7 Balance
First, place the Artemis onto the docking stand. Be sure that
the knurled fixing nut of the handle is locked tightly. The front-
back balancing unit should be in a near middle position to allow
fine adjustment later.
After mounting the camera plate to the bottom side of the
camera, place the camera onto the side-to-side unit and screw
the two knurled knobs (A) (in longitudinal direction) in opposite
way to move the triangular brackets close to the camera wedge.
Pay attention not to release hands from camera until it is
locked safely! Double check to avoid damage!
A first coarse adjustment of the equipment can be done by
unlocking the knurled fixing nut of the handle and moving the
system longitudinally until it is balanced roughly.
To adjust the system to a perfect front-back balance, take each
of the both front-back balancing knobs ( A) with one hand, the
same direction relatively to the balancing system. Double
check to be sure the camera plate doesn´t come lose.
In a last step you have to restore the right-left balance of the
system. Use the right-left adjusting knobs (B) to achieve the
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