Lugging a rig around for 2 hours : My arms still hurt

[Dane Henry]

The easy rig is a great piece of kit. My main DP owns one. Calls it the "Humiliator" ;-)

Hahaha! Yep, you forget how ridiculaous you look in the rig...the ladies on the beach were not looking at me because I looked cool..

-DAne

 

[Dan Kanes]

I like to strip the camera down when not using a follow focus or mattebox. Why have a top plate and bottom plate on the camera if not in use - also use a belt-pack battery with a cable to take the battery weight off your shoulder. Other than that - hit the gym and start doing reps. But yeah, my body still hurts from my 8 day handheld shoot three weeks ago.

 

[Timur Civan]

Last weekend I walked around with a Scarlet on a light shoulder rig with a light Canon mount lens. It was on my shoulder less that 5% of the time, the rest was walking around on a beach boardwalk area. The camera is a lot heavier than you would think !
I'm wondering how others deal with this. Walking around 'run and gunning' for a few hours at a time. Pull a cart ?
Even carrying it with my arm fully extended down was a hassle. Backpack would be to slow to call into action.
My big DSLR was fine with a 'cotton carrier' on my chest. I'm thinking of using a steady cam vest and making a brace to hold the rig.
Anything to get the weight out of my hands while walking about!

Work out.