| Microphone | Shotgun |  Sennheiser K6 Kit
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Microphones in General Access | A versatile mic kit with adjustable attachments to make the mic a shotgun, cardioid or omni-directional pick-up pattern. |
| Microphone | USB | 
Blue Yeti Pro |
Microphones in General Access | Can connect directly to a computer. |
| Microphone | Lavalier | 
AudioTechnica AT899 |
Microphones in General Access | Good for interviews or other close mic situations where you want to attach the mic to the performers collar. |
| Microphone | Stereo | 
Rode NT4 |
Microphones in General Access | A microphone that can capture 2 separate signals. Stereo recording sound can express the space and direction of sound. |
| Microphone | Camera Mounted | 
Rode Videomic |
Microphones in General Access | A microphone that mounts on top of a camera like the Canon Rebel T6i and can give it much better sound than it's little built in mic. |
| Recorder | Field Recorder | 
Zoom H4n |
Zoom H4n Audio Recorder Gear Guide
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An audio recorder well suited for field recording or interviews. Has 2 built in mics, but can also use any 2 of mics like the ones listed above. We also have the H4essential |
| Recorder | Field Recorder | 
Olympus LS-100 |
Olympus LS-100 Audio Recorder Gear Guide
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An audio recorder well suited for field recording or interviews. Has 2 built in mics, but can also use any 2 of mics like the ones listed above. |
| Recorder | Voice Recorder | 
Sony ICD-SX750 |
No Guide | A small audio recorder. It has less control and audio quality than our field recorders listed above, but is great when you need a small quick device for interviews. We also have the Olympus DS30, Olympus WS-100 |
| Mixer | 10 channel mixer | 
Yamaha MG10XU |
No Guide | An audio device that can take in audio signals, mix them together and send them to speakers. The MG10UX is a 10 channel mixer with 4 XLR inputs, built in effects, and USB interfacing for connecting to computers. We also have the Behringer Q1202USB. |
| Interface | 2 channel interface |  Motu M2
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Motu M2 Video Gear Guide | An audio device built specifically for getting sounds in and out of a computer. This can get be used for audio recording or video conferencing. We also have the Mackie BlackJack. |
| Headphones | Over-Ear | 
Behringer HPM1000 |
No Guide | Good headphones that go around your ears. |
| Headphones | USB Headset |  Plantronics 628USB
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No Guide | A useful device for quickly and easily connecting a combined microphone and headphones to a computer over USB. |
| Speaker | Small |  Mackie SRM150
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No Guide | A small speaker that you can use in various ways like connecting microphones directly to it for a simple public address sytem. |
| Speaker | Large | 
Behringer B212A |
No Guide | We have 2 speakers, so enough to make a substantial stereo public address system. We have speaker stands to raise them up. |
| Speaker | Other Speakers |  JVC RCEX20 BoomBox |
No Guide | We have the CD BoomBox and a variety of other speakers including: Rogue MPM 504, and Electrovoice Sentry 100EL |
| Keyboard | Midi Keyboard | 
Samson Graphite M32 |
No Guide | A keyboard that can connect to a computer and be used with any audio program like Ableton, Protools, or VCV Rack. |
| Synthesizer | Semi Modular Synth | Moog Mother 32 | No Guide | |
| Stand | Mic Desk Stand | 
Many Models |
No Guide | A small mic stand that is perfect for voice over, interviews, or audio project that happens at a desk |
| Stand | Mic Floor Stand | 
Many Models |
No Guide | The most common kind of stand you see on stage and in studio. We have standard height and shorter stand. |
| Boom Pole | Boom Pole |  Many Models like the Rode BoomPole |
No Guide | A pole that can hold a microphone on one end while a "boom operator" holds the other end. used to get good sound right next to a source without being in camera frame. |
| Cables and Adapters | An Assortment | Many Items | Cable Wrapping VIdeo | We have many XLR cables for microphones ranging from 6ft to 50ft. We have many adapters for XLR, 1/4"(guitar), 1/8"(ipod), and RCA. We also have DI Boxes for guitars and much more. See the Cables and Adapters Catalog for what is available. |
Presentation
| Type | Item | Brand & Model | Gear Guide | Description |
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| Modern Projection | Projector | 
Vivitek Qumi Q6 |
No Guide | A small portable projector that can use HDMI and a variety of other inputs. Can be set up quickly and easily. We also have the Sharp XG C435X-L |
| Modern Projection | Screen for Projection | Many Models | No Guide | We have many projection screens that can be set up for locations that don't have screens installed or blank white walls. |
| Modern Projection | Display Adapters Assortment | Many Items | No Guide | We have many kinds of solutions available to connect equipment for video. See the Cables and Adapters Catalog for what is available. |
| Document Camera | USB capable Doc Cam | 
Epson DC-21 |
No Guide | A document camera that can connect over USB to project or make a "2nd camera" as a "shared screen" while video conferencing. Can zoom in and focus on documents and objects in the document area. We also have the DC-20 |
| Video Player | DVD & Blu-Ray Player | 
Panasonic Dmp-bd85 |
No Guide | A video player that can take both DVDs and Blurays. It comes with a remote. Can be connected to a projector or TV with a variety of cables. |
| Video Player | CD & DVD Player | 
Sony DVP N557P |
No Guide | A player for CDs and DVDs that outputs audio and/or video. |
| Video Player | VHS Player | 
Panasonic PV4561 |
No Guide | VHS player, outputs audio and video. Can be a part of a complete set-up with other Media Loan gear and cables. |
| Audio For Presentation | Microphones | 
Shure SM58 |
No Guide | The most popular mic the world. Just needs an XLR cable and something to connect it to like a Mackie Speaker |
| Audio For Presentation | Speakers | Mackie SRM150
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No Guide | An speaker that you connect a microphone and an iPod into for simple presentation set ups. |
