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December 9th, 2006, 05:40 PM
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Regular Crew
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Kumamoto City, Japan
Posts: 136
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Rebalance your Merlin
Just a short tale of my experience with balancing the Merlin.
When I got my Merlin back in April this year I took quite a bit of time getting the balance correct. Because of the time needed (I knew it would take time) when I got the balance correct I was so happy I then went out to start practicing....... Although I had it balanced I kept getting small problems with yaw etc. Then one day I noticed a fault in my Merlin. I returned it the USA and Tiffen. It was soon back - fixed under guarantee. I rebalanced, this time using the "Exel" spreadsheet on the Tiffen site. I got it balanced - noticing that this time I had entirely different weights and arc-size than before. But it seemed to be easier to control than before. After exchanging an email with Mikko, I changed the settings for a 3rd time. Now the Merlin is perfectly balanced - with little or no side-effects. The moral of my story is: After wrestling with the initial balancing for a few hours and finding what you think is the correct setting - note them - then try again with other settings. It is quite possible that your initial settings were not as perfect as you thought. Hope this makes sense to you! Douglas
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December 9th, 2006, 11:12 PM
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Major Player
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Hamden CT
Posts: 470
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What cam are you using? What is your drop time?
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December 14th, 2006, 02:58 AM
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Trustee
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: London UK
Posts: 1,939
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I had exactly the same problem with my merlin. I was balancing too much to the eye and that is what caused me problems
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