Just thought you may like to see this cool rig for HDSLR cameras from PAG. It's a lot cheaper than any of the other rigs and has a"dampener" like steady cam sort of pole thingy! I like it lodas. I'm thinking of getting one, What do you think?
PAG Professional Broadcast Equipment (http://www.paguk.com/)

anybody out there?

It's 425 Euro or $600 USD ... doesn't look any cheaper than other, more popular, more widely reviewed options.

I have not looked at them extensively, but anything without a counter-weight on the rear seems to be of limited use.

Thanks for your reply. It seems to me that you have a battery on the rear as a counterweight and also the sprung pole at the front supports the the front weight and is like a kind of dampener.