Through our Multimedia Equipment Lending Library (MELL), CU Boulder students, staff and faculty may borrow a variety of multimedia equipment, including听cameras, audio equipment, tripods and听smartphone accessories.

Equipment听can be checked out for seven days, and you can borrow up to five items at once.听(Full information on听MELL lending policies.)听Pick up and return items at the Norlin Library East Service desk during regular hours. Please do not return MELL items in library drop听boxes.

You may reserve equipment in advance through our online reservation system, or items may听be available on a first-come, first-serve basis by asking at the Norlin East Service Desk.听Items may be reserved through the individual links below,听or you can听.听

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Cameras

Lightweight camcorder that features 53x advanced zoom and MP4 1080/60p recording.

R400 camcorder manual

Lightweight camcorder that features 57x advanced zoom, slow and fast motion recording, and MP4 1080/60p recording.

R800 camcorder manual

Point and Shoot camera with 60x Zoom and 4K video capabilities.

Panasonic Lumix manual

Compact camera with HD video recording featuring 8x Optical Zoom, 20.0 Megapixels, 720p HD video, and photo effects.

Canon Elph manual

Action camera that can take still photos or 5K video.

GoPro HERO9 manual

An entry-level camera that's great for learning photography. Borrow it for low-light photos, fast action shots听and portraits.

Nikon manual

The Canon Rebel听is an entry-level camera that's great for learning photography. Borrow it for low-light photos, fast action shots and portraits. It also takes 1080/30p HD video. This model is compatible with the Rode VideoMic On-Camera Shotgun Microphone.

Canon Rebel T3i manual

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The Canon Rebel听is an entry-level camera that's great for learning photography. Borrow it for low-light photos, fast action shots and portraits. It also takes 1080/30p HD video.听This model is not compatible with external microphones, but it does have a built-in microphone.

Canon Rebel T100 manual

Audio

Compact 4-channel stereo headphone amplifier for use with all types of headphones.

Headphone Amplifier manual

Audio mixer with 8 inputs for modifying audio coming from multiple sources.

Mixer manual

Portable audio recorder that features five microphones for more advanced recording methods.

Zoom audio recorder manual

Simple voice recorder with 4GB built-in memory and built-in USB connector for transferring files.

Sony Voice Recorder manual

USB microphone ideal for podcasting and recording into your Mac or PC.

Snowball microphone manual

On-camera microphone with supercardioid polar pattern for capturing focused, directional audio for vlogging and filmmaking.

Rode shotgun microphone manual

On-camera professional-grade microphone with supercardioid polar pattern. Focused, directional audio for vlogging and filmmaking.

Rode Pro manual

Record听audio for a film shoot, promo video, studio recording, ambient sound capture听or interview.

Handheld dynamic microphone suited for podcasting, home studio recording, field recording, voiceover, and on stage use.

Audio-Technica听Hand-held Cardioid Microphone manual

Broadcast-grade lavalier microphone with a TRRS connector for plugging directly into smartphones.

Rode lavalier microphone manual

Lapel/clip-on microphone. Note: not for use with smartphones or tablets

Polsen听microphone manual

Reduces听vocal popping sounds.

Two headphones can listen to the same track with our headphone splitter.

Peripherals: lenses, tripods, lights, etc.

Upgrade the zoom on our DSLR cameras with this telephoto lens.

Take extreme closeups with this lens. Compatible with Canon DSLR.

Macro lens manual

Upgrade the zoom on our Canon DSLR camera with this telephoto lens.

Telephoto lens manual

Mounts to听18-55mm lenses,听offers a wider field of view听and a dedicated macro attachment lens for photographing close-up.

Upgrade the zoom on our 18-55mm lens with the Xit 2.2x telephoto lens attachment.

For use with Nikon and Canon DSLR cameras and Panasonic digital cameras.

Flash manual

Get wider or closer shots with your smartphone with this clip-on lens.

Tripod for camcorders and digital still cameras.

Turns a standard tripod into a dolly.

Magnus Tripod Dolly manual

Flexible smartphone tripod.

This portable projector can project images up to 60" diagonal, and has a built-in Bluetooth speaker.

Compact LED light for DSLR cameras and smartphones.

Large (18 inch) LED ring light with adjustable color temperature听and brightness.

GVM ring light manual

Backdrop for photographing small and medium products. Includes white, black and grey backgrounds.

Light Shed manual

Take photos听at a distance with our selfie trigger for DSLR cameras.

With this chest mount, you can wear a GoPro (ours or yours).

Use this floating hand grip, magnetic swivel clip and tripod mount with a GoPro (ours or yours).