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Kaidan QuickPan User Manual page 6

Panoramic tripod head

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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 Cam era
Knob. To re move the knob sim ply
slide it along the slot to the end
that has the thread ed hole. Care-
ful ly un screw the knob out of the
thread ed hole, be ing care ful not to
crossthread the knob. Re place the
knob into the ap pro pri ate slot by
re vers ing the pro ce dure.
Note: Al ways keep the off set
por tion of the Ver ti cal Bracket
to wards the rear of the camera.
Next, in stall the knob into the ap-
pro pri ate slot then into the tri pod
mounting hole of your cam era.
Turn the knob into the cam era
until it bot toms out, then turn the
knob clock wise until the cam era is
tight on the Vertical Brack et. Don't
wor ry about get ting the cam era
lev el at this time, as this is a task
you'll need to do when you're
ready to shoot.
Standard Camera Bracket
Standard Camera Bracket
on the QuickPan Rotator
slot
Standard Camera Bracket
Standard Camera Bracket
The left-right adjustment to center
your lens over the pivot point is
ac com plished by loosening the
clamp lever and sliding the bracket.
Be sure to tighten the clamp lever
to lock the brack et in place. Note:
To loosen the clamp lever grab
the lever and turn clockwise to
tighten and counterclockwise to
loosen. The lever part of the clamp
lever is spring-loaded and can be
repositioned by pulling outwards
against spring pressure and moved
clockwise or counterclockwise.
The fore-aft adjustment is made
by loosening the camera knob
and slid ing the camera along the
slot. There are camera adjustment
shoes and lugs to locate your
camera on the bracket and to help
position the camera along the slot.
These devices will also make it
easy to remove and replace your
cam era when you use it for other
tasks.

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