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- Page 1 QuickPan ® Panoramic Tripod Head User’s Guide - V1.2 - 12 Jan 2005...
- Page 2 QuickPan III / IV Panoramic Tripod Head Overview Welcome to the Kaidan QuickPan III / IV and Panoramic Photography Thank you for purchasing a Kaidan QuickPan III / IV Panoramic Tripod Head. This manual is designed to help you understand how to use your QuickPan III / IV to create quality panoramas.
- Page 3 1/4” or 3/8” tripod threads. The latest QuickPan IV Rotator Base (Aug 04) will also accept older Kaidan camera brackets (i.e. KiWi+, QuickPan). Twin-Axis Adapter The Twin-Axis Adapter is designed to support most digital and film cameras that are equipped with...
- Page 4 QuickPan III 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 label facing up until it makes contact with the brass plunger.
- Page 5 Note: The QuickPan IV rotator uses a stainless steel ball plunger that is different from the plastic nosed plunger on the QuickPan III. Be sure to use only the stainless steel ball plungers (available from Kaidan) on the QuickPan IV rotators. The new Detent Disc is...
- Page 6 QuickPan III / IV Rotator Base Tripod threaded bushing adapter The QuickPan III / IV Rotator Bases comes with a tripod adapter bushing which ac- commodates both 1/4 inch and 3/8 inch tripod mounts. 1/4 inch Tripod If your tripod has a 1/4 inch threaded mount, leave the brass bushing in the center hole in the bottom of the rotator as shown at right.
- Page 7 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 Camera Bracket that will best locate the tripod mounting thread on your camera. You may need to reposition the Captive Camera Knob.
- Page 8 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 degrees to minus 90 degrees .
- Page 9 Camera Mounting - Standard Camera Bracket Mounting your camera on the camera brackets For the Standard Camera Bracket, shown at right, select the appropriate slot in the bracket that will best locate the tripod mounting thread on your particular camera. You may need to re- position the camera knob to another slot in order to achieve this.
- Page 10 Camera Mounting - Compact Camera Bracket Mounting your camera on the camera brackets For the Compact Camera Bracket, shown at right, select the ap- propriate mounting hle in the bracket that will best locate the tripod mounting thread on your particular camera.
- Page 11 QuickPan-L Rotator Using the QuickPan-L Rotator The QuickPan-L is a unique model which has three concentric rings of 24, 18 and 14 positions. There are three corresponding plunger positions in the rotator cap. You can move the plunger from one position to another and select any one of the three rows.
- Page 12 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 13 Nodal Point (continued) What is it and how do I find it? Step 2: Fore-Aft Adjustment This step is most easily accomplished out of doors. Find a vertical edge or line, such as a doorway or edge of a building. Position your camera and tripod about 2-1/2 feet away, or as close as possible with the edge still in...
- Page 14 Nodal Point (continued) What is it and how do I find it? comes to the Fore-Aft adjustment, you won’t be able to look through the viewfinder to determine the proper setting since the viewfinder is a separate optical path that doesn’t really “see”...
- Page 15 This misalignment can also happen if the upright bracket is bent or is not exactly perpendicular to the rotation plane of the head. At Kaidan we check this dimension very closely to ensure it's as close to 90° as reasonbly possible.
- Page 16 Shooting Panoramas (continued) How do I begin? stairstepping of images as you progress around the panorama. Stairstepping has nothing to do with the state of the entire head being level with respect to the horizon. This can be corrected by rotating all the images a slight amount in your authoring program.
- Page 17 Information in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Kaidan. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval systems, or translated to another language, for any purpose other than the licensee’s personal use and...