I am about to pull the trigger on one of these but first wanted to see if anyone here has used one before. It looks pretty solid and I like the depth of the shoulder mount, though it puts the camera out away from the shooter's body a little more than I would like, but the spring pole should help make that workable.

The thing that I am most curious about is whether counterweighting for balance and then removing the spring pole might make it suitable for walking shots.

Has anyone tried this?