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Anyone with Experience with the Merlin Steadicam?

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Anyone with Experience with the Merlin Steadicam? - 01-19-2010, 11:39 AM


Anyone with Experience with the Merlin Steadicam?

I just picked one up and I sure could use some advice on setup and such. hehe

thanks!

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01-19-2010, 12:30 PM


Nice! I would love to have one of them contraptions!
Sorry, that didn't really help you any......

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01-19-2010, 01:18 PM


Have you seen this video?

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03-03-2010, 03:18 PM


Nice Abel! Those rock...once you up the counter-balance up you're good to go.

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03-03-2010, 04:00 PM


Sonny, that was the ****zzzz!
So Abel, were you the hotshot or did you read the manual?
that was one fast video, now can they do that in Spanish?

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03-04-2010, 08:55 AM


The Merlin is very cool. I used to own one, but never could fully get the hang of it.

Finally gave up, since my video looked more shaky with the Merlin than without it. =D

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