cowpunk52
Veteran
It's actually balanced extremely well. The wood has a bit of weight to it, and the placement of the camera in relation to the rig's stock keeps the COG directly over the shoulder. There are also two lead counterweights within the stock's cavity behind the cheese plate. These counterweights are removable so that you can compensate for added accessories strapped to the rig if you like (external recorder, monitor, transmitters, audio receivers, etc).
I've not used any of the Letus MCS platforms, but my primary problem with the shoulder mount version is that it keeps the body of the camera directly on your shoulder, making the controls difficult to access. With the camera placement on the Ergocine, body controls are quickly and comfortably accessible.
I think the design of the Ergocine Lion is very suitable to using external video recorders, and as such I'm very much looking forward to using the rig with a C500 when it's released.
I've not used any of the Letus MCS platforms, but my primary problem with the shoulder mount version is that it keeps the body of the camera directly on your shoulder, making the controls difficult to access. With the camera placement on the Ergocine, body controls are quickly and comfortably accessible.
I think the design of the Ergocine Lion is very suitable to using external video recorders, and as such I'm very much looking forward to using the rig with a C500 when it's released.
