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Getting Started
3. Getting Started
Unfolding the Merlin into Flying Mode
The Steadicam Merlin is shipped to you in its compact Folded or Travel Mode.
It is important to unfold and fold the unit in the proper sequence, to avoid accidental
damage. There are only two positions.
Begin by unfolding the unit into Flying Mode as follows:
Position the Merlin as shown. Hold the Stage and the Grip
together with your hand.
Folding the Merlin into Travel Mode
Check that the Caliper Hinge
Release is open and out of the way.
With the other hand, swing down
the Lower Spar sideways until it
clicks into the fully opened position.
If you plan to use a heavy camera, get into the habit of
locking the Caliper Hinge Release when the Merlin is
unfolded into Flying Mode.
The Steadicam Merlin is now in Flying Mode. When a camera is
properly mounted on the Stage, you will be able to hold the unit by
the Grip (with the Velcro side always forward and in contact with
your fingers) and the camera will “float” in balance above it.
Note the storage position of the Grip in the folded unit,
velcro’d up under the stage alongside the folded lower spar.
Open the Caliper Hinge
Release and swing it up
out of the way.
‘Dock’ the Gimbal under the stage by pressing the
Velcro patch on the Grip to the matching Velcro under
the bubble level.
Grasp the Stage and the Grip with one hand and swing
up the Lower Spar until it clicks into the ‘Travel’
position under the stage alongside the grip.
Practice folding and unfolding the Merlin between Flying Mode and Travel Mode.
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