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As we return to a new normal post Covid-19, most of our equipment will be available from both our Manhattan location in Chelsea and our Staten Island one. Currently we will be handling weekend and longer rentals from 26th street with hours on Friday afternoons and Monday mornings. Reservations for pick up in Manhattan must be made by Thursday 5 pm so that we can insure equipment is transferred in time. As always deliveries are available.

Newscast Creative Rentals has a large selection of webcasting, grip, car mounts, motion and specialty gear from, Blackmagic, Kessler, Matthews, Atomos, and others. Our staff specialize in multi-camera webcasting and live events and can help you put together a failsafe webcast kit. Everything from headsets, switchers, recorders, and miles of cabling. We also have a wide range of vehicle mounting gear, everything from small DSL/mirrorless mounts to large cameras/lights/vehicle-mounted JIB setups using speed rail, if you need to mount it to a vehicle, we’ve got the gear. Don't see what you need? Contact us and we will put together a custom kit and add it to KitSplit.

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Arri 650 Watt Fresnel

Arri 650 Watt Fresnel, includes c-stand or beefy baby and sand bag. Multiple units available.

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Arri 650 Watt Fresnel, includes c-stand or beefy baby and sand bag. Multiple units available.

$25
per day
$25
per day
Arri Fresnel 8-LIght Kit

Nothing beats the look of a tungsten fresnel light. This kit is designed for Indy filmmaking and includes: 2x 2K 2x 1K 2x 650 2x 300 8x C-Stand or Beefy Baby 8x Sand Bags 4x 50 ft Stingers 4x T-Taps

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Nothing beats the look of a tungsten fresnel light. This kit is designed for Indy filmmaking and includes:

2x 2K
2x 1K
2x 650
2x 300
8x C-Stand or Beefy Baby
8x Sand Bags
4x 50 ft Stingers
4x T-Taps

$200
per day
$200
per day
Sony XDCA-FX9 Extension Unit for PXW-FX9 Camera

This extension back allows for recording in RAW mode with either Sony recorders or other such as the Atomos Shogun7b and Sumo. -Add Additional I/O to PXW-FX9 Camera -Compatible with XDCAM Air Streaming -REF, Raw Video & Timecode BNC Outputs -Wired LAN, 2 x USB Type-A Outputs Adds ENG Shoulder Mount Capability 4-Pin XLR 10 to 12.5 VDC Power Output

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This extension back allows for recording in RAW mode with either Sony recorders or other such as the Atomos Shogun7b and Sumo.

-Add Additional I/O to PXW-FX9 Camera
-Compatible with XDCAM Air Streaming
-REF, Raw Video & Timecode BNC Outputs
-Wired LAN, 2 x USB Type-A Outputs
Adds ENG Shoulder Mount Capability
4-Pin XLR 10 to 12.5 VDC Power Output

$100
per day
$100
per day
Fujinon MK 18-55 and 50-135 T2.9 Sony E-Mount Kit

The Fujinon MK18-55mm T2.9 and 50-135 T2.9 Lenses are lightweight cine-style zoom lenses for Sony E-mount cameras with a Super 35mm-sized sensor. It features a mechanical design with three independent lens control rings: focus, iris, and zoom. Each ring incorporates a cine-style gear with a 0.8 MOD for interfacing with standard cine-style lens accessories. The focus ring features approximately 200° of rotation, which provides room for precise focus pulls, and the iris is clickless, enabling smooth iris pulls. The lens also incorporates a macro mode for close focusing capabilities.

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The Fujinon MK18-55mm T2.9 and 50-135 T2.9 Lenses are lightweight cine-style zoom lenses for Sony E-mount cameras with a Super 35mm-sized sensor. It features a mechanical design with three independent lens control rings: focus, iris, and zoom. Each ring incorporates a cine-style gear with a 0.8 MOD for interfacing with standard cine-style lens accessories. The focus ring features approximately 200° of rotation, which provides room for precise focus pulls, and the iris is clickless, enabling smooth iris pulls. The lens also incorporates a macro mode for close focusing capabilities.

