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III. BALANCING YOUR GIMBAL
We recommend you have your camera and accessories (i.e. filter, batteries, etc.) mounted
before
balancing
the gimbal. If your lens has an adjustable zoom, set the zoom to the desired position before
balancing.
Before balancing your camera, please make sure it is secured on top of the flash mount bracket. Vibration
may occur if the camera is not tightly secured to top and bottom of the camera tray. There are 2 ways to
mount the flash lock on the top bracket, either below or above for more clearance. Figure on left is for camera
that needs additional clearance and figure on right is for smaller camera. You do not need to change the
position of this bracket unless absolutely needed.
There are 3 axis that need to be adjusted to ensure proper operation for the gimbal. They include the
horizontal and vertical tilt, roll balance, and pan balance. There is also an instructional video for balancing at
http://www.turboace.com/allsteady-6-manual.aspx
STEP 1: HORIZONTAL TILT
Balancing your gimbal horizontally (or front-to-back) is the first step to keep your camera level. Users must
consider that in order to achieve this goal, the camera and Tilt Axis need to be level. Since this is the first step,
please note that the gimbal has not yet been balanced vertically for the Tilt Axis. With this being said, it can
be assumed that it will only be possible to verify the horizontal tilt to be balanced once the camera and Tilt
Axis are level. If the camera is situated too high or too low with respect to the Tilt Axis, it can easily obscure
the issue of the horizontal tilt being imbalanced. Please follow the directions below:
