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- Page 1 QuickPan III Panoramic Tripod Head User’ s Guide - V0.9 - 27 June 2002...
- Page 2 QuickPan III Panoramic Tripod Head Overview Welcome to the Kaidan QuickPan III and Panoramic Photography Thank you purchasing a Kaidan QuickPan III Panoramic Tripod Head. This manual is designed to help you understand how to use your QuickPan III to create quality panoramas. This...
- Page 3 The base contains an integral circular bubble level and accomodates either 1/4” or 3/8” tripod threads. The new QuickPan III Rotator Base will also ac- cept older Kaidan camera brackets (i.e. KiWi+, QuickPan). Twin-Axis...
- Page 4 The QuickPan III Family Welcome to the Kaidan QuickPan III and Panoramic Photography Pro Quick Release Camera Bracket The Pro Quick Release Camera Bracket is designed to support most digital and film cameras that are equipped with fisheye lenses, or for those users who...
- Page 5 Rotator Base How to install and remove the indexing rings and adjusting the indexing force Installing Indexing Rings Slide the Indexing Ring onto the Rotator Base from the bot- tom, keeping the portion of the Indexing Ring with the degree la- bel facing up until it makes con- tact with the brass plunger.
- Page 6 Standard Camera Bracket - Camera Mounting Mounting your camera on the Standard Camera Bracket To mount your camera, first select the appropriate slot in the Vertical Cam- era Bracket that will best locate the tri- pod mounting thread on your camera. You may need to reposition the Cap- tive Camera Knob.
- Page 7 Spherical Camera Bracket - Camera Mounting Mounting your camera on the Spherical Bracket The Spherical Camera Mounting Bracket has a rotating swing arm which is held into position by large black locking knob. The knob allows you to position the arm and your camera from plus 90°...
- Page 8 Twin-Axis Camera Bracket - Camera Mounting Mounting your camera on the Twin-Axis Camera Bracket Select the appropriate slot in the bracket that will best locate the tripod mounting thread on your particular camera. You may need to reposition the camera knob to another slot in or- der to achieve this.
- Page 9 Nodal Point What is it and how do I find it? This is one of the most frequently asked questions when it comes to stitcher-based panorama creation. Once you understand the basics, you’ll be able to easily locate the nodal point for any camera and lens combination.
- Page 10 If you’ r e using a multirow head such as the QuickPan III Spherical, set the swing arm to a level horizontal position (zero degrees). Looking through the camera’ s...
- Page 11 Nodal Point (continued) What is it and how do I find it? the proper setting since the viewfinder is a separate optical path that doesn’ t really “see” the same image as the film. Instead, you’ll have to start with the bracket all the way to the front and take pairs of test shots.
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Page 12: Shooting Panoramas
Taking the Photos When you’ r e ready to shoot, make sure that the camera is securely attached to the QuickPan III. You should use a tripod that is sturdy, ideally one that has a center support system of braces to help keep the camera from flexing. - Page 13 Shooting Panoramas (continued) How do I begin? You can also shim the camera/head to compensate for such misalignment errors as well. A few layers of tape is usually all that it takes. Let me also reiterate what's not as important as some people think. The overall level of the head/camera is not as critical in order to produce good stitched results.
- Page 14 Product Return Procedure (Section D following). Likewise, any software purchased from Kaidan also comes with a one year warranty if your disc or media is defective or dam- aged. This warranty is extended only to the original purchaser and is not transferable.
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