Epic package for China Run and Gun

[Brian F Kobylarz]

Jay,
Don't know enough about what you are planning on shooting yet, but... If you do not need high frame rates, you might consider buying 2 Scarlet's versus 1 EPIC-X.
That provides you with a full soup to nuts backup and/or second angle anytime you need it.

I have made it a general work practice to start each day with a 64 mag. When that fills to 80%, start the backup while shooting a 128. From that point on, you can shoot 128's with (often) continuous backups and verification.
If there is ever an issue, this work practice will catch it earlier.

 

[Les Dittert]

Make sure you are ready for the weight of the camera. It's in a different category. Ball and chain comes to mind.
No Matte box, I often wonder why anyone doing remote work would consider one. To look a flashy pro maybe ?
The 2TB WD passports are great. I use pairs to have a 2nd copy.
I use a light weight netbook with USB3. I get 50 to 60 Meg a second with it, good enough for me.
Redmags are good for sneaking into places that don't allow pro cameras. I got mine into the Taj Mahal where they don't even allow camcorders.