Extra cheap merlin style stabilizer

Vitaliy Kiselev

Vitaliy Kiselev

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Just want you to know

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Price is about $50-70 plus about $30 shipping.

I see them in his ebay shop now, so hurry!
http://stores.ebay.com/Low-Budget-Movie-Equipments


This is DIY project evolved slowly. All made by one man.

This guy is teacher in Ankara, teaching in small 3D animation and film school.

So, you not only could get yourself good steadicam (it is not ball based as cheap Merlin like clones), but support good man also.
 
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Wow, that thing looks solid. I hope he gets more in stock soon (and doesn't raise the price haha). My Hague MMC has given me some good footage, but the build quality is just awful.
 
I wish you see his first stabilizer. Made of wood :-) About 1.5 years ago.

He makes really solid things.
But he need to work at least on screws length.
Most of the guys in USA do not get how hard in some countries is to get small specific things like screws, etc.

Just ask him question using ebay. He is quite open at tell you then next batch will be ready.
 
The big problem of Merlin types is that the buyer has to get very deep into balancing techniques and this only succeeds if you have that special feeling and technical mind to do so or the seller provides you with a real good and up-to-date "Cookbook" with your own fully setup in it and HOw To Do Video! Remember everytime you pick it up from a bag you need stabilzing again otherwise the setup will result in drugged ship wrecked shots. And dont think the seller takes the stuff back if its not working for you...or do they??
 
I don't know why you could have idea to send back $70 stabilizer paying for this $30.
Sometimes Merlin style is quite good.
Personally I have Balvanz stabilizer and larger FlyCam-like stabilizer.
Both are working. Balvanz has some play (it is fixed in new versions) and I really hate his top plate.
Normally top plate is very important for stabilizer, and this is exactly the place where all this cheap versions suffer.
 
Yes!
but "Cookbook" is not very important,
you just know how to do basic 3 step to adjust.:Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)

JanvdM said:
The big problem of Merlin types is that the buyer has to get very deep into balancing techniques and this only succeeds if you have that special feeling and technical mind to do so or the seller provides you with a real good and up-to-date "Cookbook" with your own fully setup in it and HOw To Do Video! Remember everytime you pick it up from a bag you need stabilzing again otherwise the setup will result in drugged ship wrecked shots. And dont think the seller takes the stuff back if its not working for you...or do they??
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I hope that soon we'll see author personally here.
Having good feedback and help he can make really good product.
He has all qualities required for this.
 
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The price is certainly very attractive however how easy or rather how difficult is to balance this thing? Do we have anybody here using it?
 
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