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Thanks, Steve. Salesforce looks good, they have a $5 plan and I’ve started a 7 day trial. Let’s see how that goes.

I’ve used ACT before. My aim is to be device independent.

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Thanks for the review. It’s tough to select one when each description starts with “So-and-so is the best CRM…”.

But I found Highrise from one of the comments, and have signed up for a free trial. They actually have a free plan as well, but it’s limited to 250 contacts.

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Damn, it isn’t available for the Mac.

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Thanks, Joseph! That looks helpful. I have MS Office.

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It’s possible, but only practical if you have every shot covered. The Sigma has an f/1.8 zoom for APS-C sensors.

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8 Mbps, H.264 if it’s 1080p. About 5 Mbps if it’s 720p. MOV wrapper.

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“What would be enormously helpful if I could get some response as to how I can make inroads into the market internationally?”

Trade shows. Go to Singapore, Hong Kong, Chennai, Mumbai, NAB, Europe, whatever. A trade booth is a touring shop. Take your products around, make a splash. Your Philip Blooms and Vincent Laforets attend the major events, and that’s a good time to impress them. It’s hard work, and you’ll have to start planning a year ahead at least.

If you can’t afford that, then tie up with a partner who does this.

Simple question: why build many things when you could spend more time doing one thing very well? What is your outstanding product, better than any other on earth?

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“Canon C100 – $5500
Canon EF-S 17-55 f/2.8 IS USM – $1180
Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS II – $300
Redrock Ultra Field Cinema Bundle Shouldermount rig w/ follow focus and 4lb weight – $2120
Zacuto Z-Finder Pro 2.5x – $375
4x High speed 32 gb memory cards – $250
Benro A2573FS4 tripod – $300
Sennheiser MKH-416 shotgun mic – $1000
Windscreen, cables, carrying case, batteries, cables, reflector, etc – $400

And that totals out to about $11,500

I have a 3TB external drive right now. Should I have another as a backup? I use the Adobe Master Suite for post and I have a 15″ Macbook Pro w/ Retina display (8gb ram, 256 gb SSD, 2.4 GHz quad core i7).

Eventually, we will have a small studio set up where I can control lighting and sound, but I was looking at that camera and mic because for the next year or so, I will rarely be shooting in a controllable environment, and I’m hoping that the C100 and MKH-416 would help compensate for that.Any suggestions or tips you have would be VERY appreciated. Thanks!”

I would choose the Sony FS100. Actually, in all seriousness I would recommend a Canon T5i for what you’re doing. I would dump the rig and finder (my signature has info). A follow focus system is okay, though, but who’s going to pull it? I would get a really good fluid head for your Benro tripod. You need some filters, too. A manual slider is also a good investment. Don’t forget a decent monitor, and batteries.

The mic is way too expensive for what you can ‘afford’. I would suggest an ME66 and a wireless lav (G3) or a wired lave (Sanken Cos), and accessories.

Don’t forget bags, and a million other things. You might have a couple of thousand left over, so get lights.

Regarding backup, read my guide.

What you’re setting yourself for is additional purchases. It’s not a bad thing, but if you understand that, then you’re likely to spend less today. Convince the owner to rent a few cameras and gear for the initial work.

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I prefer the 17-55mm – my detailed reasons are here: https://wolfcrow.com/blog/what-lens-to-get-part-one-subjects-and-spaces/

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One minute of footage is one minute of footage. It has a fixed size, which, in your case, is 360 MB.

How many such clips can a 32 GB card hold? About 88.
How many such clips can a 64 GB card hold? About 177.

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