Mount Your Camera And Lens - GigaPan Epic Pro User Manual

2.4 Mount your camera and lens

Use these steps below to mount your camera and lens on the EPIC Pro. Refer to the EPIC
Pro diagram and part names in Chapter 1.2 as you follow these steps.
1. Turn the EPIC Pro on by pressing and holding the OK button for one to two seconds.
2. Level the camera rail by pressing the down button until the 'Move Camera' menu
item is selected. Press OK.
3. Use the up and down arrows to move the camera rail to a level position,
approximately even and parallel to the base of the EPIC Pro.
4. To remove the camera mounting plate from the camera rail, find the small silver pin
at the front of the camera mounting plate. Turn the small silver pin clockwise and
then rotate the camera mounting plate lever clockwise. Then remove the camera
mounting plate.
5. Mount either the camera body or the lens mount to the camera mounting plate.
Larger lenses have a mount because a camera body is not able to support the mass
and size of the lens.
6. Re-attach the camera mounting plate to the camera rail with the lens and camera
attached. Ensure that it is securely fastened.
7. Loosen the camera rail by turning the camera rail adjustment knob underneath the
rail clockwise.
8. Slide the camera rail so that the mass of the camera and lens is centered over the
axii of rotation so that the EPIC Pro can easily move the lens and is less susceptible to
external forces such as wind or vibration from vehicles. If you are photographing
subjects that are closer with a medium to small mass lens you may opt to adjust
the lens so that the optical center is centered at the axii of rotation. This choice
affects the adjustment of the rail forward or backward. It does not effect the height
adjustment, which will be adjusted to the center of the lens or as close as possible.
Camera mounting plate lever
Small silver latch
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