As an add-on to the RealScreen Factual Price Guide, participants were asked three simple questions: What is the most important piece of gear you own? What would you buy if money were no object? And, what filmmaking tool do you wish existed? Responses varied from 'nothing' (arguing the fewer tools the better), to real-time delivery of video on the internet. Even a money press was proposed, financing being the first tool any filmmaker needs. Below is a glimpse of the objects that topped the lists.

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