Memberships

During office hours (Tuesday-Friday 10AM-5PM). Our space is located on 2238 Maitland St., and is up a hilled parking lot. We don’t own any spaces, so try your best to find a spot on the street and we can help you load from there.

Our rates are dependent on the following tiers, this fee is paid once annually. Rental fees only apply to Individual members and our Non-Profit Partners.

We only book gear for the times you ACTUALLY use it.

Example: You book a camera for 3 days and only shoot on 1 day. We will only charge for 1 day rental.

We operate on an honor-system, we trust our community to be honest to ensure we can keep this system going.

We ask everyone to become a member to use our gear. But you don't have to. You will get an invoice with a higher 'non-member' rate.

We can’t do D1 tapes. We can transfer any DVCAM, Mini DV, DV-SP, HDV, DVD, Digital 8, Hi8, 8mm, Betacam SP, 3/4” Umatic, or VHS tape.

We can digitize your tape for you at our space on 2238 Maitland.

Generally, our rate is $1per/minute. When dropping off a tape, also bring a USB or harddrive with enough storage to drop the files, and we will send you an email when to pick them up. The files will be your drive on pick-up.

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You can become a member with us at an annual fee, and we can digitize your tapes for $.50per/minute.

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If you become a member, every Thursday at our space we offer free facilities and studio access to our members. We can walk you through how to digitize the tapes yourself and you can digitize as many tapes as you want at no cost.

Maximum borrowing time is subject to availability and CFAT staff's discretion.

No. Equipment is not included. If there is a piece of equipment that you are curious about, give us a call or send us an email and we will rent you the gear for 1 day, complimentary to see if you like it.

CFAT staff are all media artists with a variety of expertise that covers: analog film, electronic building, tape transfer, media art installation, sound art, VR etc.

While we are happy to answer questions and walk people through how to use it but are not any members personal technicians. The expectation is that the renter is to figure most of it out independently.

It is unfortunate, but it does happen. Our expectation is that we are informed of the damages upon return of the gear. So long as it is not a pattern, we will not revoke rentals, or access to the facilities onsite. We will always reach out to get a quote on what it’ll take to get gear fixed/replaced and reach out to our insurance to see if we qualify for coverage. Failure to return gear in the same condition as it was rented (with all the components included in a working condition), and the failure to communicate with the CFAT staff of the damages will result in one or more of the following:

Membership revoked for the next calendar year, or permanently depending on damage

>Issue of invoice to cover cost of damages

When you become a member you will be given access to our booking software: AMS. You can always book gear through this interface. If you need to cancel or cut a booking short, give us a call or send us an email. You can always return it earlier than you anticipated during office hours.

If we have not been made aware of the late return, see late fees included in our rental agreement.

No to facility, Yes to gear. Everyone that uses our inhouse facilities needs to become a member with us (see memberships here). When renting a facility, you can bring friends/collaborators but you have to be present if it is in your name. As per gear it is assumed as the renter, you are responsible for the well-being of the gear but other people can use it and drop it off in your name.