Fanotec MECHA C1, User Manual

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MECHA User’s Guide v.06 ‒ Dual Axis
© 2021 FANOTEC
● Place a sheet of paper in front of MECHA in such way to fill the frame.
The frame can be viewed through viewfinder or through the live view.
Instead of the sheet of paper, any well
defined feature or image on a screen,
or other means, can be used. A gray
sheet of paper will work best for
exposure purposes as well.
● The camera and lens must be set the
same as for shooting the actual
panorama.
● Enter the 31< code. After entering the
code, MECHA waits for two quick
presses of the power button,
P
, as
follows:
○ the first – in order to trigger the
camera
○ and the second – after the camera
was triggered.
● After that, MECHA will rotate slowly to the right and wait for another
press of the power button ,
P
, right after the sheet of paper is out of
the camera's frame.
● Then MECHA will go back to the initial position and start to slowly tilt
down and, again, wait for
another press of the power button ,
P
,
when the sheet of paper is out of the camera's view.
● Then MECHA will go back to the initial position, and
● the LEDs 1, 2 and 3, under the battery symbol, will start flashing, and
MECHA waits (
15 seconds ) for one of the
1
,
2
, or
3
buttons to be
pressed, to assign the computed preset to that particular button. To
cancel the assignment, the power button,
P
, can be pressed instead.
If MECHA is unable to compute a pattern using the feedback received from
pressing the power button (mostly caused by too small intervals), on the
display will be shown ” !!! ” , which indicates that nothing has changed.
To execute the panorama computed by MECHA, make sure the upper rail is
in the level position, and press the button to which you have assigned the
panorama, then press either the left or right button.