Camera Ambassador

Camera Ambassador A full service rental house based in Chicago. Camera Ambassador’s provides filmmakers and artists with the tools they need for their craft.

Whether you are shooting 4K video for cinema, or 720P for Internet streaming, Camera Ambassador will help you find the right tools.

🎬 Great images don’t happen by accident. The most intentional filmmakers do the work long before the camera rolls — in t...
06/05/2026

🎬 Great images don’t happen by accident. The most intentional filmmakers do the work long before the camera rolls — in the choices they make about lenses, filtration, and camera systems, and in how those choices serve the story they’re trying to tell. 🎞️

Join us and Jay Holben, author of A Cine Lens Manual and The Director’s Guide to Everything, for Script to Screen: Developing Your Visual Language — a masterclass in the creative preproduction process behind truly purposeful filmmaking.

Link in bio to reserve your spot.

A day at the shop
06/01/2026

A day at the shop

05/27/2026

Vinyl of the week is a throwback with what are you all listening to this week?

05/20/2026

The Angenieux EZ lenses go out on productions very often and our Lens Tech .ir talks us through why. Wait till the end. If you’re interested in checking out these lenses or any other lenses send us an email to set up a lens test.

05/14/2026

Vinyl of the week goes to . Are you prepping soon bring your own vinyl to set the vibes for your prep.

05/09/2026

Big shoutout to those Chicago summers for keeping .erica.duffy here instead of going to New York.

A couple weeks ago we asked you all to ask Erica anything you wanted. And she answered.

Question: How did come about?

05/01/2026

CA Stories Ep 2. What did starting a rental a rental house look like 12 years ago. Well for us it started by giving away 30, free one day rentals of the dragon camera.

04/24/2026

12 years later and our community is still growing. Thank you all so much for 12k followers here on instagram.

04/17/2026

CA Stories Part 1. We sit down with Founder/Owner .erica.duffy to talk about how our OG location came to life.

Over the next few weeks we will dive into Camera Ambassadors history and so much more. Stay Tuned.

📝 We had the absolute pleasure of hosting Destiny Outreach and their recent cohort for a workshop on camera preps and ca...
02/24/2026

📝 We had the absolute pleasure of hosting Destiny Outreach and their recent cohort for a workshop on camera preps and camera assisting! 🎬 At Camera Ambassador, we do our best to enrich our incredible Chicago filmmaking community whenever possible and that is usually accomplished by partnering with incredible local organizations like the one that Danita Patterson has developed with . Check them out and hit us up if you have an interest in setting up a workshop with us!😎

Address

2425 W 14th Street
Chicago, IL
60608

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm

Telephone

(773) 791-6522

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