Manual
Photo Finish OPTIc2.NET
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If you use the OPTIc2 with a
Tripod F-STATIV6
with a
height of 3.66 m for the camera, you should use a wide
angle lens for a track with 8 lanes. Otherwise you do
not cover all 8 lanes or you are too far away and have
a very flat angle with the runners not being captured
completely.
Wide Angle Lens L8.5 (8.5 mm)
Stadium with 6 Tracks:
Tripod about 1.5 m from the nearest track
Stadium with 8 Tracks:
Tripod about 1.7 m from the nearest track
Finish Line of Athletics Track
The finish line must be painted in
white on the track. At the point
where the track markings cross
each other on the finish line you
must have a black marker (see
drawing). This marker is necessary
so that you see on the monitor the
lanes white and the lane markers
black (if picture set on black and
white mode)
If you have the picture of the track
and markers inverse, you are not
positioned on the finish line. The
camera has an aim to make a
rough adjustment.
You have to make the final ad-
justment on the monitor. For this
adjustment we recommend to set
the camera picture on the PC-
monitor to black and white.