updated 1 June 2007

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Sponsor Index (click each name for description & link)
Full Line Dealers: Abel CineTech B&H Photo Video TapeWorks Texas Zotz Digital	Specialty Dealers: DV Creators eStore Marine Visions VideoGuys.com ZGC	Manufacturers: DSC Laboratories Kessler Crane Schneider Optics SkyCrane

Abel CineTech
Los Angeles CA  ·  tel. (888) 223-1599   ·  hours: Mo-Fr 9a-5p PST
New York NY  ·  tel. (888) 700-4416  ·  hours: Mo-Fr 9a-5p EST

Abel Cine Tech offers sales, service and rental of professional film and digital camera equipment and related accessories. Their comprehensive product line includes film, HD, SD, HDV, P2, XDCAM, DV, lenses, support, decks, plasmas, LCDs, expendables and tape media. As Panasonic Production Resellers and Panasonic Flagship Dealers, as well as Sony CineAlta Reps and Sony Broadcast Resellers, Abel brings you top-level gear supported by their knowledgeable staff. They are also the exclusive US Agents for Aaton camera systems, Panther Broadcast, Heden motors, MovieTube cine lens adapters and the CamTram System. Services include technical consultations, post services and format conversions. Visit their interactive showrooms in New York City and Burbank, CA for a unique learning experience.

B&H -- The Professional's Source
New York NY  ·  tel. (800) 947-8002
hours: Su 10a-5p / Mo-Th 9a-7p / Fr 9a-2p EST  ·  Holiday Schedule

B&H has been serving the imaging market since 1973. We are the world's leading retailer of imaging products, serving professionals & consumers through our NYC retail store & through our state of the art website. We are determined to combine honesty with the very best service before, during, & after the sale. We maintain a knowledgeable & courteous customer service staff assisted by the best support systems. Millions of satisfied customers are testimony to the success of our efforts. We have the world's most extensive inventory of more than 175,000 items imaging products including every accessory & all related supplies available at discounted prices, almost always ready for rapid delivery every business day. We have just been awarded for the 5th Time the Circle of Excellence Platinum Award and as one of the "Very Best Performing E-tailers" for 2006.

DSC Laboratories
Mississauga, ON   ·  tel. (905) 673-3211   ·  hours: Mo-Fr 9:30a-5p EST

Description coming soon...

DV Creators eStore
Seattle WA  ·  tel. (877) 353-8077  ·  hours: Mo-Fr 9a-5p PST

Description coming soon...

Kessler Crane
Plymouth IN  ·  tel. (574) 315-9814   ·  hours: Mo-Fr 9a-5p EST

Kessler Crane® is a manufacturer of high quality, affordable camera cranes / jibs, the K-Pod System™ tripod, Hercules 2.0 head and other camera support systems and accessories. At Kessler Crane®, we understand what it means to shoot on a tight budget without compromising your creative endeavor. All Kessler Crane® products are designed with quality, performance and affordability in mind.

Marine Visions
Houston TX  ·  tel. (281) 480-3800   ·  hours: Mo-Sa 9a-8p CST

Marine Visions, Inc., located in Houston Texas, is the Choice for Underwater Professionals. They carry a full line of professional underwater video and photo housings and accessories. Rental housings are also available for many professional cameras. If your production calls for underwater shots, then Marine Visions is the ultimate resource. Housings are available for Canon, Sony and Panasonic models. Marine Visions is committed to providing the highest quality equipment along with the best possible customer service.

Schneider Optics

Schneider Optics has been a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of extraordinary lenses, attachments and filters. We offer a wide range of Century HD, DV and Broadcast high-quality lens accessories, Schneider filters and unique optical devices. Wide Angles, Fisheyes, Tele-extenders & Converters, Matte Boxes, Classic Soft, Digi Con filters and many more add on accessories.

