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Twin-Axis Camera Bracket - Camera Mounting

Mounting your camera on the Twin-Axis Camera Bracket

Select the appropriate slot in the
bracket that will best locate the tripod
mounting thread on your particular
camera. You may need to reposition
the camera knob to another slot in or-
der to achieve this. To remove the knob
simply slide the knob along the slot to
the end that has the threaded hole.
Carefully unscrew the knob out of the
threaded hole, being careful not to
crossthread the knob. Replace the
knob into the appropriate slot by re-
versing the procedure.

The camera knob is a two piece knob,
with a inner and outer knob. Before in-
stalling the camera knob in the
bracket, turn the inner knob clockwise
into the outer knob until it won’t turn
anymore. Next install the knob into
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
outer knob clockwise until the camera
is tight on the bracket. Don’t worry
about getting the camera level at this
time, as this is a task you’ll need to do
when you’re ready to shoot.

The left-right adjustment to center
your lens over the pivot point is accom-
plished by loosening the purple knob
and sliding the camera bracket in and
out of the slider. Be sure to tighten the
knob to lock the bracket in place.

The fore-aft adjustment is made by
loosening the other purple knob on the
slider and then moving the entire as-
sembly along the arm of the Rotator
Base.

There are camera adjustment shoes
and lugs (shown at left) to help locate
your camera on the bracket and to
help position the camera along the
slot. These devices will also make it
easy to remove and replace your cam-
era when you use it for other tasks.

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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