$160
per day
$160
per day
Fujinon Fujinon MK50-135mm T2.9 Lens Sony E-Mount

The Fujinon MK50-135mm T2.9 Lens is a lightweight cine-style zoom lens for Sony E-mount cameras with a Super 35mm-sized sensor. It features a mechanical design with three independent lens control rings: focus, iris, and zoom. Each ring incorporates a cine-style gear with a 0.8 MOD for interfacing with standard cine-style lens accessories. The focus ring features approximately 200° of rotation, which provides room for precise focus pulls, and the iris is clickless, enabling smooth iris pulls. The lens also incorporates a macro mode for close focusing capabilities.

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The Fujinon MK50-135mm T2.9 Lens is a lightweight cine-style zoom lens for Sony E-mount cameras with a Super 35mm-sized sensor. It features a mechanical design with three independent lens control rings: focus, iris, and zoom. Each ring incorporates a cine-style gear with a 0.8 MOD for interfacing with standard cine-style lens accessories. The focus ring features approximately 200° of rotation, which provides room for precise focus pulls, and the iris is clickless, enabling smooth iris pulls. The lens also incorporates a macro mode for close focusing capabilities.

$85
per day
$85
per day

Reviews (141)

Average 5.0 Stars

Equipment was in fine working order and they were very flexible with my pick up and drop off. Helped load me in and out to which was very appreciated.

Owner

6 C-Stand Kit

August 2022

Great equipment.

Owner

Lowel Tota/Omni Light Kit

May 2022

Great lens, easy rental and pickup/drop-off. Thank you!

Excellent communication and equipment.

Owner

25 lb Sand Bag

May 2021

Great and easy to work with!

Amazing!

Owner

Canon EF 35mm 1.4 USM L

March 2021

Super easy going, everything was perfect. Thank you!

Owner

20" C-Stand w/arm

March 2021

Great rental

Owner

42" Flex Fill Refector.

January 2021

Love Renting from Newscast! Always accommodating and helpful.

These guys are so accommodating with pickups and drop-offs and it makes working with them a pleasure.

Very communicative and responsive, sandbags were just what we needed!

Owner

6 Sandbags

September 2020

Everything went amazingly well! Will definitely be renting from Newscast again in the future

Excellent condition. Easy and accomodating rental with owner even when I gave late notice in having to keep it longer than originally rented for.

Great communication on last minute notice

Great communication

Owner

3 C-Stand Kit

March 2020

Excellent communication

Owner

3 C-Stand Kit

February 2020

great rental house with great equipment!

Owner

50 ft 12/3 Stinger

February 2020

Second time renting from Newscast. Super communicative and easy to coordinate pick-up/drop-off.

Highly recommend, light worked perfectly!

Excellent and friendly rental process

Owner

6 Sandbags

December 2019

Excellent and really communicative process!

Owner

6 Sandbags

December 2019

Great Gear, fast response, with out doubt I would rent again!

Was a great rental. Thank you so much for the coming through in a pinch and for all your support.

Owner

Sony GV-HD700 Digital HDV Deck

November 2019

Jim @ Newscast was super helpful and accommodating to make sure his gear worked with what we already had.

Was professional and accommodating to my last minute order change. Will certainly order from them again!

Owner

V-Mount Battery Adapter for Camera

September 2019

Good rental

Owner

Tall Black Director's Chair

September 2019

Top shelf service.

Newscast was very accommodating

Awesome experience & gear.

Owner

Budget Indie Grip Kit

July 2019

Great renting experience. Flexible people. Quality equipment!

Amazing to work with!

Owner

Canon EF 35mm 1.4 USM L

July 2019

Pretty flexible, and was willing to deliver the backdrop a few blocks away in a pinch. As usual I would recommend bringing a steam iron or something to iron out the wrinkles.

Great customer service and very quick response time.

Great to rent with!

Owner

25 lb Sand Bag (2 of many)

April 2019

Great to rent with!

Owner

25 lb Sand Bag (2 of many)

April 2019

Great to rent with!

