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User’s guide - v0.9 - 27 june 2002 quickpan iii panoramic tripod head.
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Quickpan iii panoramic tripod head overview thank you purchasing a kaidan quickpan iii panoramic tripod head. This manual is designed to help you understand how to use your quickpan iii to create quality panoramas. This document will be revised from time to time and updated versions can be downloade...
Page 3: The Quickpan III Family
The quickpan iii family twin-axis camera bracket the twin-axis camera bracket is designed to support most digital and film cameras that are equipped with fisheye lenses, or for those users who desire or appreciate two independent slid- ing and locking axes of adjustment. The two in- dependent axes o...
Page 4: The Quickpan III Family
The quickpan iii family pro quick release camera bracket the pro quick release camera bracket is designed to support most digital and film cameras that are equipped with fisheye lenses, or for those users who desire or appreciate two independent sliding and lock- ing axes of adjustment with the conv...
Page 5: Rotator Base
Rotator base installing indexing rings 1) slide the indexing ring onto the rotator base from the bot- tom, keeping the portion of the indexing ring with the degree la- bel facing up until it makes con- tact with the brass plunger. The brass plunger will eventually snap into the hole that in the side...
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Standard camera bracket - camera mounting mounting your camera on the standard camera bracket to mount your camera, first select the appropriate slot in the vertical cam- era bracket that will best locate the tri- pod mounting thread on your camera. You may need to reposition the cap- tive camera kn...
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Mounting your camera on the spherical bracket the spherical camera mounting bracket has a rotating swing arm which is held into position by large black locking knob. The knob allows you to position the arm and your camera from plus 90 ° to minus 90 ° . Mounted on the swing arm is an adjust- able cam...
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Twin-axis camera bracket - camera mounting mounting your camera on the twin-axis camera bracket select the appropriate slot in the bracket that will best locate the tripod mounting thread on your particular camera. You may need to reposition the camera knob to another slot in or- der to achieve this...
Page 9: Nodal Point
Nodal point this is one of the most frequently asked questions when it comes to stitcher-based panorama creation. Once you understand the basics, you’ll be able to easily locate the nodal point for any camera and lens combination. Simply put, the nodal point is the point inside your camera where the...
Page 10: Nodal Point (Continued)
Nodal point (continued) step 2: fore-aft adjustment this step is most easily accomplished out of doors. Find a vertical edge or line, such as a doorway or edge of a building. Position your camera and tripod about 2-1/2 feet away, or as close as possible with the edge still in focus when you look thr...
Page 11: Nodal Point (Continued)
Nodal point (continued) the proper setting since the viewfinder is a separate optical path that doesn’t really “see” the same image as the film. Instead, you’ll have to start with the bracket all the way to the front and take pairs of test shots. Each pair will have the vertically aligned objects in...
Page 12: Shooting Panoramas
Shooting panoramas how much overlap? The amount you turn the camera for each shot varies. It is dependent on a number of factors such as the field of view (the angle) of your camera and lens, as well as which program you intend to use. For example, in their quicktime vr authoring studio, apple recom...
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Shooting panoramas (continued) how do i begin? You can also shim the camera/head to compensate for such misalignment errors as well. A few layers of tape is usually all that it takes. Let me also reiterate what's not as important as some people think. The overall level of the head/camera is not as c...
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Warranty and product return information copyright © 2002 kaidan, inc. All rights reserved. First edition, june 2002. Quickpan is a trademark of kaidan, inc. Other products mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. Patents pending. Information in this manual is subject to chan...