Summary of QuickPan
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User’s guide - v1.4 - feb 2007 quickpan panoramic tripod head ®.
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Quickpan panoramic tripod head overview thank you for purchasing a kaidan quickpan panoramic tripod head. This manual is designed to help you understand how to use your quick- pan to create quality panoramas. This document will be revised from time to time and updated versions can be down load ed fr...
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The quickpan family twin-axis adapter the twin-axis adapter is designed to sup port most dig i tal and fi lm cam er as that are equipped with fi sheye lens es, or will appeal to those us ers who de- sire two in de pen dent axes of ad just ment. It can be used with either the standard camera bracket or...
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Quickpan rotator base installing detent discs 1) to install or change the detent discs simply loosen the silver thumbscrew on the side of the black rotator hub by turning it in a counter clock wise direction. Do not remove the screw, just turn several times. You do not need to remove the head from t...
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Quickpan rotator base tripod threaded bushing adapter mounting camera bracket 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 tripod if your tripod has a 1/4 inch threaded mount, leave the brass bushing ...
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Standard camera bracket - camera mounting mounting your camera on the stan dard camera bracket to mount your cam era, fi rst se lect the ap pro pri ate slot in the ver ti cal cam era bracket that will best lo cate the tri pod mounting thread on your cam era. You may need to re po si tion the cap tive...
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Mounting your camera on the spherical bracket 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 degrees to mi nus 90 degrees . Mounted on the swing arm i...
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Camera mounting - standard camera bracket mounting your camera on the camera brackets for the standard 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 your particular camera. You may need to re- po si tion the camer...
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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...
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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...
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Nodal point (continued) comes to the fore-aft adjustment, you won’t be able to look through the viewfi nder to determine the proper setting since the viewfi nder is a separate optical path that doesn’t really “see” the same image as the fi lm. Instead, you’ll have to start with the bracket all the way ...
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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 fi eld 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? Stairstepping of images as you progress around the panorama. Stairstepping has nothing to do with the state of the entire head being level with respect to the horizon. This can be corrected by rotating all the images a slight amount in your authoring pr...
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Warranty and product 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 may be trade marks of their re spec tive com pa nies. Pat ents pending. Information in this manual is su...