How do I balance the Flycam Nano

I don't think it's a problem with the gimbal. What do you mean that you cannot level it from left to right? Do you mean that when you stand it up it either tilts to one side, or do you mean that you get it level then twist 90 degrees and it is still not level?
 
yes... second one!

i level it from behind (both axis) but when i twist it 90 or 180 deg its not level... exactly like the video.

and its not heavy on the bottom... just the opposite i think.
 
2 seconds is not bad. 3 would be best.

As for quick leveling, a trick that Alan Gordon (rental house in LA) uses on their rental glidecams is to velcro the weights to the sled. This makes for very fast and precise adjustments in all directions. It's very intuitive for noobs, a very clever solution.
 
This is the thing. You might think that it's balanced when the camera is rotated to the front because the sled is low and is compensating for it. When it is rotated and 90 degrees and is off balance then it was never balanced to begin with. So if you play around with the sled length the you will see the balance issues. This is my take on it anyhow... I hope this helps!
 
What is the right procedure to begin ?
First balance the top (front-back + left -right ) and then adjust the height of the sled ?
Or the opposite ?
What is the right sled position when you are balancing the top (camera plate) ?
 
yes i saw them and i made exactly what they did.
But they dont tell anything about dynamic balance (my problem)...
 
Hi,
I think I have problem: my camera is 410 grams with battery and everything. According to the Cheesycam video, it´s still too bottom heavy (although not too much). The least weigth I can put on the nano is 160 grams which makes the camera move from horizontal to vertical in just one and a half or so seconds. The center post is adjusted to the shortest. So no less weigthcan be put on the steadycam and no more shortening of the center post is avalible :(


Oh and dnother thing - what is it that makes it go like laws of physics doesn´t apply: I have it ballanced so that it is in right angle to the ground, I rotate the bearing 180 degrees, and it´s completly off... like almost horizontal
EDIT: Ok so I´ve probably solved the too light camera problem by putting one iron ring under the camera
 
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Daniel Krnac said:
Hi,
I think I have problem: my camera is 410 grams with battery and everything. According to the Cheesycam video, it´s still too bottom heavy (although not too much). The least weigth I can put on the nano is 160 grams which makes the camera move from horizontal to vertical in just one and a half or so seconds. The center post is adjusted to the shortest. So no less weigthcan be put on the steadycam and no more shortening of the center post is avalible :(


Oh and dnother thing - what is it that makes it go like laws of physics doesn´t apply: I have it ballanced so that it is in right angle to the ground, I rotate the bearing 180 degrees, and it´s completly off... like almost horizontal
EDIT: Ok so I´ve probably solved the too light camera problem by putting one iron ring under the camera
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Just put more weight on the top. The last two links I posted explains dynamic balancing...
 
Thx. That worked
Also, the crazy physically unreal movement was cuased by improper screw tension. So if you have similar problem, check how the screws are done.

Oh and for those who´ve never balance a steadycam, with my camera (lumix FZ7) the difference between camera on (lens out of the camera) and off (lend in the camera) is probably 30 degree difference in vertical :) also zooming changes the angle quite a lot
 
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Daniel Krnac said:
Thx. That worked
Also, the crazy physically unreal movement was cuased by improper screw tension. So if you have similar problem, check how the screws are done.

Oh and for those who´ve never balance a steadycam, with my camera (lumix FZ7) the difference between camera on (lens out of the camera) and off (lend in the camera) is probably 30 degree difference in vertical :) also zooming changes the angle quite a lot
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Could you elaborate on how you fixed the problem you were having by changing the screw tension? I'm having the same problem and am out of ideas.
 
Daniel Krnac said:
Easy, just loose or tighten the screw on the handle or the screws holding the bearing ring.
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As far as I could tell this was the source of all the issues that I, too, had with different 'leans' at different 90 degree rotations. Having the bearings the screws go through be the exact same distance from the center point seems to be the idea, which might not always = tightening the screws down the exact same amount due to cheaper machining tolerances. But messing with different tensions on those screws does change a lot of things fairly obviously.

Also, so does rotating the weight platform at the bottom (this seems to affect more the floatiness during movement), apparently due to imprecise machining as well. But, for $115 I'm not really complaining as you can still get workable results. You just have to put a lot more effort into balancing.
 
Just got my D7000 and Flycam nano Yesterday, took a day of balancing it but For the Price works great
I have a D7000 with a 35mm lens on it, and love it


Things i found work from the top down!

get the Camera as centre on the Plate as possible then

try the drop test, 2 secs

then pull the tube in and out to balance the top and bottom weight

(D7000 with 35mm 1.8 , 4 weights on each side) with stoppers
 
I don't have the nano but I have the glidecam HD4000 and the merlin arm and vest. Was not the easiest to balance in the beginning but I've got a good system down for it now. I too add weights to the top, and I try to have atleast a 3 second drop time at a minimum. The easiest way for me to get it to that point is to make it virtually top and bottom balanced so that it'll stay horizontal, or almost, and then I just added a bit more weight to the bottom. THis is ideal especially if you are a beginner. You want to have more inertia so it won't pendulum. It's not as responsive but in the beginning you don't want that...
 
I am using an FS100 on my Flycam with 50mm 1.4, Rode NTG-3, and some other bits and bobs, fairly easy to get up and going and im loving it, I ran my GH2 on it before hand, that was easy as well.
 
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