Custom Brackets Yuri Arcurs SteadyPod Instructions For Use

B R A C K E T
Yuri Arcurs SteadyPod
U.S. Patent 6,354,544
Attaching your camera to the CMP
Camera without add on vertical grips or battery packs
Figure #1
Two screws for
mounting CMP
3 - Turn the adjusting screw counterclockwise using a Phillips screwdriver to move the camera
screw plate forward until the camera touches one of the anti-twist posts. Then turn an additional
1/4 turn (make sure camera is facing straight forward).
4 - Tighten the "D" style camera screw completely.
Loosen second anti-twist post (if it is not touching the camera) using the same Allen wrench
5 -
(5/64") and move it until it touches the camera and then tighten.
Camera with add on vertical grips or battery packs
Figure #4
Figure #3
Two screws for
mounting CMP
3 - Remove the "D" style camera screw and install from opposite side as shown.
4 - Attach your camera with lens toward vertical plate. Once the "D" style camera screw is tightened,
loosen 1/2 turn.
5 - Turn the adjusting screw counterclockwise with a Phillips screwdriver to move the camera screw
plate forward until the camera touches the vertical plate. Then turn an additional 1/4 turn.
6 - Tighten the "D" style camera screw completely.
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Adjusting Screw
"D" style camera screw
Camera screw plate
(2) Anti-twist posts
Vertical plate
1 -
Attach the camera plate (CMP) to the bracket
using the two screws (8-32 threads x 1/2" long
socket head) and Allen wrench (5/64") supplied
with your bracket (figure #1).
Attach your camera with lens toward the
2 -
anti-twist posts. Once the "D" style camera
screw is tightened, loosen 1/2 turn (figure #2).
Camera screw plate
"D" style camera screw
Adjusting Screw
1 -
Attach the camera plate (CMP) to the bracket
using the two screws (8-32 threads x 1/2" long
socket head) and Allen wrench (5/64") supplied
with your bracket (figure #3).
2 - Remove the anti-twist posts using the Allen
wrench (5/64") provided with the bracket. Refer
to picture at the top of this page (figure #4).
Attaching the camera quick release (QR-C kit, QR-C, C-SP)
Attach the camera quick release (QR-C) to the bracket using the two screws (8-32 thread x 1/2" long
socket head screw) and Allen wrench (5/64") supplied with your bracket (figure #5)
Attach the camera subplate (C-SP) to the camera mounting plate (CMP) using the two screws
(8-32 threads x 5/16" long socket head screw) supplied with the C-SP and Allen wrench (5/64")
32 Alpha Park
supplied with your bracket per either figure #6 or #7.
Attach your camera per the CMP instructions.
While pushing in the push bar on the QR-C (step 1 in figure #5), slide the C-SP (attached to the CMP)
downwards into the QR-C (attached to the bracket) (step 2 in figure #5). The push bar on the QR-C
needs to be pushed in when attaching and detaching the C-SP.
Figure #2
Push bar
1 - Push the
push bar in
Figure #5
Attach the camera bottom plate (CBP) to the CMP using the two screws (8-32 threads x 1/2" long
socket head screw) supplied with your CBP and Allen wrench (5/64") supplied with your bracket.
Figures #8 and #9 are showing the CMP up-side-down with the CBP attached
CBP attached
to CMP for short
cameras and
cameras without
vertical grips /
battery packs
Attaching the bracket to the tripod quick release (QR)
Attach the bracket to the QR by pushing in the push bar (step 1 in figure #10), and while
holding the push bar in, slide the bracket into the QR from the front (step 2 in figure #10).
Figure #11 shows the bracket in the quick release.
Figure #10
2 - Slide C-SP in
from above
Figure #6
Figure #7
Attaching the camera bottom plate (CBP)
Two screws for
mounting CBP
CBP
CMP
Figure #8
2 - Slide bracket in
from front side
1 - Push in the
push bar
Push Bar
C-SP attached to CMP
for short cameras and
cameras without vertical
grips / battery packs
C-SP attached to CMP
for tall cameras and
cameras with vertical
grips / battery packs
CBP attached
to CMP for tall
cameras and
cameras with
vertical grips /
battery packs
Figure #9
QR
Figure #11