GigaPan Epic Pro User Manual page 11

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GigaPan User Guide
Expert Options Submenu
Checklist - If this option is set to ON, a checklist of things that need to be done in order to
successfully create a technically good image are presented to the user before the panorama
is taken. Selecting OFF will eliminate these prompts.
Shutter Mode - Allows you to choose how the unit will operate your camera's shutter. The
settings are Remote or Manual. The Remote setting will use the electronic trigger cable to
connect the EPIC Pro to the remote shutter port on your camera. If the Manual method is
used, the user must manually actuate the shutter and press the OK button on the EPIC Pro
to advance to the next photograph.
Shutter Length - When using autofocus with difficult subjects this setting allows you to
incrementally increase the amount of time that the focus signal is asserted to achieve good
focus. You can set the value to {Time per pic, 0.5s, 0.6s, ..., 2.0s, 2.2s, ..., 4.0s, 4.5s, ..., 8.0s}. If
the Shutter Length setting exceeds the Time per Pic setting the Shutter Length setting will
be used. This allows you to fine tune the amount of time needed to achieve good focus
separately from how much time your camera needs to sustainably write images to the
Flash memory without filing up the cameras buffer memory.
Motor Speed - Options are Slow, Med, or Fast. It is recommended that you use the Slow
setting when using large lenses to reduce the settling time after accelerating and de-
accelerating a large lens.
Motor Rigid The On setting will help hold large lenses in position when you are not in a
Move mode, or actively capturing a panorama.
Pre-trigger Delay {0.0s, 0.5s, 1.0s, 1.5s, 2.0s, 2.5s, 3.0s} This delay is between the EPIC Pro
movements and the electronic trigger signal to your camera. This allows a lens and camera
body to settle after an EPIC Pro movement. This is especially important for large and longer
focal length lenses.
Backlight Mode This setting allows you to choose when the back light is in use. The options
are Power Save, Always Off, Always On.
Aspect Ratio The options are 1:1, 2:3, 4:3, 16:9. The default setting is 4:3 (4 units wide to 3
units tall).
Picture Overlap {25%, 30%, 35%, 40%, 45%, 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%,} This setting
allows you to increase the overlap to compensate for vignetting, or poor performance of a
lens at the edges of the glass. Increasing this value may help give the stitch software more
common area to find control points. The EPIC Pro default picture overlap is 30%.