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2.4 Mount your camera
1. For the EPIC 100, extend the camera mounting
plate by loosening the two camera platform
adjustment screws on the camera mounting plate to
accommodate the size of your camera.
2. Loosely attach the camera to the EPIC using the
camera mounting screw in the long slot in the
bottom of the camera mounting plate.
3. Align the center of the lens with the diamond-
shaped hole on the camera mounting plate by
sliding the camera from side to side.
4. Make sure the camera is parallel with the camera
mounting plate and tighten the camera mounting
screw. For the EPIC 100, also tighten the two camera
platform adjustment screws to secure the extended
metal plate.
5. Using the thumbscrew on the side of the button
pusher, adjust the height so that the button pusher
arm is approximately level with the shutter button.
6. Using the thumbscrew on top of the button pusher
arm, place the black rubber nub in the center of the
shutter button.
2.5 Adjust mounting tray/
operating arm
Step 1. Measure the height to the center of your
camera lens from the camera mounting plate as
shown, then find the closest height value in the
table and determine the corresponding black
number.
Step 2. Find this black number on the arm scale,
loosen the platform thumbscrew, and rotate
the camera mounting plate such that the black
alignment line of the correct black number lines up
with the diamond cutout on the arm. The camera
shown here has a lens height of 1.125"; this height is
closest to 1.14", corresponding to black number -4.
Step 3. Tighten the platform thumbscrew
keeping the correct black number aligned and
the thumbscrew centered in the slot. This setting
ensures the EPIC pitches about the optical center
of the camera. Note: The slot in the arm allows for
parallax error correction. See Chapter 2.8 for more
information on reducing parallax error. This is not
necessary for panoramas taken at a reasonable
distance (50 feet or greater).
Setting up the GigaPan EPIC
Lens Height
Black Number
cm.
in.
3.7
1.46
-12
3.5
1.38
-10
3.3
1.3
-8
3.1
3.1
1.22
1.22
-6
2.9
2
1.14
-4
2.7
1.06
-2
2.5
0.98
0
2.3
0.91
2
2.1
0.83
4
1.9
0.75
6
1.7
0.67
8
1.5
0.59
10
1.3
0.51
12
8
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