Best Lighting Rentals in New York City Area

Lightbulb Rentals is an equipment rental house that caters to small-to-medium size shoots in New York and Pennsylvania by teaching, building, and encouraging a community of independent filmmakers from diverse backgrounds. We're big supporters of offering equitable opportunities to women, LGBT, and marginalized community members, and helping get passion projects off the ground. Our team’s standards of excellence are incredibly high for an equipment rental house. We keep track of every customer’s rental with individual care and proudly declare our performance accuracy on the front page of our website. Our team takes execution perfection above and beyond our competitors. We enjoy using technology to make our customer rental experience smoother and more flexible, while also making our team more accurate and efficient. We are pushing the technology boundaries in every aspect of our company; from dynamic paperwork, 100% paperless rentals, to using multi-state barcode technology in inventory management. We’ll keep pushing our industry forward with new processes and finding better ways of getting the job done.

FastLights is New England's leading lighting and grip rental house. With 10 locations throughout the Northeast, they offer 24/7 customer service and discounted deliveries when booking crew. They provide the latest gear, from LED lighting to portable make-up mirrors, and can fulfill any order for production. They also crew most all positions, from early stage apprentices to pro level, with field-tested troops throughout New England. In addition to lighting and grip, they stock a few cameras and offer a unique 17,000 square foot studio space inside a historic Roman Catholic church.

Known for our outstanding customer service, quality equipment, and superior studios, Eastern Effects has been providing the New York City and New Jersey film and television production industries with location lighting & grip equipment and soundstage and studio rentals since 1999. Eastern Effects’ Level 2 Soundstage and Studio facilities are located in Brooklyn, New York and Kearny, New Jersey. The 4 studios are spread across 2 campuses in East Brooklyn and Kearny, NJ. Catering to productions both large and small, the soundstages are outfitted with cycloramas, production offices, and can double as event spaces. As the largest mid-market rental house in the New York City metro area, our equipment services division has supported over 10,000 productions, including feature films, episodic television, commercials, corporate & industrial videos, student films, reality television and live broadcasts. Always with our clients’ budget in mind, Eastern Effects has a reputation for providing affordable end-to end-solutions that exceed our customers’ expectations.

Our company’s story began in the late 1980s. Back then, ATD stood for Advanced Telecomm Devices. Years later, we developed highly sophisticated communication devices. We started to sell and rent communication servers and network modems for industry leaders such as IBM, Cisco, major telephone companies and other large corporations. Then, towards the end of the 1990s, we started to integrate CCTV devices into our servers. By 2005, we had made a full transition into the audio visual services industry. Today, we are a full service, one-stop-shop event production company, based in New York City and Los Angeles. We specialize in high-quality event production, audio visual presentations, projection mapping, and modern lighting technologies. As experts in these fields, our technicians can advise virtually any AV aspect of high profile event production.

Be Electric Studios was started in 2014 by a small group of Bushwick based photographers and filmmakers, and was built in the DIY spirit of the NYC production community to provide affordable video studio rentals and photo studio rentals in Brooklyn. Since acquiring New York Level 2 Qualified Production Facility soundstage status for the NY Film Production Tax Credit, we have become one of NYC's premier film & television video stages as well. They have powered over 6,000 successful productions for studios like Netflix, HBO, Paramount, and many Fortune 500 brands. Their 13 soundstages across Brooklyn, Long Island City, and Kearny feature versatile cycloramas and cutting-edge Virtual Production LED volumes with in camera VFX for limitless creative possibilities.

JMR Equipment Rentals offers nationwide video equipment rental and hosts a soundproof studio rental space in Brooklyn. With a wide selection of cameras, lighting, grip, and audio equipment, they tailor their service to each project's demand. They provide in-house, full-service camera, lighting, grip, and audio gear, plus custom-built packages and soundproof studio rental. Founder John Marino leads the consultation team, building packages based on film or production needs and sharing knowledge from experts with over 30 years of experience in the Film & TV industry. They support production crews, studio teams, and corporate units that expect gear to be flawless and support to be immediate. They are committed to professional customer service and equipment maintenance to bring your next project to life.

SEE FACTOR is a full-service production company, serving the concert and touring, corporate and event, as well as the film and television markets. With over 40 years of service and innovation behind us, we are able to bring our client-partners the benefit of that experience along with our constant implementation of the newest, most exciting technology and ideas to provide excellence over a broad range of services. Our extensive inventory includes the most current automated and LED fixtures, as well as all support equipment including all truss & rigging packages, power distribution and much more.

Adorama Rental Co. (ARC) has been in business since 1988 and has become the ultimate industry source for professional cinematographers, videographers and photographers. With branches in Manhattan and Brooklyn spanning over 25,000 square feet, ARC offers a full range of still and motion cameras, lenses, lighting, audio, and grip equipment. ARC equips the creative community with top of line imaging technology and technical expertise, working as an extension of your team.

Candle brings productions to life with quality and up to date grip & electric rentals ranging from van and truck packages to individual items, giving you the freedom to tailor your rental to best suit your needs. Candle offers delivery and pickup services, as well as driver/swings to assist on productions. All our drivers and swings are highly skilled grips & electrics. If requested, Candle can also assist productions with the hire of Gaffers, Key Grips, Grips, and Electrics (upon availability).

ShareGrid is the largest and most trusted camera sharing community and peer-to-peer marketplace for creatives. Founded in 2013 by Arash Shiva and Marius Ciocirlan, the platform allows filmmakers, photographers, and production companies to instantly source their gear needs from local vendors. Users can rent, buy, and sell professional photography and film equipment, including cameras, lenses, lighting, audio gear, and drones. ShareGrid provides extensive coverage options, rental guarantees, and seller protections to ensure a safe experience for its community of over 150,000 creatives sharing over $1 billion in gear. In 2022, ShareGrid joined the Backstage family of brands.

Elefant Films is a premier film equipment rental company based in Brooklyn, NYC, specializing in lighting and grip gear. Since 2006, they have provided top-tier equipment including Briese, Aputure, Astera, Creamsource, Dedo, Litegear, Lightbridge, and ARRI products. Their commitment to customer service is unmatched, offering free delivery and pick-up, as well as comprehensive on-site support. Whether for a small indie shoot or a large commercial production, Elefant Films ensures that clients have access to the latest lighting technology, including Briese Tungsten, Briese HMI, and Aputure Electro Storm units. Their dedicated team is always ready to assist with any questions and provide expert advice to help productions run smoothly.