Tiffen Steadicam Fawcett Exovest, Руководство пользователя

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Waist:
1. Remove the front pads. Unthread the VELCRO
®
waistband
straps from rear and the front rollers, on both left and right sides
of the vest, but leave the VELCRO
®
tagged to the center slides.
2. Pull both front plastic waistband slides clear from the rest
of the waistband.
3. On the right-hand side of the waistband, remove the four
screws that attach the plastic waistband slide, and its front
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its screws together.
4. On the left-hand side of the waistband, peel off theVELCRO
®
backing strip behind the silver dovetail wedge, and remove the
2 screws that fasten the silver dovetail wedge and its strike plate
to the abdominal plate. Move the wedge from the left to the
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the dovetail in its original orientation to the vest, but mirror
it left– right. Stick the VELCRO
®
backing strip behind the
dovetail wedge.
5. Screw the original right-hand plastic slide, and its roller,
to the left side of the abdominal plate, using the 4 matching
screws.
Stand up straight!
6. Fit the front slides
into the rear slide assembly,
and rethread the VELCRO
®
straps.
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do this, please seek assistance.
For someone with a little
mechanical experience, it’s 20
minutes work to make a “full
goofy” vest that is still friendly
to regular-side operators.
7. Posture
The Exovest
®
is designed
to work in conjunction with
good operating posture.
Now’s the time to check
your form in a mirror.
Whether walking or standing,
angle yourself approximately
45 degrees to the rig.
Tuck the rig in close to your center-line, and to your
center of gravity.
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in front of you, adjust your fore–aft threads such that, when
looking from the side, you are leaning neither forwards nor
backwards, but are upright, with the center of your shoulder
girdle directly over the center of your pelvic girdle.
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from the front, you are leaning neither left nor right.
Do not allow your head to fall forward, but instead incline
it downwards from the level of the top vertebra of your neck.
This is the joint around which you nod, and is how you
should tilt your head towards the monitor.
Fore more posture information, please download Steadicam
®
Posture from www.steadivision.com/steadipos.html
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