# Rent gear for a shoot

When a shoot is short of a camera or a drone, the project says so with the dates and city. You choose whether to rent. Your client’s details stay with you.

## See what the shoot needs

- Open a project and press Gear. Each coming shoot shows its dates, its city, and what your crew plan needs.
- Tick who brings their own kit. Those people do not count against your gear.
- If you have what you need, press We have it covered. That shoot stops asking.

## Open the shop

- CineRentals rents gear, and Cinema Center sells it. Both are in the same group as isodesk.
- The button sends the dates and the city and a random number. It sends no client name, venue or project.
- You check what they have, and pay on their page. Nothing is reserved until you pay there.
- If the shop does not open on your dates, pick them there. The card tells you when this is so.

## Log the rental

- With a linked shop account and a chosen account for rentals, an order from your own button goes on the project as an expense, and you can take it out again.
- Anything else waits on the Rentals tab and asks which project it is for.
- A refundable deposit is shown on the booking and never counts as an expense.

## Add gear to a quote

- On a draft quote, add gear your client can choose. Your client sees it as an add-on with your words and your price, and never your cost.
- isodesk sets no markup. The price is yours.
- Renting a drone does not settle permission to fly it.

## Turn it off

- Open Gear, then Rentals, and press Turn suggestions off. Every card, link and reminder stops.
- Your gear list, its warnings and the rentals you logged stay.
- The Advice tab uses only your own records. A line appears only when there is enough behind it.
- The Insurance list is a file for you to send to your insurer. isodesk sends it to nobody.

Page: https://isodesk.io/guides/rent-gear-for-a-shoot. Updated 31/10/2026.