Renting fee for your HVX (how much to charge the client)

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mrbrycel

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I see HVX rentals in the $200 range mostly. I've seen $175, and I've seen $250.

To those of you who own your own HVX, when you do a freelance gig, how much do you usually charge the client for your HVX rental?
 
You might want to do a quick search here on the forum. This has been discussed several times in the past.
Jim
 
I just rented an HVX200 with two 8gig cards fir $250/day. It rented on a 3 day's rental per week, so $750 per week. Just make sure your camera is in tip-top shape and the P2 cards are erased before you rent or you'll have very pissed-off clients.
 
Here in Atlanta the local rental houses rent the HVX with Sticks, batteries and one P2 card for $350.00. Additional cards are $45 for a 16GB card.

I rent mine for $250.00 with 2 16gb cards, sticks, UV filter, and 3 batteries.

The general rule is that rental gear is about 2.5-5% retail cost per day.
It seems that most rental gear rents for lower percentages the higher the retail cost. They charge like 3 for a sandbag!!
 
I charge $350/day for a package that includes:

HVX200
(3) 8gb cards
6 Batteries
Century .75x WA adapter
P2 Store
Laptop
Sticks
SD monitor
160gb Firewire drive - just in case

My theory was to try and make the transition for some of my clients to P2 as simple as just bringing a hard drive - They don't have the time or inclination to try and figure out the P2 workflow.
 
HVX200A @ $150/day with 2 16GB cards, 3 batteries, Libec sticks and an SD monitor. My site is cheapp2.com.

mrbrycel said:
I see HVX rentals in the $200 range mostly. I've seen $175, and I've seen $250.

To those of you who own your own HVX, when you do a freelance gig, how much do you usually charge the client for your HVX rental?
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I like to get $360 with 2 16gbs cards and a tripod. occasionally i'll go as low as $275, but usually only on multi-day stuff.
 
quicklad said:
I charge $350/day for a package that includes:

HVX200
(3) 8gb cards
6 Batteries
Century .75x WA adapter
P2 Store
Laptop
Sticks
SD monitor
160gb Firewire drive - just in case

My theory was to try and make the transition for some of my clients to P2 as simple as just bringing a hard drive - They don't have the time or inclination to try and figure out the P2 workflow.
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Sorry this is off topic.

Pardon my ignorance but what are "sticks"?
 
I charge 75 per day WITH a 16gb p2 card =}


I just made 3,000 off it.

GOTTA insure it though. Always make sure you do that.
 
I have a website and an ad on Mandy.com that links to it and I can get no one who'll rent my HVX200A, (2) 16GB cards, 3 batteries, sticks and 13" SD Sony monitor for $150. If you get $360 I must be doing something wrong!

NewYorkLion said:
I like to get $360 with 2 16gbs cards and a tripod. occasionally i'll go as low as $275, but usually only on multi-day stuff.
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You can hardly get little SD cams for $150 a day here in our market. $300+ including / not including media is fairly standard all around I'd imagine.
 
SFX said:
I have a website and an ad on Mandy.com that links to it and I can get no one who'll rent my HVX200A, (2) 16GB cards, 3 batteries, sticks and 13" SD Sony monitor for $150. If you get $360 I must be doing something wrong!
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Your not by any chance in the Southern CA area are you? Cuz i've got a 200a, but I'll definitely rent your cards, battery, and monitor!

And on the subject of rentals in the SoCal area, anyone know where I can rent a Letus Extreme for a decent price?
 
The local rental houses in Minneapolis charge $250 for the HVX200 with 1 battery and no cards. I used to charge $200 for the HVX200 with 2 batteries and no cards. Now that I got the HPX170 I charge $225 with 2 batteries and no cards. The going rate for P2 cards at the rental houses in Minneapolis are $15 for a 4gig, $30 for an 8gig, $35 for a 16gig, and $65 for a 32gig. I only have 1 16gig and I charge $30 for it. Hope that helps.
 
are y'all typically renting this out to strangers, or is this the rate you charge someone who wants you to DP and rent your equipment?
 
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