Ditto mythmaker. Mine arrived an hour ago, better than xmas. I love Lanparte gear. Many thanks Vitaliy and Lanparte!

Someone needs to start the Lanparte Appreciation Society Thread aka L.A.S.T. because its the last rig you will ever need :)

Just so it's not all can-do-no-wrong re the LPT rig, I have discovered one small thing and that's with the handle grip assembly. Compared to the other rig components, the screw on the bridge plate for locking the assembly onto the rails isn't as well drilled in my opinion - I had it tight in the screw hole and yet the handles could still slide on the rails. I had to really, really tighten it for the bridge plate to clamp down on the rails.

Also with the handle assembly, the screws on the upper most part of the handle grip adjustment barely have clearance with the edge of the bridge plate - and when I say barely I mean they touch. A millimeter away from the bridge plate and the design would be perfect.

My only other design suggestion would be to make all the adjustment screws sprung-loaded like the one on the QR plate. Depending on configuration some of the screws can be a little tough to tighten for those of us that don't have long skinny fingers like E.T.

Something that made me very happy with the rig is I tried attaching my Canon 60D loaded up with the battery grip and the C-arm/top handle still had clearance! There's about 5mm of wiggle room.

Will do V.K. Super busy with work so it may be a few days but I will put something up soon.

@mythmaker

Thanks, just try to use smaller images nest time, no need for 5Mp :-)

@mythmaker I've thought (dreamed ?) about spring-loaded adjustment screws everywhere too, but I'm afraid it would significantly raise the price.

Also, I've noticed the same -small- issues about some of the handle screws (the bridge plate needing more tightening than any other screw in the rig and lacking some clearance).

This rig is still an incredible bargain anyway.

Just thought I'd chime in and say how impressed I am with the new LanParte rig. It's immense!

Lanparte rig is good, except for two problems-
1. the sliding quick release plate that holds your camera body to the rig is just a hair too wide to allow the battery door to open! I'm going to grind mine down, but I wish I didn't have to. 2.There's a little bit of play in the height-adjustable block that is the foundation of the whole thing. A little annoying, but not hte end of hte world. Still a really good vaLue, specially compared to zacuto etc. 3.also ended up buying JAG35 d-focus gears and using those instead of the stock lanparte. MAking the focus ring "bigger" is extremely useful. Makes the distance between focus points a little farther apart. I found this necssary with my voigtlander nokton 25mm.

I received my Lanparte rig the other day, however the plate or mount used to hold the universal grips is not the same as the picture. In fact it looks like they used the follow focus mount instead of the mounting plate shown in the photo on their website as well as its listing here personal-view. Here's an imgur link for the plate I received http://imgur.com/a/Zekh1 and here is a photo of the universal plate listed on personal view, http://www.personal-view.com/talks/uploads/FileUpload/9f/fe3d1a75acc24dd2124bd764bfa6c9.jpg

Did anyone else receive the same part as me, or did Lanparte just mess up my order? I forsee the universal grip mount they gave me having problems of breaking off eventually regarding it's ability to latch on completely, especially for heavy rig setups.

@mackmedia I recieved the same mounting system as you. Before using it I thought it was nice with a "quick release" system, but in real use I experience the same as you: The fastening is not very sturdy, I don't trust it completely (it sort of whiggles). And the fastening screw must be turned so many times to lock/unlock that it's actually more cumbersome than the simpler solution on the product picture. It's usable, but not perfect.

@x_worpig_x.

If they are still in first post they are still available, message Vitaliy. I ordered the $679 rig, and the AB follow focus I am extremely happy with both items.

I pretty much have the complete PRO rig .. as in the 3rd video .. except my monitor is a smallHD.

The only piece of Lanparte gear I have had issue with is the crank handle (not part of what you buy in this offer) It wiggles too much in the follow focus .. Jerry from Lanparte has acknowledged the issue and is working to correct with a new cad machine, and has promised me a replacement when fixed.

You have to grind away a section of the quick release plate if you want to be able to change the battery with out removing a GH2 from the rig.

@x_worpig_x .. it's real easy with 1" bench grinder .. it's 1 and a bee's tit wide. (phone pic)

hi all, i've been reading up on the lanparte rig at the start of the thread. curious to know if any canon users have had any similar battery issues with the baseplate system as kupchenpo has found with the GH2? - thanks

Is this deal on the Lanparte rig still running?