SIRUI KX Series Instructions

Professional Photographic Equipment
KX 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
KX Series:
Quick Release
Clamp
Support Ball
Main Locking
Knob
Friction Adjuster
Dial
Panning Base
2.Attaching Your Ball Head
UNC3/8"
UNC3/8"
Mounting
Screw 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
Bubble Levels
Main Body
Panning Base Locking Knob
3.Know your Quick Release
Clamp and Quick Release Plate
Quick Release Clamp:
Security Pin
Bubble Level
Security Pin
Release Button
Clamp Jaw
Tighten
Clamp Plate
Loosen
Clamp locking knob
4.Attaching and Removing the
Quick Release Plate
Tighten
Figure 2-2
Loosen
Figure 4-1
Stop
Stop
Loosen
Press
Figure 4-4
Figure 4-3
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 is
1/4" 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 Locking 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
clockwise. Another method is to fully open
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 be
used on Sirui Ball Heads, this safety feature may not be
available with other brands of QR plates. Even with the Sirui
QR Plates,you should hold your camera while loosening the
Quick Release Clamp).
d.Removing the Camera with QR Plate from the Ball Head
While holding the camera, loosen the Clamp Locking Knob
by slightly turning it counter-clock-wise.
Security Pin Release Button and slide the camera off of the
Clamp Plate (Figure 4-4). You can also remove the camera
by fully opening the clamp and lifting the camera out of the
clamp.
the Clamp
Push in the