Equipment Rental — Rome, Italy
Photography & Video
Equipment Rental in Rome
NREAL Productions offers professional photography and video equipment rental in Rome for international productions. From Profoto battery flash to Sony mirrorless systems, LED continuous lights and specialty content creator cameras — available with or without operator.
There is something specific about flying into Rome for a shoot. You've got locations that don't exist anywhere else on the planet, light that painters have been chasing for centuries, and a creative energy that gets into the work whether you plan for it or not. What you don't want is to spend your first day hunting for a Profoto head that fits the modifier you already own, or discovering that the camera body you rented locally has a firmware three versions behind.
This is boutique equipment rental — curated, latest-generation, the kind of kit a creative photographer actually wants on set. Not a warehouse catalogue. Not gear that has been through forty productions and hasn't been serviced since. Everything here is maintained, current, and tested before it reaches you.
Flash — Battery System
Professional Flash —
Profoto Battery System
Profoto is the industry standard for a reason. On location in Rome — whether that's a palazzo courtyard in EUR, a rooftop in Parioli, or a piazza at midday — battery flash is what makes the shot happen. No generator, no cable runs, no permits for power access. Just light, exactly where you need it.
Profoto Pro-B4 1000 Air
Most powerfulThe most powerful portable battery generator in the Profoto system. When you need to overpower the Roman midday sun or fill a grand interior without touching mains power, this is it. 1000Ws with flash durations as short as 1/25,000 sec — freeze motion, kill ambient, shape light at the highest level. The industry standard for on-location fashion and advertising shoots worldwide.
Power
1000Ws
Flash duration
1/25,000 sec
Flash rate
30/sec
Battery life
220 full-power
Profoto B1X
500Ws monolightThe classic on-location monolight. TTL and HSS capable — useful when you're moving fast between setups and don't want to break your creative rhythm dialling exposures. 350 full-power flashes per charge. Ideal for portrait and fashion work where you want the freedom of battery power with the speed of automatic flash.
Power
500Ws
Battery life
325 full-power
Features
TTL + HSS
Profoto B10
250Ws compact1.5 kilograms. That's the Profoto B10. When your shoot requires moving constantly — through narrow Roman alleys, up staircases to terraces, between street setups — this is the light that keeps up with you. Built-in LED modelling light with variable colour temperature. 400 full-power flashes. Perfect for travel shoots and small crew setups where you don't want to sacrifice quality for mobility.
Power
250Ws
Weight
1.5 kg
Battery life
400 full-power
LED modelling
Variable CCT
Full range of Profoto light shaping tools available: softboxes, beauty dishes, umbrellas, grids, gels, and OCF accessories. Build any light setup you need.
Camera System
Sony Mirrorless
Camera System
Sony full-frame mirrorless is the system of choice for location work in Italy. Light, silent, adaptable, and with glass that can render the specific quality of Italian light — the warmth of late afternoon in Trastevere, the contrast of a clouded-over Colosseum, the depth of a candlelit interior — in a way that earns its place in any portfolio.
Sony A7V
Latest-generation full-frame mirrorless. High-resolution sensor built for commercial and editorial stills. Silent electronic shutter — essential for on-set photography during active takes. When a client needs the highest resolution for a print campaign or e-commerce, this is the body.
Sony A7S III
12.1MP full-frame, ISO up to 409,600. The camera that made the impossible shot possible. 4K 120fps, 10-bit 4:2:2. Exceptional in the low-light conditions you encounter constantly on Italian locations — candlelit spaces, pre-dawn exteriors, night shoots in the centro storico. The go-to for documentary, BTS, and low-light cinematography.
Sony FX3
Same sensor as the A7S III in a cinema-grade body. Active cooling for long recording sessions, XLR audio inputs, built-in recording indicator visible on set. The smallest full-frame cinema camera on the market — discreet enough for documentary work, capable enough for broadcast production.
