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The $80 Cable That Turned One Filmmaker Into a Camera-Gear Founder
Kondor Blue started with a filmmaker, a newly released camera and an absurdly expensive cable. Seven years later, it is trying to build the connective tissue around the modern camera - without losing the on-set instincts that made the business work.
Nikon Bought a Legend, Then Built the Camera Nobody Expected
The 108-year-old optics company spent a fortune buying Hollywood's favorite cinema-camera maker. A year later it shipped a $2,200 body that reads like a $6,000 one. Here's what Nikon is actually building.
The Camera Shop Run by People Who Actually Held the Camera
In a business full of order-takers, this Burbank shop bets that filmmakers would rather buy cameras from people who have actually pulled focus at 3 a.m. on a real set.
Brandon Li
Brandon Li is a nomadic filmmaker who turned a Sony mirrorless and a one-way ticket into a career. Former MTV 'True Life' producer turned solo travel-doc director, his short films for clients like Nike, BMW and Cathay Pacific have been picked by Vimeo Staff, BBC, National Geographic, TIME and the Smithsonian. He runs Unscripted Studio, an online film school built around the idea that you learn cinema by shipping films, not by watching tutorials.
Peter McKinnon
Peter McKinnon is a Toronto-based photographer, cinematographer, and YouTube creator with nearly 6 million subscribers, known for his cinematic visual style and fast-paced, coffee-fueled tutorials. A former magician and Ellusionist Production Manager turned self-taught filmmaker, he built one of YouTube's most distinctive photography channels from a spare bedroom, won the 2019 Shorty Award for Breakout YouTuber of the Year and the 2020 Streamy Award for Cinematography, and had his landscape photography minted on official Canadian currency by the Royal Canadian Mint. Beyond tutorials, he has launched his own multi-tool for photographers, multiple Lightroom preset packs, a signature coffee blend with James Coffee Co., and the 'Pete's Pirate Life' EDC brand.