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QuickPan Panoramic Tripod Head Overview

Thank you for purchasing a Kaidan 
QuickPan Panoramic Tripod Head. 
This manual is designed to help you 
understand how to use your Quick-
Pan to create quality panoramas. This 
document will be revised from time 
to time and updated versions can be 
down load ed from the QuickPan page 
on the Kaidan web site.

QuickPan Overview

The  QuickPan family is built around a 
stur dy and precise Ro ta tor Base with 
interchangable in dex ing ClickDiscs. 
There are several camera brackets 
that slide and lock onto the Rotator 
Base. The QuickPan IV rotator design 
supersedes the QuickPan III rotator 
and uses a new fl at detent disc design.

A panoramic tri pod 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 ori en ta tion, positions 
the cam era so that it ro tates 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 and Panoramic Photography

QuickPan Rotator with Optional Twin-Axis Adapter and Standard Camera Bracket

Summary of Contents for QuickPan

Page 1: ...User s Guide V1 4 Feb 2007 QuickPan Panoramic Tripod Head...

Page 2: ...lickDiscs There are several camera brackets that slide and lock onto the Rotator Base The QuickPan IV rotator design supersedes the QuickPan III rotator and uses a new at detent disc design A panorami...

Page 3: ...lling 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 avai...

Page 4: ...bly 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 be used to position the spring plunger...

Page 5: ...t right Use the spare outer hole to store the brass bushing when you re using the 3 8 inch thread That way you won t lose the bushing To mount your camera bracket onto the rotator loosen the clamp lev...

Page 6: ...al 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...

Page 7: ...the bracket There are camera mounting shoes at shaped and lugs triangle shaped Spherical Camera Bracket Camera Mounting that are provided for you to help locate and position the camera These are also...

Page 8: ...enter your lens over the pivot point is ac complished by loosening the clamp lever and sliding the camera bracket in and out of the slider Be sure to tighten the clamp lever to lock the bracket in pla...

Page 9: ...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 10: ...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 11: ...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 12: ...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 13: ...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 14: ...apes Both of the aforementioned items are copyrighted and subject to the laws concerningintellectualproperty Kaidanwillreplacedefectivesoftware videotapesfree ofchargeuponreturnreceiptofdefectiveitem...

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