Steadicam Merlin VS Flycam 5000 review from FStoppers on Vimeo.
Lee Morris of R.L. Morris Photography explains the pros and cons of both the steadicam merlin and the flycam 5000. Both of these can be used with the Nikon D300s or Canon 5d Mark 2 or 7 D to get smooth moving video. You can view Lee’s website at www.rlmorrisweddings.com and view more videos at www.fstoppers.com.
On the Friday before NAB, I decided that I was going to try and live video blog from the show floor. I knew that I wanted to get information out quickly and efficiently and that I didn’t want to have to run back to the media room to ingest, transcode, edit, encode for the web and upload. Shooting video with a DSLR seemed impractical for my goals which was confirmed on site by Jared and his crew from Cinema5D who were doing a great job but working their asses off – I’m too old for that and life is too short.
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