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.
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.
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.