Owner

C-Stand

April 2019

Very easy rental, pickup and drop off. Super fast response. I definitely recommend Newscast!

Owner

8x8 Solid Fabric

February 2019

Very easy rental, pickup and drop off. Super fast response. I definitely recommend Newscast!

Owner

Matthews Floppy Cutter - 48x48

February 2019

Wonderful service!

Easy to work with

Gear worked perfectly and Newscast was lovely and accommodating.

Owner

Porta Brace RS-FS7

December 2018

Always a super wonderful experience. Custom makes packages based on what I need. Thank you!

Owner

6 Sandbags

December 2018

Jim took great care of the gear. Communication was great.

Great gear, super quick w/ communications. Easy pick up & drop off. Will definitely rent again.

Owner

3 C-Stand Kit

December 2018

Newscat have the kindest and most accommodating people! Great renting for them, would def do it again. I’m already recommending to friends in the area

Very communicative and helpful! Thanks so much for everything

Owner

Compact Leveling Head

December 2018

Very convenient and great, reasonable people

Everything went well

Would definitely rent again.

Owner

Canon EF 35mm 1.4 USM L

October 2018

Easy peesy lemon squeezy.

Jib worked like a dream and Jim was great to work with!

Owner

Kessler Pocket Jib

October 2018

Gear was as described and worked perfectly. The Newscast crew was helpful, thoughtful, and responsive. Would certainly rent again.

These guys were great! Highly recommended!:) thanks again!

great working with Newscast!

Owner

Kessler Philip Bloom Pocket Dolly

September 2018

Newscast was a great place to rent from, pick up and drop off was quick and easy, couldn't have gone better. Friendly and the gear was clean and well packed.

Owner

Sony XQD -128

September 2018

Newscast was a great place to rent from, pick up and drop off was quick and easy, couldn't have gone better. Friendly and the gear was clean and well packed.

Owner

Sony XQD -128

September 2018

nice guy - easy to deal with.

Owner

6 Sandbags

August 2018

Nice

Owner

Budget Indie Grip Kit

August 2018

Renting from Newscast was a quick and easy process. They were accommodating with timeframes.

Owner

Canon EF 35mm 1.4 USM L

August 2018

very helpful. will be back!

Owner

3 Light LED Interview Kit

August 2018

Awesome service from Newscast, easy pickup and dropoff, responsive communicator and equipment worked great!

Great gear and very flexible. Will definitely consider renting it again!

The Ronin performed perfectly. Jim was great and very helpful!

Newscast is the best. One stop shop for small crew filmmaking.

Owner

3 Light LED Interview Kit

May 2018

The switcher worked great for us in a tight situation. Newscast was responsive and willing to work with us on such a tight deadline. Much appreciative of Newscast.

Newscast was very cooperative and easy to rent from! This is an amazing green screen for such an incredibly low price! If you are looking to rent one, there is no better deal on Kit split then this!

Great experience and helpful

Great experience and helpful

Great package

Great kit!

Owner

Budget Indie Grip Kit

April 2018

Newscast Creative is my go-to for renting gear. They are professional, flexible and great to work with.

Newscast Creative is my go-to for renting gear. They are professional, flexible and great to work with.

Worked like a charm! Speedy responses when I was in a time crunch! Great people :)

Owner

Sony SxS 64 GB Card

April 2018

Loved these, love Newscast :)

Lens was great. Not to heavy, great condition physically and optically. Newcast Creative were great to work worth. Would rent from them again.

This kit proved to be extremely helpful on set. If you don't have any grip equipment this is a must have to take shots to the next level.

Owner

Budget Indie Grip Kit

January 2018

Newscast was super easy to rent from. Would rent from them again.

Excellent rental. Very easy pick up and drop off. Will use again in the future. Thank you!

They were great! Highly recommended

Owner

Chimera Eggcrate 40 Degree Small

November 2017

Great service, easy pick up and drop off!

Owner

Canon EF 35mm 1.4 USM L

November 2017

Very accommodating, needed light last minute. Equipment looked good, no issues. Would recommend to others.

