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Add a professional feel to all of your video projects with a Steadicam. Your audience will thank you once you remove all of that camera jitter. When coupled with a new HD camcorder and a MacBook Pro running iMovie HD, you have the potential to create something really special.

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3 comments about Steadicam Merlin

1.  avatar Omar  Jul 19, 2006 3:06pm

This thing is pretty sweet and watching home movies would be a million times more enjoyable if this were used. However, $800 is a lot of friggin money for something that amounts to little more than a heavy piece of metal. I'd just take this idea and make my own with some duct tape. Nobody watching a movie ever sees the camera anyway.
2.  avatar Erik  Jul 19, 2006 3:12pm

It's more than a heavy piece of metal (isn't all metal heavy anyway??). Actually, it weighs only 12.8 oz. The "steadiness" comes from the geometry by lowering the center of gravity and creating a large moment arm. That's right, I'm an engineer.
3.  avatar itsnotvalid  Nov 23, 2007 11:14am

I think the steadiness come from the fact that moving the hand would only change the height of the camera.
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Steadicam Merlin

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    wired, want


     
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    overkill, Cool


     
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    Manufacturer Steadicam
    MSRP $850.00

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    3 contributors -  Erik, Omar, itsnotvalid
    Created: 07/19/2006 - 14:23
    Modified: 11/23/2007 - 11:14