DV Shop

DV Shop The DV Shop The DV Shop sells professional video production and digital cinema equipment covering everything from shooting to post-production.

Authorized RED dealer. Visit our website at DVShop.ca for more information.

NiSi 4x5.6 Filter Madness!! Rota Polarizer Sale $379! Black Mist 1/8 Sale $333! Filter Pouch Sale $59! Linear Pola Demo ...
05/25/2026

NiSi 4x5.6 Filter Madness!! Rota Polarizer Sale $379! Black Mist 1/8 Sale $333! Filter Pouch Sale $59! Linear Pola Demo $299! Black Mist 1/4 Demo $329! Straight ND.6/.9/1.2/1.5 Sale $229! Limited stock so don’t delay.

Benro KH25PC Video Tripod Kit blowout. Reg $350 Anniversary Sale $199!! Perfect for smaller camera set-ups.
05/21/2026

Benro KH25PC Video Tripod Kit blowout. Reg $350 Anniversary Sale $199!! Perfect for smaller camera set-ups.

DV Shop 25th Anniversary Twenty-five years ago, we believed that the trifecta of miniDV, firewire and Final Cut Pro was...
05/11/2026

DV Shop 25th Anniversary

Twenty-five years ago, we believed that the trifecta of miniDV, firewire and Final Cut Pro was going to revolutionize filmmaking. We didn’t think the existing dealers in Toronto were doing a very good job championing these new solutions (yes that means you Vistek and Henry’s), and we wanted to make a store dedicated to this new paradigm, so we opened The DV Shop on May 7, 2001.

In May 2001, the biggest hard drive you could buy was 75GB. Final Cut Pro 2 had just come out. The fastest Mac was a G4 733 MHz with a 32MB video card. Authoring your own DVDs had just started January with the SuperDrive. Remember Maxtor, Quantum, Keyspan, Media 100, Pinnacle and Canopus, to name a few?

We had no money when we opened the store. We were a couple of levels below shoe-string. We got through the first year by racking up massive credit card debt. We were the new kid on the block, competing against some very established companies - Precision Camera, Extra Bytes, Solutions in Computing, Merkle Camera, Carbon Computing, MacWarehouse … none of whom are in business today. We were the scrappy underdog, with a dingy store that had terrible carpet. We almost pulled the plug and closed down twice in our first year. But we kept going. And honestly, we owe it to Apple. Apple took a huge gamble with us - they liked our vision and focus, and they authorized us, despite not having any experience selling computers. It gave us credibility (and revenue).

In 2001, HIDef was more a concept than reality, and 4K wasn’t even conceived of yet. There were no LED lights, no Facebook or RED cameras. The elusive “film look”, the holy grail of video shooting, that was impossible to do in 2001? Now you can do it on a smartphone. Or a $799 entry-level camera. In 2001, you couldn’t even conceive of shooting high quality video on a phone, let alone streaming it in real time on the internet. Drones? Little helicopters that shoot 4K video and cost under $2000? Stabilizers that rival a Steadicam for under $1000? Please - that would have been crazy talk. Inconceivable. Couldn’t be done. Especially at the price and timeframe. Maybe in 30 or 40 years.

The rapid change of technology in the last 25 years has been truly breathtaking. What will the next 25 years bring? Besides 16K 5D cat videos?

The tag line for our first ad was “You want to put a dent in the universe. We want to help.” And for 25 years, that has been our motto. Thank you to all of our loyal customers for riding this technological wave with us. It has been quite the journey.

Yep - DV Shop opened 25 years ago today!! Happy Anniversary to us! To infinity … and beyond!!
05/07/2026

Yep - DV Shop opened 25 years ago today!! Happy Anniversary to us! To infinity … and beyond!!

Sale on Nanuk hard cases is on now! Save 20% on selected models. Hurry - the sale ends Saturday April 25th.
04/20/2026

Sale on Nanuk hard cases is on now! Save 20% on selected models. Hurry - the sale ends Saturday April 25th.

Decimator 12G-CROSS are back in stock! $840. We’ve only been on back-order for 11 months!
04/13/2026

Decimator 12G-CROSS are back in stock! $840. We’ve only been on back-order for 11 months!

03/31/2026

It's World Backup Day! Backup your Cat Videos (and work) to a Extreme SSD! In stock today!
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Aputure sale on tube lights! Infinibars! MT Pro! Amaran T2C & T4C! Plus we’re selling demo models of all models in stock...
03/30/2026

Aputure sale on tube lights! Infinibars! MT Pro! Amaran T2C & T4C! Plus we’re selling demo models of all models in stock!! .lighting

Hard drive and SSD pricing is going up AGAIN in April!!! And memory cards!! DV Shop recommends you stock up if you can. ...
03/27/2026

Hard drive and SSD pricing is going up AGAIN in April!!! And memory cards!! DV Shop recommends you stock up if you can. Thanks all to AI and everyone who uses it. So if you’re using AI you’re contributing to the problem.

eImage Boom Pole Sale! BA-09 Max 8’ Sale $99!! BA-12 Max 11’ Sale $169!! Good value aluminum boom poles at a good price....
03/23/2026

eImage Boom Pole Sale! BA-09 Max 8’ Sale $99!! BA-12 Max 11’ Sale $169!! Good value aluminum boom poles at a good price.

Address

3422 Dundas Street West
Toronto, ON
M6S2S1

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 7pm
Tuesday 10am - 7pm
Wednesday 10am - 7pm
Thursday 10am - 7pm
Friday 10am - 7pm
Saturday 10am - 6pm

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+14166041492

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