GigaPan EPIC Pro User Manual page 12

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Factory Reset - Resets certain options to their default values. The 'Camera Setup' , 'Time per Pic' ,
'Start Delay' , 'Mult Shutter' , 'Pic Order' , 'Saved Panoramas' and vertical field of view will be reset.
Expert Options Submenu
Checklist - If this option is set to ON, a checklist of things that need to be done in order to suc-
cessfully create a technically good image are presented to the user before the panorama is taken.
Selecting OFF will eliminate these prompts.
Shutter Mode - Allows you to choose how the unit will operate your camera's shutter. The set-
tings are Remote or Manual. The Remote setting will use the electronic trigger cable to connect
the EPIC Pro to the remote shutter port on your camera. If the Manual method is used, the user
must manually actuate the shutter and press the OK button on the EPIC Pro to advance to the
next photograph.
Shutter Length - When using autofocus with difficult subjects this setting allows you to incre-
mentally increase the amount of time that the focus signal is asserted to achieve good focus.
You can set the value to {Time per pic, 0.5s, 0.6s, ..., 2.0s, 2.2s, ..., 4.0s, 4.5s, ..., 8.0s}. If the 'Shutter
Length' setting exceeds the 'Time per Pic' setting, the 'Shutter Length' setting will be used. This
allows you to fine tune the amount of time needed to achieve good focus separately from how
much time your camera needs to sustainably write images to the Flash memory without filing
up the cameras buffer memory.
Motor Speed - Options are 'Slow' , 'Med, ' or 'Fast' . It is recommended that you use the 'Slow' setting
when using large lenses to reduce the settling time after accelerating and de-accelerating a large
lens.
Motors Rigid The 'On' setting will help hold large lenses in position when you are not in a 'Move'
mode, or actively capturing a panorama.
Pre-trigger Delay {0.0s, 0.5s, 1.0s, 1.5s, 2.0s, 2.5s, 3.0s} This delay is between the EPIC Pro move-
ments and the electronic trigger signal to your camera. This allows a lens and camera body to
settle after an EPIC Pro movement. This is especially important for large and longer focal length
lenses.
Backlight Mode This setting allows you to choose when the back light is in use. The options are
Power Save, Always Off, Always On.
Aspect Ratio The options are 1:1, 3:2, 4:3, 16:9. The default setting is 4:3 (4 units wide to 3 units
tall).
Picture Overlap {25%, 30%, 35%, 40%, 45%, 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%,} This setting allows
you to increase the overlap to compensate for vignetting, or poor performance of a lens at the
edges of the glass. Increasing this value may help give the stitch software more common area to
find control points. The EPIC Pro default picture overlap is 30%.