What is this music please.

Merci.

Jean

Great work, Roland. I wish I could see your set-up in more detail to understand how yours differs from the one you based it on. It seems to work really well.

respect - great work!!!

nice movement...
but what about the focusing?
and how did you manage to keep the noise so low?

Thanks for posting, I was wondering what you had done with the Merlin when you said you had built a DIY. How does it perform on uneven surfaces, like snow?

Fantastic. I was wondering if this design could hold a video DSLR. How did you find this gimbal grip? Why did you replace it? Was the tripod not able to safely hold the weight?

Thanks Roland. That's brilliant, I agree mini tripod is not good enough and I have been searching for alternative for long time (of course Merlin gimbal is good but it is too expansive that violating my DIY spirit of low setting up cost). I am going to replace the mini tripod with the ball head as well. Do you think which is better, Giottos MH-1003 or 4-28 Right-Hand-Ball ?

Roland, j'ai recu ma lentille hier, une Nikon 50mm f/1.4 J'arrive pas a croire la difference que ca fait la hein... Bien que j'arrive maintenant a avoir des images claires en 'lowlight' je suis toujours en train de chrcher a me debarrasser du grain.

hey Roland,
how did you attach the ball joint to the the bracket? it looks like you drilled through the metal and put a screw and nuts to lock it in.

One more thing, what did you use for the extension arm for the weight? And approximately how much weight did you attached. Thanks.

Magnifique

Amazing work. I have one D90 but i don't know nothing about video.
The move of the camara, de focus, the light, the music, all is great
One question
What is the name of the song?? Is excelent too

Thank You Roland

I put your page in Favorites. Im wating for new videos. Today I show the video of the childrens to my wife. We spend all the afternoon trying to do saomething with the D90. jajajaja

Thank you again

Hi Roland. Thank You

I Really like start with video. I'm photographer and now i using my camara only in photos, but i will learn to make videos too.
Roland, If you like watch my photos, visit my web site

gmaquedaphotos.com

Gaston

Lol !!! I can't do that with my D Ninety....

Great colors! Very smooth...

Hey man, you are my VIMEO nr. 1. Please keep on publishing I'm your fan!

That is so smooth, you should do close ups of your steady? love your videos, have you a flickr etc for stills I wonder.

that makes it all float like an angel.

Thank you all for your comments. I really appreciate it.

Looks really good...do you get the rolling shutter problem with the DIY?

OK, I am looking at the detail shot on your flickr - did you drill a hole in the ball joint where the top plate is attached or did it come that way?

I drill a hole.

hi roland, im really interest with this DIY steadicam and today i was goes to bigest photography store @ my city. but, at there i couldnt found the flash bracket and giottoz MH 1003. :( but they suggest me to use a manfrotto 585 modosteady.

in your mind, for nikon D90, which is better? manffroto 585 or steadicam DIY? or both is equal?

thanks

I didn't try the Manfrotto but after reading some reviews, If I had to choose, Ill keep my DIY steadicam... :)

roland, mmm...

can i get some help from you?

i really like wanna build my own DIY steadicam, but, in my city (jakarta, Indonesia) i cant find a store which sell part to build this DIY steadicam.

mmm... can u build me one? then i will pay (include shipping rate) you with paypal?

Very Nice..:)

Ducaralho!

I hear your in the process of making another version of the DIY steadicam. What are you thinking of changing? I just ordered a ball joint. Found some thick aluminum at home depot and am thinking of just bending it in a u instead of buying the $50 dollar flash bracket.

Love your vids...

Great work!

Besides the price difference what else is better about the DIY steadicam from Merlin? I might have a chance to get the Merlin at under $100 so not sure if I should go for it or not...

Your videos are incredible. What electronic focusing device are you using, if any? My videos are all out of focus which is why I gave up shooting videos with the D90.

Hi Roland, kind of a bit late since you replaced your D90. But I'm a bit curious anyhow. I built a steadicam much like the one that KFLeung used, but using it with the D90 seems like its a bit unbalanced. It seems like its due to the grip/battery side of the camera. So while the steadicam still works fine, the unbalance causes a bit of lean to the right, making it horizontally unbalanced. How did you workaround this when you were using the D90?