Kaidan QuickPan QuickPan Panoramic Tripod Head User Manual Download Page 2

QuickPan III / IV Panoramic Tripod Head Overview

Thank you for purchasing a Kaidan 
QuickPan III / IV Panoramic Tripod 
Head. This manual is designed to help 
you understand how to use your 
QuickPan III / IV to create quality 
panoramas. This document will be re-
vised from time to time and updated 
versions can be downloaded from the 
QuickPan III / IV  page on the Kaidan 
web site.

QuickPan III / IV Overview

The  QuickPan III / IV family is built 
around a sturdy and precise Rotator 
Base with interchangable indexing 
ClickDiscs (or rings QP-III). There 
are several camera brackets that slide 
and lock onto the Rotator Base. The 
QuickPan IV rotator design super-
sedes the QuickPan III rotator and 
uses a new flat detent disc design.

A panoramic tripod head makes it 
easy to capture a sequence of photos 
that are stitched to form a complete 
panoramic image. It holds the camera 
in the portrait orientation, positions 
the camera so that it rotates around  
the optical center or nodal point of 
the lens and provides a repeatable 
and adjustable click-stop indexing 
mechanism.

Welcome to the Kaidan QuickPan III / IV and Panoramic Photography

QuickPan IV Rotator with Optional Twin-Axis Adapter and Compact Camera Bracket

Summary of Contents for QuickPan QuickPan Panoramic Tripod Head

Page 1: ...User s Guide V1 2 12 Jan 2005 QuickPan Panoramic Tripod Head...

Page 2: ...dexing ClickDiscs or rings QP III There are several camera brackets that slide and lock onto the Rotator Base The QuickPan IV rotator design super sedes the QuickPan III rotator and uses a new at dete...

Page 3: ...g the same functions as the Standard Camera Bracket You can also use the Spherical Camera Bracket for shooting single row cylinders as well An optionalArca Quick Release Camera Plate is also available...

Page 4: ...lower portion of the black Indexing Ring there is gold colored pin visible through the hole in the side Insert the tip of a ball point pen or a pa per clip end into the hole and push the gold pin inwa...

Page 5: ...bly into the Rotator Hub Push the as sembly down into the hub to fully engage and collapse the plunger then tighten the thumbscrew Adjusting the Force of the Spring Plunger The screw shown at left can...

Page 6: ...the brass bushing in the center hole in the bottom of the rotator as shown at right 3 8 inch Tripod If your tripod has 3 8 inch threaded mount remove the brass bushing by unscrewing it in a counterclo...

Page 7: ...o the outer knob until it won t turn anymore Next install the knob into the ap propriate slot then into the tripod mounting hole of your camera Turn the inner knob into the cam era until it bottoms ou...

Page 8: ...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 inline with the center of the...

Page 9: ...f 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 ti...

Page 10: ...urn 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 ri...

Page 11: ...osition 12 shots 18 Position 9 shots 14 Position 7 shots By triple clicking skipping over two positions you can index your QuickPan L accordingly 24 Position 8 shots 18 Position 6 shots 14 Position N...

Page 12: ...open eye Rock your head from side to side Notice how your nger 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 noda...

Page 13: ...her 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 move with respect to each other as you rotate the pan from...

Page 14: ...objects in the left and then the right side of the view nder After each pair of photos slide the bracket rearward and repeat the process Slide the bracket the same increment each time i e 10mm Be sur...

Page 15: ...help keep the camera from exing Proper leveling is important and often misunderstood When it comes to leveling there are two things that are fairly important With multirow panoramas i e Stitcher the i...

Page 16: ...n plane you can tilt or position the entire head so that it s not level to the horizon and it won t affect the image Now it might produce a panorama that is tilted with respect to the horizon but that...

Page 17: ...eotapes Both of the aforementioned items are copyrighted and subject to the laws concerningintellectualproperty Kaidanwillreplacedefectivesoftware videotapesfree ofchargeuponreturnreceiptofdefectiveit...

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