DJI Ronin RS4
Latest-generation 3-axis gimbal stabiliser. Handles the full range of Sony mirrorless and compact cinema cameras. For those moving shots through a Roman piazza, along a palazzo corridor, or following a model through a crowd — smooth, controlled, cinematic. The RS4 is the kind of tool you pick up and immediately understand why it exists.
Lenses — Sony E-mount
Sigma Art 50mm f/1.2
Portraits, fashion — razor sharp with beautiful bokeh
Sigma Art 105mm f/2.8 Macro
Detail shots, product photography, compressed portrait work
Sigma Art 24-70mm f/2.8
Versatile workhorse for any situation — the lens that lives on the camera
Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D
Ultra-wide with zero distortion — interiors, architecture, environmental portraits
Laowa Argus 35mm f/0.95
Extreme low-light capability, cinematic rendering, that organic wide-open look
Vintage M42 Collection
Helios 44-2, Pentacon, Takumar — curated manual lenses adapted to E-mount for that organic, swirly, unmistakably vintage character on a modern sensor
The vintage M42 collection is the kind of thing you don't find in a standard rental catalogue. These lenses were made in a different era for a different purpose, and they do something modern glass simply cannot replicate. If you want that editorial, slightly imperfect, deeply human quality on your modern mirrorless — this is your tool.
Continuous LED Lighting
LED Continuous Lighting —
Nanlite
Continuous LED has changed what's possible on location. Video, photo, or hybrid — you see exactly what you get before you shoot it. No test pops, no guessing modelling lamp strength. And with modern bi-colour LED at this power level, you can match any ambient light source you encounter in Rome's extraordinarily varied interiors.
Nanlite Forza 720B
Multiple unitsThe brightest bi-colour LED spotlight available. 800W output across a 2700–6500K range — warm tungsten to cool daylight, precisely matched to whatever you're mixing with. This is the light that replaces HMI in a fraction of the weight, on a fraction of the budget, with none of the generator logistics. Bowens mount compatible — use it with any standard modifier. Can run on V-mount batteries for full location independence. Multiple units available for large setups.
Output
800W
Colour range
2700–6500K
Mount
Bowens
Power
Mains or V-mount
Perfect for: fashion shoots · commercial video · product photography · interview setups · large interior fills
Specialty Cameras
Content Creator &
Specialty Cameras
The shots that make a reel feel different are rarely the main camera shots. They're the Insta360 POV that nobody expects. The Pocket 3 running at the edge of the set. The car hood shot that cost a fraction of a full car rig. These are the tools that make clients look at a deliverable twice.
Insta360 X5
Flagship 8K 360° camera with 1/1.28" sensors and AI-powered low-light processing. Replaceable lenses. Paired with the dedicated invisible selfie stick — extending up to 5 metres — it creates aerial-like angles that look impossible. Virtual tours of Roman locations, immersive BTS content, creative social media shots that stop the scroll. This is a camera that makes non-photographers look twice.
Sensor: 1/1.28" · Resolution: 8K 360° · Battery: AI low-light mode
DJI Pocket 3
A 1-inch CMOS sensor, 4K/120fps, 3-axis gimbal stabilisation — in something that fits in a jacket pocket. For discreet BTS coverage, run-and-gun social media production, and those spontaneous moments between setups that end up in the reel. The Pocket 3 is the camera you hand to a PA and trust that what comes back is actually usable.
Sensor: 1-inch CMOS · 4K/120fps · Built-in 3-axis gimbal
Tilta Hydra Alien Mini
Electric suction cup mount for lightweight automotive shots without the cost or complexity of a full car rig. Combined with the DJI Pocket 3, this is how you get compelling hood and side-window shots on an independent production budget — the kind of content that used to require an entire grip truck.
Electric suction mount · Compatible with DJI Pocket 3 · For lightweight automotive rigs
Outex Underwater Housing
Professional waterproof housing system compatible with the Sony A7 series. Pool shoots, sea locations, rain sequences, water-based productions — without compromising on the camera system or the lenses. Italy has some of the most extraordinary coastline and pool locations in the world. The housing makes them fully accessible.
