Loop Equipment Center ("The Cage") (CDM-017)
Summary 🟢 ✓
- Owner Unit: Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media
- Sub-unit: School of Cinematic Arts — Equipment Centers
- Content Type: infrastructure
- Campus/Location: Loop
- Last Verified: May 30, 2026
Description & capabilities
Primary Loop-campus SCA equipment checkout for cameras, lenses, tripods, portable lighting, microphones, and grip; reservations via Patron Portal.
Access status
- Level: green (
Open Access) - Rationale: Loop Equipment Center ('The Cage') reservations via Patron Portal; certifications required for some equipment groups per SCA production handbook.
- Access URL: scaproduction.depaul.edu/equipment-centers-and-stages/loop-equip…
- Contact name: SCA Production Resources
- Contact email: scaproduction@depaul.edu
- Verification date: 2026-06-30
- Source URLs:
- scaproduction.depaul.edu/equipment-centers-and-stages/loop-equip…
- cdmwebcheckout.cdm.depaul.edu/sso/patron
- www.cdm.depaul.edu/school-of-cinematic-arts/production-res…
Verification
- Status: confirmed (
âś“) - Confidence: 93/100
- Rationale: Loop Equipment Center handbook publishes 2026 location, hours, phone, email, policies, and Patron Portal reservation link.
- Last verified: 2026-05-30
- Evidence:
- SCA handbook Cage page with hours and cdmequipment@depaul.edu (May 2026)
- Patron Portal checkout system URL active
- Equipment Centers overview on CDM site
Equipment
Find this resource from the Equipment catalog or site search (e.g. “3D printers”, “laser cutter”, “NMR”).
| Category | Specific equipment |
|---|---|
| Cinema and broadcast cameras | Camera bodies (inventory via Patron Portal; categories include advanced and production cameras); Sony FX6 (certification required) |
| Cinema lenses (PL and EF mounts) | Lens packages (checkout by category in Patron Portal) |
| Camera gimbals and stabilizers | DJI Ronin-S; DJI Osmo (certification required) |
| Field audio recorders and mixers | Sound Devices 633, 664, 833; Sound Devices MixPre-6 (certification required for some packages) |
| Cinema lighting (LED, HMI, tungsten) | Portable lighting kits |
| Cinema grip, dollies, and rigging | Grip gear (portable) |
| A/V and camera checkout | Tripods; Microphones |
Source: SCA Production Handbook — Loop Cage (May 2026). Last verified: May 28, 2026.
Contacts (resource-level)
- Website: Equipment Centers overview
- Website: Patron Portal (equipment reservations)
- Website: Loop Equipment Center — "The Cage"
Last verified: May 28, 2026.
People & contacts
Named contacts from the people registry when publicly documented.
- Nick Schmidt (Manager) — nschmid5@cdm.depaul.edu · Profile
Source URL
Official links and email are listed under Contacts above.
Documented Relationships
Complements CDM-018/019 Cinespace checkout; see CDM-016 stages.
Linked Relationship IDs
Notes
Added from SCA/CSH/library facilities research (May 2026).