I'm sorry I have been out of the loop too long to know what to charge for a project. I'm shooting and editing a video for a non profit, about 2 mins long I think. Talking head with cutting in shots the person is taking in Haiti. I will be shooting the interview with my 7D, light kit, lav mics, recorder. Have to rent everything but the 7D. Loaning them my HV-20 to shoot in Haiti and will be cutting in that footage. I am located in Minnesota if that affects anything.

I really have no idea what to charge so any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

For this situation, I would estimate how long it would take to edit the whole piece together and apply an hourly rate to that. So for example:

10 hours (interviewing)
40 hours (editing)
Total: 50 hours x $40/hour = $2000

$2000 + $100 (est. rental fees) = $2100

Based on that formula, you can adjust your hourly rate depending on the job/work.

Thanks Raymond, yeah I was leaning towards 2k