SkyCrane -- The Mini-DV Camera Boom
Costa Mesa CA

Available directly from Bob Jones in Costa Mesa, California. Bob has been tracking Watchdog development from the very beginning, and one day he gave me a call to tell me about a camera crane he built for the XL1. The rest is history... Bob's SkyCrane series of superbly designed, well built and affordable camera cranes for DV camcorders are among the best on the market. If you need altitude for your shots or that special fluid movement, a SkyCrane fills the bill.

TapeWorks Texas, Inc.
Houston TX  ·  tel. (866) 827-3489  ·  hours: Mo-Fr 9a-5p CST

TapeWorks Texas Inc. offers great pricing on a full range of products from Professional Camcorders, VTR's, monitors, projectors, HDTV, CD/DVD duplication and printing technology and any media format to fit your application. Basically everything A/V. TapeWorks Texas Inc. feature products from such leading manufacturers as Sony, Maxell, Panasonic, JVC, Quantegy, and many others. Tapeworks Texas Inc. offers a full range of professional equipment, blank media, and many other products to meet your production needs and budget.

VideoGuys.com
Glen Cove NY  ·  tel. (800) 323-2325  ·  hours: Mo-Fr 9a-5p

For over 20 years Videoguys.com has been the leading sellers of digital video editing and video production equipment. They have lead the change-over from deck-to-deck based systems to computer based video editing and when new technologies like DV, FireWire, Real-Time video editing and DVD burning/DVD authoring became available. Now they're all geared up to guide you along the way to HDV, HD, Blu-Ray and your Hi-Def future! Let the Videoguys be your guide as the next revolution in digital video editing & production technology takes place. We offer our 30-day money back guarantee and FREE tech support on all purchases to make sure that you are up and editing as soon as possible.

ZGC Motion Picture Film/Video Sales & Service
Mountain Lakes NJ  ·  tel. (973) 335-4460  ·  hours: Mo-Fr 9a-5p EST

Les Zellan and Barb Lowry's ZGC in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, is the stateside distributor for Cooke lenses and Optex products from the UK, and is an authorized dealer for Canon, Sennheiser, Tiffen and a number of other DV and film equipment manufacturers. They're also the North American distributor for the P+S Technik series of 35mm image converters. ZGC began primarily as a caterer to the high-end motion picture film industry, but with the explosion of DV among independant filmmakers, ZGC now specializes in this area as well.

Zotz Digital
Grant's Pass OR  ·  tel. (888) 577-9689  ·  hours: Mo-Fr 9a-5p PST

From Grant's Pass, Oregon, Zotz Digital is an authorized Apple Pro Video expert, Canon and Sony dealer specializing in custom audio and video recording packages and nonlinear editing systems. Zotz Digital specializes in building Apple video editing systems as well as ENG camcorder and audio packages. The Zotz team takes a totally personal approach with our clients. Everyone's needs are different, and it is up to us to give you the right options.

The decision to accept advertising was a difficult one. To make a long story short, the reason you see banner ads on this website is two-fold. First, they answer a very common but very important question: where to buy. I've contracted with only the best dealers in the video equipment business... their reputations speak for themselves. All of these vendors are honest, up-front and reliable (and believe me, I've turned down a lot of advertising opportunities from many companies which just don't fit this mold). My own self-imposed rule is that I'll never run a banner ad for a vendor that I don't implicitly trust myself. There are a lot of bad apples and rip-off artists out there, and I know who they are. I also know who the shining knights are, and you'll find them right here.

The second reason I do the banner ads: they help to provide this service, and their support guarantees that this website will always be a free service to you... no registration required (except, of course, for the community message boards). I really enjoy working on this site, but it takes time and time is money. Nobody has offered to buy the site yet, so I'm really on my own to put it together. The input from these sponsors allows me to do that, and still put food on the table and pay my bills. So, I hope you'll give them your business, not only because they help make DVInfo.Net possible, but because they're the best DV equipment vendors you can find. Seriously.

By the way, I know all of these vendors personally, and I see them whenever I can, at trade shows and other events. For anybody who asks, can I trust them? my answer is an enthusiastic YES! If you have any other questions about these dealers, please don't hesitate to ask me.

Thrown together by Chris Hurd