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GigaPan Pro User Guide
Menu Options Glossary for Firmware Version 128.1

Main Menu

New Panorama – Sets the upper left photo and lower right photo that defines the rectan-
gular area of the panorama.
360 Panorama – Sets the upper pitch and the lower pitch of a panorama that is 360 de-
grees and completes a full circle.
Options – Contains submenus that allow you to change more settings.
Panorama Memory – Recalls the previous panorama or a previously saved panorama. Also
allows you to save a panorama. When you save a panorama you must also set a reference
point. The reference point provides a method to orient the Epic Pro imager body in the
same position. The reference point is in addition to placing the tripod in the same location.
Camera Setup – Any time you change the camera, lens, or zoom lens focal length you need
to do a camera setup. 'Camera Setup' determines the coverage of a single photograph by
measuring the vertical angles that the lens and camera sensor sees. Choose a unique point
and move the lens so that the point is at the top of the lens. Then move the lens so that the
unique point is at the bottom of the lens. Then the EPIC Pro knows the vertical angles and
calculates the horizontal angle of view using the aspect ratio. The EPIC Pro also accounts for
image overlap which has a default setting of 30%.
Move Camera – Moves the camera and lens from left to right and up and down using the
directional keys.
Options Menu
Time per Pic - The amount of time that the EPIC Pro will wait until it moves the camera to
the next position. It is important to allow enough time for the camera to process the current
photograph and move the data to flash memory. This is the most likely reason the camera
would miss a photograph.
Start Del/Trig – Enables a timer delay of {External Trigger, 15s, 30s, 45s, 1m, 2m, 5m, Timer }
before the panorama capture begins. The external trigger setting is designed to work with a
Canon E3 style remote shutter that is inserted in the EPIC Pro remote trigger port.
Mult Shutter – Allows you to take multiple pictures at each position during the capture of
your panorama. You can take up to 20 pictures at each position.
Pic Order – Allows for different patterns of capturing the individual photographs such as
{column-right, column-left, row – down, row – up}.
Battery Status - Tells you what the voltage level of the batteries is. A voltage of 7.4 volts
means that the batteries are fully charged. A voltage of around 7 volts means your batteries
will not be able to operate the EPIC Pro for much longer.