Birns & Sawyer is committed to serving filmmakers in the city of Los Angeles, the state of California and all those around the world.

For over fifty years, Birns & Sawyer has been the destination to purchase and rent film and digital cameras and accessories. 

Birns & Sawyer Best Sellers

Universal Mini Finder

Panasonic HPX-300

Panasonic HPX-170

Canon 5D Mark II

We are a dealer for Panasonic, Canon, Arri, O’Connor, Lite Panels, Film Gear, Sachtler, Tiffen, Fujinon, Schneider, Element Technica, Azden, Sennheiser, Porta Brace, Kata, Anton Bauer, Miller and Steadicam, among others. We also sell directors finders, slates, and expendables.

Birns & Sawyer rents film and digital cameras and accessories. We offer Panasonic’s full line of broadcast cameras, such as the HPX3000, 2700, 2000; HDX900, HVX170, et al; Sony’s classic F900 and EX line; Canon, including the 5D MkII, XL-H1, XH-A1, XH-G1; and, of course, RED.  We have a full compliment of lenses from Zeiss, Cooke and RED, P&S adapters to take PL to B4 mounts as well as Zeiss DigiPrime Lenses.

We manufacture our own line of products, BirnsGear™, a collection of crew and camera accessories designed to make the job easier.

B&S is a systems integrator, offering custom packages built to the customer’s specifications and installed on site.  Live Nation uses a Birns and Sawyer integrated system to record their House of Blues concerts in over twenty locations across the United States.

We produce several events every month for peer networking and advanced education. Speakers have included representatives from Panasonic, Sony and Canon; cinematographers Allan Daviau, Jacek Laskus, and RED’s Ted Schilowitz.  We have delved into camera formats and work flow solutions.  Renowned cinematographer Allan Daviau took a spellbound audience through the making of E.T; the Extra Terrestrial. Sennheiser and Azden have sponsored workshops in field audio acquisition.

We’re mobile - we can be found at NAB, HD Expo, Cinegear, and NATPE.

We’re hospitable – if you’re in Hollywood, stop in for a cup of coffee at our coffee bar!