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View Full Version : Merlin and nikon d7000 Marcus Martell March 17th, 2011, 11:33 AM Hola guys, Who has ever tried to us a MErlin with a Nikon D7000? I wnated to hear your suggestion on balancing it thx Marcus Martell April 13th, 2011, 12:11 PM I can't believe here nobody can help me balancing the merlin with the D7k..... Hamish Reid April 13th, 2011, 01:13 PM I can't believe here nobody can help me balancing the merlin with the D7k..... 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... Marcus Martell April 14th, 2011, 01:53 AM 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 Marcus Martell April 28th, 2011, 04:42 PM 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? Untitled on Vimeo Marcus Martell May 2nd, 2011, 04:24 PM I uploaded another one .....a lot more work to do to achieve a perfect balancement right? thx Untitled on Vimeo Marcus Martell May 16th, 2011, 07:40 AM Any suggestion-tips to improve it? thx Marcus Martell May 19th, 2011, 01:03 PM If you wanna take a look ... here i was trying a new balancement on D90 and D5100 Untitled on Vimeo DO you guys think it should be fixed the balancement or just more practice? thx Terry Lee July 4th, 2011, 11:44 AM So this is on the Merlin, Marcus? Joseph De Leo August 22nd, 2011, 05:47 PM Is it possible to shoot a feature film on a Nikon D7000 for blow-up to the big screen?? Stephen Daugherty August 23rd, 2011, 10:22 AM 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 (http://www.merlincookbook.com/formula.php) 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. |