SIRUI GX Series Instructions

Professional Photographic Equipment
GX Series Ball Head
SIRUI Photographic Equipment Industry(Zhongshan) CO.,Ltd
Address: The Third ndustrial District,Wuguishan Town,Zhongshan City,Guangdong,China I
E-mail: info@sirui-photo.com http://www.sirui-photo.com http://www.zssirui.com
Tel: 0086-760-88897373 Fax: 0086-760-88207062 P.C: 528458
Service Hotline: (0086)400 830 2299
1.Know Your Ball Head
GX Series:
Bubble Level
Main Locking Knob
2.Attaching Your Ball Head
3/8"Screw
3/8"Mounting
Hole
Screw
Figure 2-1 Figure 2-2
Quick Release Plate:
Slide-proof Rubber Mat
Figure 3-1
Strap holder
Common Plate
Figure 3-2
1/4" screw with buckle
standard 1/4" screw
Quick Release Clamp
Bubble Level
Support Ball
Main Body
Friction Knob
Panning Base
Locking Knob
Base
3.Know your Quick Release
Clamp and Quick Release
Plate
Quick Release Clamp:
Bubble Level
Clamp Plate
Clamp Jaw
Tighten
Security
Pin
Security Pin
Loosen Release button
Clamp locking knob
4.Attaching and Removing
the Quick Release Plate
Tighten
Figure 4-2
Loosen
Figure 4-1
Stop
Stop
Loosen Press
Figure 4-3
Figure 4-4
1. Know Your Ball Head
2. Attaching Your Ball Head
a. To attach the ball head onto the tripod, you must make
sure that the mounting screw of your tripod is 3/8". If it
is1/4" you will need to get a 3/8" screw or adapter.
Many professional tripods have reversible screws.
Please check your tripod manual for more details.
b. Lock the Panning Base Knob by turning it in a
clockwise direction. As shown on Figure 2-1 & 2-2,
align the 3/8 thread hole at the bottom of the Ball
Head with the mounting screw on the tripod. Hold by
the base of the Ball Head and rotate in a clockwise
direction until it is locked tightly.
3. Know your Quick Release Clamp and Quick
Release Plate
4. Attaching and Removing the Quick Release
Plate
a. Attaching the QR Plate to Your Camera
Select the QR Plate that matches the base of your
camera. (To prevent excessive wear to the camera's
tripod socket, you should not frequently attach and
remove the Quick Release Plate. It is quite common to
leave the QR Plate permanently attached to the
camera.)
The side of the quick release plate with the slide-proof
rubber mat must be facing the base of the camera.
Make sure the QR plate screw aligns with the tripod
socket on the bottom of the camera.
Position the QR plate on the camera body and tighten
the screw with a coin or allen key. If you plan to keep
the quick release plate on your camera for a long
period of time or you are using medium or large format
cameras, you should tighten the screw with the allen
key.
b. Attaching the camera with QR Plate onto the Ball
Head
Slightly loosen the Clamp Locking Knob by turning it
counter-clockwise, slide the QR Plate laterally into the
Quick Release Clamp (Figure 4-1) and tighten the
clamp by turning clock-wise. Another method is to
fully open the Clamp Locking Knob and place the plate
in from the top (Figure 4-2). Tighten the knob to lock
the camera in place.
c. Security Pin on the Quick Release Clamp
There is a safety lock on the top of the Quick Release
Clamp that effectively prevents the camera from
sliding off of the clamp if it is slightly loosened (Figure
4-3). This allows you to make minor adjustments of the
camera position on the ball head without worrying
about the camera sliding off of the Quick Release
Clamp. This feature is available with all Sirui QR
plates. (Warning: While other styles of QR plates can