After years spent with heavy cameras on my shoulder, I joined the long list of Camera Operators with permanent back damage.  The creative desire for shooting handheld, long takes, and heavy cameras had all taken their toll.  I decided I needed to find a new solution if I wanted to keep operating.  All the other rigs out there were cumbersome, only took some of the weight, and attached to the camera, affecting the shot in an undesired way.  I wanted something that allowed me to sit, stand, tilt and pan without influencing the camera movement, but that took all the weight off my shoulder and back.  After building a proof of concept, I had a eureka moment when I tried it for the first time and barely felt the weight of a camera.  Then after a few more years of prototyping, testing, adjusting, and getting other operators' feedback, the Ergorig was born.