CineMoco Documentation v1.0 Table of Contents 1 Intro..................4 2 Hardware................4 3 The Cycle................5 4 User Interface and Navigation..........6 4.1 The Status Bar.............7 5 Modes - Menu Style...............8 5.1 Quick................8 5.2 Advanced..............8 6 Modes - Movement Style............8 7 Quick Mode Screens and Settings.........9 7.1 The Main Screen............9...
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CineMoco Documentation v1.0 Run................12 8.2 The Settings Screens..........13 General..............13 Camera..............14 Motor...............15 Extra Features............16 Notes on Extra Features...........17 9 Credits and Release Notes...........18 10 Revision History...
Hardware Included in the Cinemoco package is a custom made driver board, with a 128x64 graphic LCD screen, and a 12v Lithium polymer battery all tied up into a neat little package. Below are diagrams explaining all the hardware features of the system:...
The Cycle The way cinemoco works can be described as a cycle. When you set up a shoot you tell cinemoco how long the camera will expose, how far (or fast) to move the motor, and the interval between shots.
This means the interval between shots is the minimum cycle length, but not necessarily the maximum cycle length. User interface and navigation There are two types of screens in the cinemoco system: the main screen and menu screens. Every screen in the software is divided into three sections. | Status Bar...
CineMoco Documentation v1.0 To adjust settings use the right navigation arrow to move from the setting name to the setting value. Once the value is highlighted use the up and down navigation arrows to adjust it, and use the left navigation arrow to move back to the setting name when finished.
Run allows you to set up based on the time it will take to shoot the entire program and the desired playback time, and the total distance traveled by the dolly; with these settings CineMoco will au- tomatically calculate the elements of individual cycles.
CineMoco Documentation v1.0 Quick Mode Screens and Settings 7|1 The Main Screen | INTERVAL | DISTANCE/SPEED The user-defined cycle length. See section 3 for The total distance traveled during a cycle (sms, more information. stopm modes). The speed of the motor (continuous mode).
CineMoco Documentation v1.0 7|2 The Settings Screen | MOVE STYLE | CAMERA TYPE Changes the way the way a motor will move Must set for your specific camera type. In our during a cycle. shoot-move-shoot, stop motion, experience Canon cameras will work with either and continuous are the three options.
CineMoco Documentation v1.0 Advanced Mode Screens and Settings 8|1 The Main Screens • Cycle | INTERVAL | DISTANCE/SPEED The user-defined cycle length. See section 3 for The total distance traveled during a cycle (sms, more information. stopm modes). The speed of the motor (continuous mode).
CineMoco Documentation v1.0 • Run | TOTAL DISTANCE | EXPOSURE Distance traveled by the camera over the whole Shutter speed of the camera NOTE: can be program. used to trigger the camera in manual mode, or adjust the exposure time in bulb mode.
8|2 The Settings Screens The advanced menu gives you access to a more expansive group of settings to tailor your cinemoco to move exactly as you’d like. In addition to these extra settings, there are two advanced features for users: HDR shooting and Bulb Ramping (bramping).
CineMoco Documentation v1.0 | CHAIN STATUS | INFO sets the CineMoco to either master or slave for displays version info and developer credits. daisy chaining ***This feature is an ongoing Home/Play button shows information. development*** | RESET DATA made a lot of changes, and don’t want to have to go change them all back? use this to return everything to defaults.
CineMoco Documentation v1.0 • Motor (MOT) | MOVE STYLE | RAMPING changes the way the way This value is defining the amount of steps your motor will accelerate and decelerate through a motor movement phase. This is set as a motor will move during a cycle.
CineMoco Documentation v1.0 | SET HOME sets the current position of the motor as home position | POST DELAY | CONTINUOUS RAMP this delay is usually used to let the dolly settle enables or disables motor ramping for continuous down after motor movement to avoid vibrations motor movement style • Extra Features (EXT)
(from shadow to highlights) than is possible with a single photograph. Using the HDR mode on CineMoCo one can take the shots necessary for HDR, however image processing software is required to make the final image.
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