Safety References - NOVOFLEX VR-SYSTEM SLIM Manual

Safety references:

• Before starting up, read these safety references carefully. Pay attention
to warnings and advices in this instruction. When selling or passing on your
Panorama VR-System Slim, please include the manual also by all means.
• Never move your Panorama VR-System Slim with mounted camera. The as-
sembly of the camera is always the last step in the set-up.
• When working on the upper quick release (2), always hold the camera in
one hand, while making adjustments with the other hand. The upper quick
release (2) has a safety pin, to prevent inadvertent dropping of the equipment.
However, this only works when the locking screw (1) is open less than a half
turn. When sliding the camera plate (4) (e.g. to set up nodal point adjustments)
don't open the locking screws (1) completely, but only a 1/4 turn. This is
enough for a comfortable and safety handling.
• Never open any screw, while not holding the camera with the other hand!
• When installing a camera-plate (4) pay attention, that both clamps of the quick
release (2) are grabbing at the profile of the plate. The easiest way to check
this, is to exert pressure on the camera slightly, while verifying if the camera
moves.
• The lower angle locking screw (9) should be open any time, except you are
working in the stepless position of the increment selector lever (10) and want
to fix the current position e.g. when taking long exposures. Never turn the
system by force when the angle locking screw is tightened. This could
damage your Panorama VR-System Slim!
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4
2
Savety Pin
Clamp
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Tip:
When using a camera, whose sensor size is not listed in the table, convert the focal
length into the full-frame value using the cameras „crop factor". After that, use the
column for full-frame sensor in the table.
The following chart shows the possible increments using „multi-clicks". On this
basis, you can create your own finely tuned table for your lenses.
Lever 2x click 3x click
16 (22.5°)
8 (45°)
30 (12°)
15 (24°) 10 (36°)
36 (10°) 18 (20°) 12 (30°)
48 (7.5°) 24 (15°) 16 (22.5°)
Experimental increments determination
Not having your increments table at hand in front of the scene, you can determine
the horizontal panning angle by trial and error visually.
Try "mulit-clicks" as well. When using too small increments, the object will appear
not in the left, but rather in the middle area after panning clockwise. Try a larger
one (smaller number n).
Define a vertical tilting angle
When taking a multi-row panorama you tilt the
camera around a specific vertical angle between
the single rows, using the upper rotator (6). This
joint has stops every 10°. The most common tilting
angles, 30°, 50° and 90° are marked with lines.
4x click 5x click
4 (90°)
6 (60°)
9 (40°)
Search for a remarkable object in
the right area of the view-finder.
Pan the system clockwise to the
next click-stop. When you see the
object now in the left area of the
view-finder, the selected incre-
ment was right. If you don't see
the object, the increment was too
large, select a smaller one (great-
er number n) and try again.
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