saw a bunch of small camera (under 10lbs) cradles/shoulder harnesses)
the key is to have a weight for all you're gonna put on the mount (camera, lens, nat sound mic, battery, spotlight, squids, etc), then select the model from there. after that mounts could be divided into two groups, mechanical and just handles.
to me, the gimbled mechanical models seemed to be the ones to have. with the weight of the cameras we're dealing with (Cannon 5dm2), this would give the sexiest results.
the first one i saw i pretty much like the best, it's the Glidecam HD-1000:
it $599, it has a reasonable price.
the next most impressive was the merlin model by steadi-cam. sure, it started with just a handle and gimble, but the price was actually on par with the first one at $899. from there, you can add on the full steadicam vest and arm, (to the tune of like $2,500 however).
two more had more sort of spring-loaded arms that hooked to a belt to stabilze the mount.
this is one from varizoom.
you could just buy the mount and handles, then add the shoulder harness, then the belt and spring loaded pole, or buy as a kit.
of course, dude had run out of the color brochures.
pretty much the same thing from a company called ________:
the others were passive, "just handles" models, like these from Genus.
like anything, one can spend as much as you want, but not as little as you would like.
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