C300 EF Price Reduction to £150 per day 

VMI have reduced the C300 to £150 per day with 2 x 32GB CF cards and 15mm bars system.

   

C300 EF Packages also reduced in cost

All C300 EF camera kits have been reduced in cost and in particular a new EOS package with C300, 2 x EOS zooms and Sachtler Video-18 tripod at £200 per day or £800 per week - great value indeed!  

See all C300 Packages   

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4K 16x9

The case for and against 4K     

VMI's Managing Director, Barry Bassett went to MIP.TV in Cannes this month to speak about 4K to the world and this article is the product of his talk.   

  

4K is coming whether we like it or not and here is the case both for and against!    ...More  

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Our Girl

Our Girl BBC 2 hour Drama shot Alexa/C300 

Making Leighton Buzzard look like Afghanistan proved quite a challenge for the ARRI Alexa and Canon EOS C300 hired from VMI for the shooting of OUR GIRL.  "The results were excellent, especially in low light exteriors at night and in sequences shot in a night club. But what really surprised us was how well the Alexa and the C300 matched" ...more   

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Optimo 19.4-94
Angenieux Optimo 19.4 -94mm T2.6 just arrived
The Angenieux Optimo 19.4-94/T2.6 is their latest motion picture film lens which replaces the popular Optimo 17-80/T2.2 lens which vignettes in S35 on Alexa etc when fully wide. 
...more 

  

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Cooke 180mm S4i

VMI now stock all Cooke S4i to 180mm       

The arrival of the 180mm Cooke S4i  means that VMI now stock all of the Cooke S4i focal lengths including the less common 21mm, 27mm & 65mm all the way up to 180mm.

 

See full Cooke S4i lens range   

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Celeb_200

Latest Kino Celeb 200 LED softlights        

This is Kino Flo's new light which for the first time is not a fluorescent but an LED.   

It arrived last week and looks great!  

 

It is more punchy than a 1x1 Litepanel and similar to a Divalight in output & size, except that there are no daylight/tungsten tubes to change as you now dial-in the desired colour temperature (from 2700-5500 Kelvin) or quickly select via presets  ...more  

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*** Courses and events from VMI for the next month***
 Camera Courses   
Late Availability for Large sensor Course on 24th April - reduced to £100 (Usually £150) 

24 Apr Large Sensor Camera Course (£100)  More Info and Register
   

7 May RED EPIC & Scarlet Camera Familiarisation & DIT Course (£200)  More Info and Register
15 May Slow Motion Workshop (£25) More Info and Register 
NEW EQUIPMENT JUST ARRIVED!

Angenieux Optimo Zoom 19.4 -94mm  Latest film zoom lens from Angenieux 

Cooke S4i 180mm/T2.1 PL Prime  VMI Extends range of Cooke S4i film Prime focal lengths 

The Kino Celeb 200 Portable LED soft light with high light output and progrmmable colour temperature   

MTF PL Doubler  2x PL doubler for film lenses

Sony PMW-F55 4K/2K Camcorder Latest large sensor digital film camcorder from Sony

Sony PMW-F5 4K/2K Camcorder Latest large sensor digital film camcorder from Sony

Canon 600mm/T4.5 Prime  Fixed Prime with B4, EF and PL mounting options.

Konova K5 1.2m DSLR Slider  Lightweight DSLR slider with chrome runners 

Schneider IRND filter sets  VMI now provide IRNS in PV and 6x6 format made by Tiffen and Schneider
    See all new Products
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VMI free delivery/collection
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Free delivery and collection on all orders booked a day ahead within a 10 mile radius of VMI!

 

** Please note that private hires can not include delivery due to id check prior to hire. Min. order value - £100**

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