Compatible: Sony A7 series · Use case: pool, sea, underwater photography & video
Aerial Cinematography
Aerial Cinematography —
Drone Services
Rome seen from above is a completely different city. The geometry of the centro storico, the curve of the Tiber, the skyline of domes and pines — aerial coverage adds a dimension that ground-level shooting simply cannot provide. We handle the entire process so your production doesn't have to.
DJI Mavic 4 Pro
Operator onlyAvailable exclusively with our ENAC certified operator. Commercial flight permits and insurance are included — you don't manage any of the regulatory paperwork. Aerial photography and cinematography for fashion, real estate, events, documentary, and film production throughout Rome and Italy.
ENAC certified operator
Commercial flight permits included
Full insurance included
Available Rome and nationwide
Fashion, real estate, film, events
Pre-flight location assessment
Please note: Drones are only available with our licensed operator. We handle all permits and insurance. Self-operated drone rental is not available.
Logistics
Delivery & Logistics
You're flying in for a shoot. You have enough to think about — call sheets, casting, permits, hotels, the client call at 11pm. Equipment logistics should not be on that list.
Door-to-door delivery
We deliver to your hotel, studio, or set location anywhere in Rome. No need to arrange a vehicle or navigate the ZTL zones of the centro storico with a vanload of gear.
Italy-wide shipping
Heading to the Amalfi Coast? Florence? Sicily? We deliver anywhere in Italy. Delivery is calculated at €0.40/km from Rome — transparent, straightforward, included in your quote.
End-of-shoot collection
At the end of your shoot, we collect the equipment from wherever you are. You wrap, we handle the logistics. No late-night drop-offs, no airport runs with pelican cases.
You focus on the creative
We handle the logistics. That's the deal. The right gear, at your location, when you need it — and gone when you don't.
Delivery rate€0.40/km from Rome — to any location in Italy. Pickup and return included. Quoted transparently with your equipment list.
Extended rental
Need Something Else?
We Source It.
Don't see what you need? We work with trusted rental partners across Rome to source any professional equipment — from ARRI cinema cameras to Hasselblad medium format systems, Kino Flo lighting to grip and electrical.
Send us your equipment list and we'll provide a quote within 24 hours. Whether it's a single lens or a full production package, we know who has it, and we'll get it to you.
ARRI cinema cameras
Hasselblad medium format
Kino Flo lighting
Grip & electrical
Facilities
Studio & Location
Facilities
Through our partner network, we offer access to professional shooting studios, limbo cycloramas, and equipped sound stages in Rome. Whether you need a clean white limbo for e-commerce or a fully equipped film stage — contact us with your requirements and we will match you with the right facility.
Studio facilities are arranged on a project-by-project basis. Availability, technical specs, and pricing are provided on enquiry.
FAQ
Equipment Rental
in Rome — FAQ
How do I rent equipment?+
Send us your equipment list as text, PDF, or Excel file and we'll provide a detailed quote within 24 hours. Use the form at the bottom of this page, or email nicolas@nreal.it directly.
Can I rent cameras without an operator?+
Yes. Cameras, lenses, lighting, and accessories can be rented standalone for use by your own team. The only exception is drones — those are only available with our licensed ENAC-certified operator, who manages all permits and insurance.
Do you deliver to set?+
Yes. We deliver and collect anywhere in Rome and Lazio. Italy-wide delivery is available at €0.40/km from Rome — to your hotel, studio, or location.
What if you don't have what I need?+
We work with trusted partner rental houses across Rome and can source virtually any professional equipment. Send us your list — we'll suggest alternatives or find exactly what you need.
Do you offer technical support on set?+
Yes. Digital technicians (DIT) and lighting technicians are available on request as an add-on service. They can manage data, handle colour management, and ensure your equipment setup runs without issues.
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