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Steadicam Merlin Literature (.pdf)

Steadicam Merlin Manual

Merlin Cookbook
Please review the above Steadicam Merlin Cookbook which will help you in finding out the best solution in balancing for your DSLR Camera/Video Camera

Steadicam Merlin Static & Dynamic balance
For the Mathematically inclined, here's an astonishingly accurate spreadsheet that will help put your Merlin in near-perfect static and dynamic balance (so it both hangs level and behaves during rapid pans). If your data is accurate -- if you carefully measure weights, vertical c.g. location and distances for the setup -- I think you'll be amazed at how close this can get you.