Finsihed working on the updated head for the Merlin over the weekend. I wanted to be able to use my Canon 5dmk 2 so the camera needed to be closer to the side of the Merlin.


The original mount was trimmed down to 17mm high and a Manfrotto slide mount was then bolted to the head using 3mm x 16mm bolts.Then a hole was milled to allow access to the mounting bolt hole so I could use a socket to tighten the bolts when reassembling the head.

The finished head modifications with M3 bolts fitted.

Merlin panohead reassembled with the new slide mount and checking for vertical alignment using a 50mm canon lens.

Got a few more photos on my blog on http://www.briandorey.com/post/Merlin-P … -Mk-2.aspx