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Rotator Base

Installing
Indexing Rings

1)

 

Slide the Indexing Ring onto

the Rotator Base from the bot-
tom, keeping the portion of the
Indexing Ring with the degree la-
bel facing up until it makes con-
tact with the brass plunger. The
brass plunger will eventually snap
into the hole that in the side of
the Indexing Ring.

 2)

 Rotate the Indexing Ring to

line up the notch on the top of the
Indexing Ring with the black
slanted alignment pin at the top
of the Rotator Base. The pin will
eventually go into the notch.

3)

 Depress the brass plunger and

push up on the Indexing Ring un-
til the brass plunger pops into the
plunger hole and the pin slides
into the notch.

Removing
Indexing Rings

On the lower  portion of the black
Indexing Ring, there is gold col-
ored pin visible through the hole
in the side. Insert the tip of a ball
point pen or a paper clip end into
the hole and push the gold pin in-
ward till the Indexing Ring drops
down, then slide the Indexing
Ring off the Rotator Base.

Adjusting the Force
of the Spring Plunger

The screw, shown at left, can be
used to position the spring
plunger up and down. You can use
a screwdriver (or a coin) to adjust
the indexing or click-stop force.
The spring plunger is set from the
factory, but you may find that you
prefer a harder click-stop action.

Be sure to not overtighten the
plunger so that the metal body of
the plunger would come in con-
tact with the indexing ring. Also
be sure that the plunger is not set
deep enough as this will cause
excessive play in the indexing ac-
tion.

How to install and remove the indexing rings and adjusting the indexing force

Summary of Contents for III

Page 1: ...User s Guide V0 9 27 June 2002 QuickPan III Panoramic Tripod Head...

Page 2: ...sbuiltaround asturdyandpreciseRotatorBasewith interchangable indexing rings There areseveralcamerabracketsthatslide and lock onto the Rotator Base Why do I need a tripod head A panoramic tripod head m...

Page 3: ...evel zerodegrees thusfulfillingthesamefunctions as the Standard Camera Bracket An optional Arca Swiss QuickRelease camera plate is also available Standard Camera Bracket The Standard Camera Bracket is...

Page 4: ...plate Arca Swiss shownatright Thetwoindependentaxesofadjustmentpositionsthe lensinsuchamannersoasnottocaptureanymore of the Rotator Base than necessary When a camera equippedwithacircularfisheyelensis...

Page 5: ...helower portionoftheblack Indexing Ring there is gold col ored pin visible through the hole in the side Insert the tip of a ball pointpen ora paperclip end into theholeandpushthegoldpinin ward till th...

Page 6: ...ntilitwon t turn anymore Next install the knob intotheappropriateslotthenintothe tripodmountingholeofyourcamera Turn the inner knob into the camera until it bottoms out then turn the outerknobclockwis...

Page 7: ...It s important to make sure that the centerline of your camera s lens intersects the pivot axis of the swing arm Since some cameras have tripod mounting threads that are not inlinewiththecenterofthec...

Page 8: ...the appropriate slot then into the tri pod mounting hole of your camera Turn the inner knob into the camera until it bottoms out then turn the outerknobclockwiseuntilthecamera is tight on the bracket...

Page 9: ...eye Rock your head from side to side Notice how your finger moves with respect to the background This relative movement is due to the fact that you re not rotating your head around your eye s nodal po...

Page 10: ...one and another in the viewinder slide the camera fore or aft in order to eliminate this movement Here the telephone pole has moved behind the brick wall left to right Slide the camera to the front or...

Page 11: ...de of the viewfinder After each pair of photos slidethebracketrearwardandrepeat theprocess Slidethebracketthesame increment each time i e 10mm Be sure to record the scale setting for each pair of imag...

Page 12: ...that are fairly important With multirow panoramas i e Stitcher the issue of leveling is less crucial and primarily involves aestethics and placement of the horizon We ll concentrate primarily on cylin...

Page 13: ...ightproduceapanoramathatistilted with respect to the horizon but that might be an artistic choice orsomethingyou want to do on purpose As long as the optical axis is parallel to the rotation plane and...

Page 14: ...tapes Bothoftheaforementioneditemsarecopyrightedandsubjecttothelawscon cerning intellectual property Kaidan will replace defective software videotapes free ofchargeuponreturnreceiptofdefectiveitem s...

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