U-FLYcam - testing the DOG

Short clip collection of my first try with this stabilizer.

The wind did som movement sideways, and the opened LCD display catched wind when running turning it a bit left.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• UFLY
• STABILIZER
• CAMERA
• MERLIN

[skateXedit]

if you hold your tripod with two fingers under the camera adjusting thing and your tripod legs spreaded out a little you get the same effect, doesn't matter how fast you run and saves you alot of money! or this is possible to! /watch?v=JW6AWmqa8ZM

[C0ldFart]

@skateXedit nice vid and solution :-)

[SALVATOR11]

Great results, would you recommend this? I've read mixed reviews......thanks for posting

[C0ldFart]

@SALVATOR11 The product does what it does, and is worth the money. It's how you set it up and use it that's? matters.

[vent25kn]

Just use a monopod and you'll get the same result

[C0ldFart]

@vent25kn ehhh nooo, and yes, but it's impossible to run with a monopod at that height. I use a folded tri-pod as monopod stabilizer when not using the u-fly, but with the u-fly well balanced the monopod solution is only used when u-fly is unavailable

[bored1980]

Interesting. I had the same (bottom heavy) problem with mine because my camera was too light. I raised it up by 3 inches and it's perfect now.

[aselasanjeewab]

why we should spend big money for merlin

[havok2]

@C0ldFart Yes I know ^^ it was very tricky to setup. But I've found the right setup and made a tutorial for 550D. Have a look? youtube.com/watch?v=bdFCuZk4o9­w

PS: Your dog is sweet =)

[C0ldFart]

@havok2 You are sort of correct, but it's a balance between weight, balance-point and the smoothness of the gimble. I have balanced it better with my Canon EOS-550D.

But hey, remember it's my first try, and I was walking out in the field looking in display, and at ground and working hard to get it stable. I believe it is a operator parameter involved as well.

There is som nice tips from steadycam showing how to balance the steadycam unit which applies to this unit as well.