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    Contents QuickStart Guide  p/nLIT -804000 The Tif fen Com pany ,90 Ose rA ven ue, Haup paug e,N ewY ork1 1788 •6 31-2 73-2 500 •80 0-64 5-25 22• www .tif fen. com TiffenSteadicamOperations,Glendale,CA•818-843-4600•1-800-593-3331•www .steadicam.com Pilot [...]

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    2 3 Pilot ™ Sled The Pilot ™ Sled stage gimbal Camera mounting plate Pilot ™ Backpac k (With integrated MERLIN™ storage pocket.) Included accessories Front:2.1mmDCpowerjack(center pinpositive). Suppliesvoltagedir ectly frombatteries.11-17Vforlithium batteries,12.5Vforrechar geable?[...]

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    4 5 Balance Static Balance Dynamic Balance Attaching the camera The docking brac k et and balancing stud First, find your camera’ s center of gravity . T ry balancing it on something round like a pencil both fore and aft and side to side. Then, attach the center of the camera mounting plate 1/4” to 1/2” forward of the camera’ s fore and af[...]

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    6 7 V est&Arm As shown in the left photo, set the upper “side to side” adjustment to two to three turns out, and the bottom screw all the way in. socketblockheight adjustmentandspar lengthadjustment armpost doubleaction hinge socket spring releasepin Upperarmsection weight adjustment kno[...]

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    8 9 V est&Arm Putting on the v est The vest should be tight and not slip on your body . The front spar should be vertical. The vest should be long enough to engage your hip bones, but not so long that you can’t lift your leg without disturbing the vest. Setting the arm’ s lift Y ou mu st be carr ying the sled to a djust the arm li ft.[...]

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    10 11 W eightKit& T elescopingPost No weights. All weights up, gimbal closer to camera. Weights up with post extended, more inertia. No weights, post extend- ed, gain lens height and more inertia in tilt and roll, but no increase in pan. Use the telescoping post and the weight kit to increase inertia (improve stability) and/or to mo[...]

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    12 13 Monitors The 5.8” 4:3/16:9 monitor accepts both P AL and NTSC signals and it has two video inputs.The monitor operates on a nominal 12V . Th e m enu sc re en s c ycl e w ith th e m en u but ton , a nd the re are c on tro ls for br igh tne ss , co ntr ast , c ol or , t in t, ho riz ont al and fli p im age (g ood fo r l ow mod e op era tin g[...]

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    14 15 Accessories& PartNumbers P/N Description FFR-000045 ENDURACHARGER,PORT ABLE,SINGLECHANNEL FFR-000046 ENDURAE7-SLI-IONBA TTER Y ,71WHV -MOUNT BA TTER YP ACK FFR-000048 ENDURAE-7SST ARTERKIT MSC-200503 MONITORUNIVERSALACADAPTER,12VX1A 078-5238-01 BACKP ACK,PILOT 078-739[...]