Gear rental · El Mirage, Arizona
Camera and action rentals in El Mirage
El Mirage is twenty minutes out Grand Avenue, a small city with two very different shoots in it. Gateway Park's skate plaza on El Mirage Road is where action and lifestyle content gets made, all gimbals, GoPros and 120 frames per second. The Copperwing logistics center on the Northern Parkway is where the recruiting and facility video happens, all big light and comms.
~20 mindrive time
10 miroad miles
From El Mirage City Hall via Olive Avenue and Grand Ave (US-60).
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Shooting in El Mirage
Gateway Park skate plaza to the Copperwing floor.
Because both are quick, focused jobs, El Mirage orders are usually a tight kit for a day or a weekend. The counter's job is making sure the one body, the one gimbal and the two lights are the right ones, and that they arrive with the batteries charged.
Skate and action content at Gateway Park
The skate plaza and the parks along El Mirage Road shoot fast, low and handheld. A Sony FX3 or A7S III at 120 frames on the DJI RS 3, a GoPro or Insta360 mounted on the board or the fence, a wide Vespid prime, and NP-FZ100 spares so the session runs until the light goes.
Copperwing and the Northern Parkway employers
LogistiCenter at Copperwing and the industrial edge along the Northern Parkway book recruiting films and safety videos with the same problem every warehouse has: big, mixed light. A 600D and Nova RGB panels through a frame, comms for a crew across a floor, and a monitor for the safety lead.
Dysart schools and the city's own events
Dysart High School on Dysart Road, the YMCA pool beside Gateway Park and the city's festivals at Bill Gentry Park book graduation films, team highlights and community coverage. Two mirrorless bodies, a long lens for the field and a Zoom H6 off the announcer's board.
Where productions work in El Mirage
From Grand Avenue to the Northern Parkway.
El Mirage runs from US-60 on its north edge to the Northern Parkway on its south, and every drop, from Gateway Park to a Copperwing dock, is planned before shoot day.
- NW Grand Avenue
- Thompson Ranch
- Rancho El Mirage
- Pueblo El Mirage
- Dysart Road
- El Mirage Road
- Copperwing
- Agua Fria River
Locations worth building a shot around
- Gateway Park and its skate plaza, 10100 N El Mirage Road
- Basin Park and its Arbor Walk, 11800 N El Mirage Road
- Dysart High School on Dysart Road
- Bill Gentry Park at Thunderbird and El Mirage Road, home of Fall Fiesta and Winterfest
- LogistiCenter at Copperwing, Northern Parkway and Dysart Road
- The Agua Fria River crossing on the eastern edge of town
The kit El Mirage shoots pull
The El Mirage action kit
Sony FX3 on the DJI RS 3 for 120 frames per second, a GoPro Hero 7 Black and an Insta360 X3 for mounted angles, the Vespid 16mm for the wide low shot, a Glide Gear vest and arm for a long follow, NP-FZ100 spares, a 5-inch on-camera monitor and a ProGrade V90 card. Weekend rate: pick up Friday, skate Saturday and Sunday, return Monday.
From these shelves
Same building: Influence Studios
Rent the gear. Book the stage. One roof.
The counter shares a nearly 10,000 sq ft building with Influence Studios: a 2,000 sq ft cyc wall, a 30 by 10 ft LED volume wall, a podcast suite and 16 standing sets across 9 studios, bookable by the hour from $49/hr. Studio time includes lighting and audio; cameras come from this shelf.
Good to know
El Mirage questions, answered.
The Sony FX3 or A7S III, both of which shoot 4K at 120 frames per second and handle the harsh Arizona contrast at a skate plaza. Pair one with the Vespid 16mm on a gimbal for the follow, and mount a GoPro or Insta360 for the angle no operator can hold. All of it is on the shelf twenty minutes away.
Yes, with a secure mount and your own judgment about the ride. The gear is insured through your policy, so treat a board mount like any other risk on the shoot: test it slow first. Cards fill quickly at high frame rates; add a second card to the order.
Yes. LogistiCenter at Copperwing sits at Northern Parkway and Dysart Road, and an early drop before a shift-change interview can be scheduled. Send the site's check-in instructions when you reserve and the driver hands off cased gear at the dock your contact names.
Skate El Mirage all weekend on a one-day rate.
Live availability for your dates. Pick up at the Glendale counter or have it delivered to set.