Hey Stephen
I agree, with the right contacts and deals and favors you can make the numbers work either way. I guess I was look at it from a 1:1 perspective. No deals or favors. Just the actual costs involved in each work flow. Our tentative budget is $10M. I'm leaning towards 35mm, however, I've been doing some tests on the Alexa and I'm really impressed with what I've seen so far. But from the little research I've done the equipment rental is almost the cheapest aspect of either of the workflows.