Can I tell the new metal gimbal from the original gimbal by its appearance?
The Metal gimbal looks almost the same as the original except that several parts are now made of metal and all six bearings are ball-type. The original gimbal (which works very well, by the way) had ball bearings in ‘pan’ (not visible) and the rest were plain bearings. We felt that the metal gimbal would be somewhat stronger for the nearly seven lb camcorders that may be used with the arm and vest. In use, you may not know the difference… the ball bearings have only slightly less friction in tilt and roll than the original. 22. You stated “Move the Merlin dovetail around on the camera base as per manual and video so your grease-pencil ‘mark’ is located under Hole ‘H’.” Does “under the hole H” mean the small locating hole on top of the letter H, or it is the big mounting hole below the letter H? You can put the grease pencil mark under the actual letter (between holes), then find the nearest set of plate holes that match the camera holes.
