EQUIPMENT

Equipment Rentals Have Reopened!

We are excited to announce a partial reopening of our equipment rentals as of November 27th, 2020.

At this time we are only making available the equipment listed below available. All other equipment is not available for rent. Please see our list of available equipment below:

GoPro Hero 6

w/ clamps and clips
$25 (weekly flat rate)

Panasonic AC160

w/ tripod + Zoom audio recorder
$50 (weekly flat rate)

Sony Z90

w/ tripod + Zoom audio recorder
$100 (weekly flat rate)

Renters will be required to present the Safe Sets Certificate.

Equipment bookings will only be available to current or renewing producing members.

Please review each of the sections below before booking

DARC’s COVID-19 Equipment Rental Policy

Staff will only be available Wednesday-Thursday 10am – 5pm to book your equipment rental.
All bookings must be made via email to production@digitalartsresourcecentre.ca.
All bookings must be made at least 1 week (5 business days) in advance of wanted booking time.
We will not be taking any week of pickup bookings.
All bookings will be 1 week long, from Friday – Thursday. Bookings will be charged at a reduced flat weekly fee (normally a daily charge is billed but due to current pandemic circumstances we have reduced our fees).
Equipment bookings will only be available to current or renewing producing members, we are not taking on new producing members at this time.

Equipment Pickups

Fridays @ 10am – 5pm
Pickup entrance: 67 Nicholas Street
Equipment rentals will be booked in advance. Pickups will be scheduled in 30 minute time slots while finalizing your booking.
Rental pickups will be by appointment only, absolutely no walk-ins or day of pickup bookings.
Pickup entrance will be locked. When you arrive, you must call us at (613) 238 – 7648 x. 1 and remain at least 2 meters away from the entrance.
We ask that you wear a mask during your pickup (if you are able to do so).
DARC staff will bring your booking down to the entrance and place your booking (which will be in a bin) outside in the courtyard near the entrance.
DARC staff will move back inside our locked building and you will be able to come and collect your booking.
DARC staff will be wearing PPE (masks, shields, gloves, etc).
Once you have collected your booking and are on your way out, DARC staff will collect the bin.
At this time we will not be able to do any gear demos, setups or camera tests with you (please ask us any questions you may have in advance via email/phone).
Payments will be made online via Stripe (credit card and visa debit are accepted at this time). We will not be able to accept cash.
Rental sheets will be signed online.
DARC’s office will remain closed and all pickups will be done outside at the Arts Court 67 Nicholas Street entrance. No one other than DARC staff is permitted to enter the building at this time.

Equipment Drop Offs

Thursdays @ 10am – 5pm
Dropoff entrance: 67 Nicholas Street
Equipment drop offs will be scheduled in half hour time slots while finalizing your initial booking.
We ask that you wear a mask during your drop off (if you are able to do so).
When you arrive to drop off, you must call us (613) 238 – 7648 x. 1 and remain at least 2 meters away from the entrance.
DARC staff will arrive at the entrance and place a bin just outside the door.
DARC staff will move back inside our locked building and you will be able to come and drop off your booking in the bin.
Once you are on your way out, DARC staff will collect your drop off.

Notes on Safety

DARC staff will wear gloves and a mask at all times when handling equipment being prepared for rental.
DARC staff will wear gloves, masks and face shields at all times when interacting with members during their pickups and drop offs.
Returned equipment will be sanitized and put into quarantine for at least 72 hours and then sanitized again before staff process the return and rent it out again.
All sanitized equipment ready for rental will be housed in sanitized bins which will be used during the pickup and drop off process. These bins will also be sanitized after every use.
Renters will be required to present the Safe Sets Certificate (free course) before booking gear (https://www.easy-lms.com/safe-sets-covid-19-level-a-english/course-50731).
If renters are experiencing any symptoms of COVID 19 or have any known exposure to COVID 19 before their booking they will be asked to cancel their booking at no charge. If symptoms or known exposure take place during the rental period the renter will be asked to inform DARC as soon as possible via email: production@digitalartsresourcecentre.ca.
As much as we miss you, social interaction during pickup and drop off is strongly discouraged and DARC staff will not be available for comments/questions during these times.
Any questions, comments or concerns should be directed via email to production@digitalartsresourcecentre.ca.