Before starting up, read this safety notes
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carefully. Pay attention to warnings and
advices in this instruction. When selling
or passing on your Panorama VR-System
PRO II hand over this manual also by all
means.
Never move your Panorama VR-System
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PRO II with mounted camera. The assem-
bly of the camera is always the last step in
front of the scene.
Never open any screw, while not securing
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the camera with the other hand!
When working on the upper panning base,
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always hold the camera in one hand, while
making adjustments with the other hand.
When installing a mounting plate pay
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attention, that both clamps of the quick
release are grabbing at the profile of the
plate. The easiest way to check this, is to
exert pressure on the camera slightly, while
verifying if the camera moves.
The upper and the lower panning bases
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have safety pins, to prevent inadvertent
dropping of the equipment. However, this
only works when the locking screws are
open less than a half turn. When sliding
the mounting plates (e.g. to set up nodal
point adjustments) don’t open the lock-
ing screws (7 respectively 12) completely,
but only a fourth turn. This is enough for
a comfortable and safe handling of the
plates.
Safety notes
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Locking screw 7
Safety pin
Clamps
Place the focus on the main subject of the scene. Then turn off the auto focus system.
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Use a fixed white balance such as sunny, cloudy etc. (don’t use automatic white balance,
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otherwise you will have frames with different colors). When taking the pictures in RAW
format you can match the white balance afterwards also.
In the case of longer exposure time, we recommend using a remote cable and - if pos-
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sible - the mirror lockup or live-view function of your SLR camera. Please refer to your
cameras manual.
Last checkup in front of the scene
System leveled to the horizon (verify with the spirit level on the lower panning base)?
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Set panning angle (increment), depending on the focal length?
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Correct values on the lower and upper scale (nodal point adjustment)?
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Set fixed white balance (e.g. sunny)?
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Manual exposure mode?
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Correct exposure (f-stop in the middle range, corresponding exposure time)?
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Focused on the main subject of the scene?
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Auto focus system turned off?
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Fine adjustment
To maximize the stability of the entire system the up-
per panning base should be positioned as low as pos-
sible, but allow the camera to swing through, with the
longest lens in nodal point position mounted. This is
important for shooting the zenith for a spherical pan-
orama.
At the backside of the upper panning base PAN-
ORAMA VR II (5) (see fig. on the right) and the in-
ner surface oft the L-bracket (9) there is a guide rail
system. Due to this you can shift the panning base up
and down without new side adjustment. Mount the
camera with the lens, that has the longest nodal point
distance and set up this nodal point distance. Open
the fixing screw with an Allen key® or coin, shift the
panning base to the optimal height and tighten the fix-
ing screw again.
Advice
When doing the adjustment, ask a second person for help by all means! Open and tighten
the fixing screw, while your assistant is holding the camera safe from falling.
Shooting
the zenith
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