Owner

LitePanels Astra 1x1 Bi-Color LED

November 2017

Easy process great communication! Great lens!!

Newscast was great to rent from - flexible with schedule, conveniently located, solid selection. Will definitely rent from him again!

One of the Litepanels had a little problem and they quickly gave us options to change it. Good communications and good equipment. I'd work again with them.

Easy pick up and return. Thanks for accommodating our schedule.

Jim went above and beyond in helping me with technical issues. He's a great guy to know and work with.

Owner

Webcast Cabling Kit

September 2017

Newscast is the best place to rent from on Kitsplit!

Owner

Sony BP-U90 Lithium-Ion Battery

September 2017

Worked out great

Great experience. Thanks!

Great device, owner went above and beyond to help us!

Great item. Great company to work with.

Great kit.

Owner

C-Stand

July 2017

Great kit!

Owner

C-Stand

July 2017

Great kit! Great guys to work with.

Great space, gear and very helpful, thank you

Great space, gear and very helpful, thank you

Awesome kit, everything was great and rental experience was fantastic!

Owner

Matthews Car Mount Kit

July 2017

Jim is a wonderful helpful person, and I will continue to rent from him again and again and again.
Equipment is always in great working condition.

Great person to deal with! easy pick up and drop off. very flexible with everything. will look forward to rent more

Great guy! Easy to work with! Excellent equipment. ;) Thanks!

works great

Owner

May 2017

works great

Owner

May 2017

works great

Owner

May 2017

Fantastic help from Newcast, highly recommend.

Great service, would definitely recommend!

great service amazing

Owner

6 Sandbags

April 2017

great service will use again

Owner

6 Sandbags

April 2017

Flexible on pickup and drop off. Gear was in great condition and Jeff went out of his way to make sure I had all necessary pieces (even those that weren't included in rental) and gave me a run-down as to his experience with the equipment. Highly recommended.

Owner

Matthews Car Mount Kit

April 2017

Great rental, very friendly, helpful and thorough!

Excellent. Will rent from again.

Everything in order!

Owner

February 2017

Everything in order!

Really saved the shoot, thanks so much

Owner

DJI Ronin

February 2017

Jim was wonderful and equipment was high quality. He let me borrow his cart in addition to my rental which really helped out! Would use Newscast again for sure.

Owner

12x12 Green Screen Kit

January 2017

Great lens in perfect condition. I loved renting from Newscast Creative and would definitely rent from them again.

Simple and straightforward rental

Everything went smoothly, can't wait to rent again!

Renter

Freedom 360 6 GoPro Rig

October 2016

Jim was fantastic. He even went out and got me a new part just for me and had it delivered. This was used on a National Geographic EPK as well.

Very accommodating with rental pick-up and drop-off, friendly and great condition equipment!

awesome to work with! would definitely rent to him again.

Renter

October 2016

Kit was in perfect condition, worked as advertised. Would rent from again.

Owner

Matthews Car Mount Kit

September 2016

Great owner, great unit. Thanks!

Worked really well--really quick and easy setup. No issues!

Owner

Kessler Pocket Jib

September 2016

Great Rental experience!

Jim was fantastic! We brought in our camera and he generously took the time to help setup our rig. Can't wait to rent again!

Awesome to work with, super flexible when I needed to extend a day, and lovely to meet in person. Looking forward to working with more!

Perfect renting experience! Newscast was fast and thoroughly helpful and communicative throughout the entire process. The gear was in the exact condition as described and drop offs/pickups were seamless (easily accessible by car). Would highly recommend

Owner

DJI Ronin

July 2016

Perfect renting experience! Newscast was fast and thoroughly helpful and communicative throughout the entire process. The gear was in the exact condition as described and drop offs/pickups were seamless (easily accessible by car). Would highly recommend

Pickup and drop off were painless and they were able to answer any questions I had about the Ronin. I'd def rent from them again!

Thanks, Jim!

The Newscast team was a pleasure! Their support and help made the rental experience a great one! Looking forward to working together again.

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