110
g
Lightweight
Compact
Click Stops
Strong Nylon
360° x 180°
Panorama
3 4
6 8
ULTRALIGHT PANOHEAD
for Yasuhara Madoka E +7°
TOMSHOT360.COM EAN: 0700814123031 MPN: YAS-ME+7 MADE IN GERMANY
Assembly Instructions
1. Set Aperture & Focus
Find the best focus for objects at 3 meters to 30 meters, while aperture is widest @
f4. If shooting landscapes such as mountains, focus on an object half the distance
to the mountains. Then set aperture to a higher value, f8 is recommended.
Aperture lower than f5.6 have softer edges and shallow focus range, while
aperture higher than f11 have sharper edges and softer centers.
2. Insert Lens into Panohead
First, remove the clamping screw. (a)
a) Remove the clamping screw before inserting the lens. Attach again after. Finger tighten only.
Then insert the lens only from the back of the panohead. Apply light force to
open the ring, only as wide as necessary for insertion, by pressing your thumb
into the gap. (b)
(b) Insert lens only from the front of panohead. Do not insert from the opposite side. Remove from
the same side.
Then push the lens forward until it touches the contact point. This position is the
no-parallax-point or nodal point at the horizon for 3 and 4 rotations. (c)
3. Align, Check Lens Settings, & Clamp
Align the lens setting mark, the white line, either to the side viewport for portrait
orientation, or the top viewport for landscape orientation. (d)
(d) Align the mark in the viewport, and check your settings.
Check that the lens settings are as desired. Adjust the focus by pressing your
thumb into the gap so that the aperture ring is not touching the panohead, then
use another fi nger to turn the focus ring from the front. (d)
Insert and tighten the clamping screw, fi nger tight only. (a) Do not overtighten,
or damage may occur. Then attach the camera body, and install panohead on
tripod. It is recommended not to use a ball head, simply attach directly to the
tripod column.
3m
30m or halfway
*Insertion from wrong direction may cause damage. Do not
apply excessive bending. Do not open the ring wider than
7mm wide gap / slot
for insertion. It is normal to have a 2
to 3mm gap when assembled.
Insert Direction*
Lens from back of panohead
Contact Point
Front of focus ring (c)
Maximum load: 1.2kg
