What the thread found

• Some rental companies offer mini and compact stabilization rigs suitable for lightweight cameras around 6 pounds
• Adding weight to a standard rig cage using steel or aluminum plates can help balance lighter cameras
• Barbell weights stacked on top of a standard low-mode cage provides adjustable weight distribution for small to medium cameras

Depends on

• The rental company recommendations are from 2007 and may no longer be current
• Adding external weights requires modifications to standard equipment and may affect rig performance
• These solutions were tested with specific older camera models and generalization to other equipment is uncertain

Parts

Low Mode

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