Originally Posted by Jason Rodriguez

The Polecam should be easy to adapt to . . . simply run the head from the Polecam with gig-e to a recording box that you can sling over your shoulder like an audio recorder . . . that way you don't end up with a lot of weight on the end of the pole (the small heads are really light, like around 1lbs.)

The recording box can be really small too . . . like using a Mini-ITX with Merom or something of that nature.

A laptop could work nicely as well, although I'm not sure if there are issues when you close the lid on the laptop with it going to sleep.