Merlin and nikon d7000
 

Hola guys,
Who has ever tried to us a MErlin with a Nikon D7000?
I wnated to hear your suggestion on balancing it

thx

Re: Merlin and nikon d7000
 

I can't believe here nobody can help me balancing the merlin with the D7k.....

Re: Merlin and nikon d7000
 

I use the D7000 on my Merlin, but I'm a long way from the Merlin at the moment, and can't find the notes detailing the setup. When I find them I'll report back -- but in the meantime, I was able to get the rig set up fairly well for the D7000 using the old Nikkor 17-35mm lens. Not perfect, but good enough for me, at least...

Re: Merlin and nikon d7000
 

Hey HArm, i can't believe i found at least a person that use the merlin with the d7000!
Thx Mate!
Have a nice day

Re: Merlin and nikon d7000
 

At the first beginnings you can see a couple of tests (no goodwith the steadicam merlin),
suggestions?
I see even unnatural look maybe due to the rolling shutter?

Re: Merlin and nikon d7000
 

I uploaded another one .....a lot more work to do to achieve a perfect balancement right?
thx

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Any suggestion-tips to improve it?
thx

Re: Merlin and nikon d7000
 

If you wanna take a look ...
here i was trying a new balancement on D90 and D5100


DO you guys think it should be fixed the balancement or just more practice?
thx

Re: Merlin and nikon d7000
 

So this is on the Merlin, Marcus?

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Is it possible to shoot a feature film on a Nikon D7000 for blow-up to the big screen??

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Marcus,

It looks like you're a little too bottom heavy (hence the pendulum like wobble). Check your drop time. Remember that you can adjust bottom heaviness in three ways: 1) number of weights, 2) open width of the jaw, 3) height on the gimble.

I would also recommend checking out the merlin cookbook and its formula on achieving "dynamic balance" which you can see here:
Welcome to Tiffen - Steadicam Merlin Cookbook Settings

Unfortunately the sheets assume an even distribution of mass which is not true with a DSLR but they give you an idea of where you can start from. I have my D7000 balanced fairly well with a Tokina 11-16 and a DSLR Film Noob Shockmount w/ Zoom H1 on top. I can't get perfect dynamic balance with it but really it's almost impossible to get true dynamic balance with a curved bar stabilizer. I'm going to upgrade to the pilot eventually just for that reason.