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Kaidan V1.4 manual

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  • Page 1

    User’ s Guide - V1.4 - F eb 2007 QuickPan Panoramic T ripod Head ®[...]

  • Page 2

    QuickPan Panoramic T ripod Head Ov er vie w Thank you f or purchasing a Kaidan QuickPan Panoramic T ripod Head. This manual is designed to help y ou understand how to use y our Quick- Pan to create quality panoramas. This document will be re vised from time to time and updated versions can be down load ed from the QuickPan page on the Kaidan web si[...]

  • Page 3

    The QuickPan Family T win-Axis Adapter The T win-Axis Adapter is designed to sup port most dig i tal and fi lm cam er as that are equipped with fi she ye lens es, or will appeal to those us ers who de- sire tw o in de pen dent axes of ad just ment. It can be used with either the Standard Camera Brack et or with the Compact Camera Brack et. The tw[...]

  • Page 4

    QuickPan Rotator Base Installing Detent Discs 1) T o install or change the Detent Discs simply loosen the silver thumbscr ew on the side of the black Rotator Hub by turning it in a counter clock wise direction. Do not remov e the scre w , just turn sev eral times. Y ou do not need to remov e the head from the tripod. 2) Once the thumbscre w is loos[...]

  • Page 5

    QuickPan Rotator Base T ripod threaded bushing adapter Mounting camer a brack et The QuickPan III / IV Rotator Bases comes with a tripod adapter bushing which ac- commodates both 1/4 inch and 3/8 inch tri pod mounts. 1/4 inch T ripod If your tripod has a 1/4 inch thr eaded mount, lea ve the brass bushing in the center hole in the bot tom of the rot[...]

  • Page 6

    Standar d Camera Brack et - Camera Mounting Mounting your camera on the Stan dard Camer a Br ac k et T o mount your cam era, fi rst se lect the ap pro pri ate slot in the V er ti cal Cam era Bracket that will best lo cate the tri pod mounting thread on your cam era. Y ou ma y need to re po si tion the Cap tive Cam era Knob. T o re move the knob si[...]

  • Page 7

    Mounting your camera on the Spherical Brack et The Spherical Camera Mounting Brack et has a ro tat ing swing arm which is held into po si tion by large black locking knob. The knob al lows you to po si tion the arm and your camera from plus 90 degr ees to mi nus 90 degrees . Mounted on the swing arm is an ad just able camera mount. This mount can b[...]

  • Page 8

    Camera Mounting - Standar d Camera Brack et Mounting your camera on the camer a br ac k ets For the Standar d Camera Bracket, shown at right, select the ap pro pri ate slot in the brack et that will best lo cate the tri pod mounting thread on y our particular camera. Y ou may need to r e- po si tion the camera knob to another slot in or der to achi[...]

  • Page 9

    Nodal P oint This is one of the most frequentl y ask ed questions when it comes to stitcher -based panorama cr eation. Once you understand the basics, you’ll be able to easil y locate the nodal point for an y camera and lens combination. Simply put, the nodal point is the point inside your camera wher e the light ra ys conv erge and fl ip ov er [...]

  • Page 10

    Nodal P oint (continued) Step 2: Fore-Aft Adjustment This step is most easily accomplished out of doors. Find a vertical edge or line, such as a doorwa y or edge of a building. Position y our camera and tripod about 2-1/2 feet a wa y , or as close as possible with the edge still in focus when y ou look through the viewfi nder . If y ou’ re using[...]

  • Page 11

    Nodal P oint (continued) comes to the For e-Aft adjustment, you w on’ t be able to look thr ough the viewfi nder to determine the pr oper setting since the viewfi nder is a separate optical path that doesn’ t reall y “see” the same image as the fi lm. Instead, you’ll ha v e to star t with the brack et all the wa y to the front and tak [...]

  • Page 12

    Shooting Panoramas How much Ov erlap? The amount you turn the camera f or each shot varies. It is dependent on a number of factors such as the fi eld of vie w (the angle) of your camera and lens, as w ell as which pr ogram you intend to use. For example , in their QuickTime VR Authoring Studio, Apple recommended that the images should ov erlap by [...]

  • Page 13

    Shooting Panoramas (contin ued) How do I begin? stairstepping of images as you pr ogr ess ar ound the panorama. Stairstepping has nothing to do with the state of the entire head being lev el with respect to the horizon. This can be corr ected by r otating all the images a slight amount in your authoring pr ogram. Y ou can also shim the camera/head [...]

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    W arranty and Pr oduct Return In for ma tion Copyright © 2007 Kaidan, Inc. All Rights Re served. First Edition, Feb 20027 QuickPan is a trade mark of Kaidan, Inc . Other prod ucts men tioned here in ma y be trade marks of their re spec tive com pa nies. Pat ents Pending. Information in this manual is subject to change with out notice and does not [...]