Website: https://nashvillecamera.com/
Nashville Camera is a cinema equipment rental house and optical supplier based in Nashville, Tennessee. The company describes itself as “Music City’s best optical house” and supports film, commercial, feature, and music video productions with cinema lenses, cameras, and supporting gear. It emphasizes more than 30 years of on-set experience and maintains a collection that it says includes “some of the most unique lenses in the region,” including vintage and hard-to-find varieties.
Services
Nashville Camera rents and supports a broad catalog of cinema production equipment across several categories:
- Lenses: Cinema lenses, including vintage and hard-to-find optics. The company notes it owns some of the most unique lenses in the region.
- Cameras and Monitoring: Camera bodies and on-set monitoring equipment.
- Filtration: A range of filtration products for cinematography.
- Heads and Sticks: Support gear from manufacturers such as O’Connor, Sachtler, and Ronford Baker, along with various tripod, hi-hat, and lo-hat configurations.
- Matte Boxes: Options from ARRI, Bright Tangerine, Tilta, and Small Rig.
- Focus Systems: Manual and wireless focus solutions, including ARRI and Preston systems with motors and rangefinders.
- Specialty and Stabilization: Motorized sliders, underwater housings, and stabilization systems including the DJI Ronin 2 and DJI Ronin 4D.
- Camera Support: Rigs, cages, shoulder pads, and accessories from Wooden Camera, Tilta, and Ratworks.
The company maintains quality control using industry-standard calibration equipment.
About
Nashville Camera positions itself as a specialist optical house serving the regional film and video production community. The business recommends in-shop gear preparation, performed by its prep techs at no charge, and describes this step as “absolutely necessary” for smooth shoots. The company states it does not accept walk-in clients, does not sell cameras, and does not provide repairs, referring clients to Pixel Connection for camera repairs.
Location & Contact
- Address: 272 Broadmoor Dr., Nashville, TN 37207
- Phone: 615-903-5778
- Email: [email protected]
- Hours: Monday to Friday 9 AM to 6 PM, Saturday 10 AM to 2 PM; closed Sundays and major holidays.
Additional Information
Rental periods are structured as “3 day weeks, 1 day weekends, and 10 day months,” with pickup the day before a shoot and return the day after a shoot before 11 AM. After-hours access is available for a fee. Prospective clients begin the rental process by emailing the company, and documentation requirements covering insurance certificates, identification, and payment terms are provided in the site’s docs section. The website notes that first assistant camera operators may swap quoted items such as focus monitors with receivers, wireless follow focus systems, carts, monitor batteries, and communications equipment, provided the swaps match the quoted rates and discounts. The website also publishes a 2025 gear list in PDF form and maintains an email subscription list that offers monthly discounts and gear updates, along with an Instagram presence.
Profile compiled from the company’s official website (nashvillecamera.com).