KitSplit is a marketplace for camera gear rentals that mainly serves the indie video industry. It makes equipment of its own available but also allows users to rent out their own equipment to others, a kind of "AirBNB" for equipment sharing. Rental offerings include cameras, lights, lenses, but it also specializes in less common and possibly hard to find equipment like virtual reality headset gear like Oculus rifts and Google Glass. It works like any equipment rental, with overdue fines and fees for damage or loss. It was founded by Kristina Budelis, Lisbeth Kaufman, and Ken Amarit in 2014. Industry recognition In 2016, moviemaker.com highlighted KitSplit in a list of the "Most Indie Friendly Companies" praising the company's goal to "democratize access to top-quality gear."
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