In case anyone is wondering, I emails Skier directly to get a price on just the ring and handle kit by itself. They want $260 and it's free shipping world wide.

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I have played with there stuff in a shop about a year ago. Its seems very well built but the FF had a ton of backlash. I don't get to see very many rigs were I live so I can't compare it to anything, the Skier stuff is all I have seen.

That e-Bay price is way too high- You can get the basic O rig out here in Taiwan for $415usd, same thing without the FF. $560 with the FF.

I like the idea of the O rigs but I use manual apature lens, the O ring would get in the way for me.

They seem to be distributed or made by a company called keystone photo out of Taipei.

I bought the skier stuff - rig and o-ring. I looked around a load of others before settling on this. It's not expensive for what it is and most importantly allows me to compactly mount my rifle mic and radio mic and juiced link without the rig looking like it belongs on a low budget film set. That's crucial for me as I do docs so need to keep it relatively simple looking - as much as that is poss with the meccano lit construction of DSLR set ups. Check my vimeo page up where I have some vids if interested.

Does anybody have any pictures of the Skier O-ring in use with a GH camera? Seems to me like it would be too big, but I like the design and a sturdy rod-based top handle would be a welcome addition.