Checklist: Setting Up The Digital Camera - Roundshot VR Drive Metric Instruction Manual

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Checklist: setting up the digital camera

Your VR Drive Metric is delivered with the following camera parameters already correctly set.
Please make sure not to change these as otherwise the capture or processing of images may not
work properly.

Always use manual exposure.
With automatic exposure the
VR Drive Metric can no longer
set up the exposure values
(exposure speed, f-stop,
ISO/ASA).

Set the white balance to a
fixed value. When setting the
white balance to "auto", every
image will have a different
tone, making the stitching of
the sphere problematic.

Set the exposure increments
to 1/3 steps. When selecting
1/2 steps the VR Drive
Metric can no longer set up
the correct exposures for
HDR bracketing.
Instruction Manual Roundshot VR Drive Metric – April 2015 – © by Seitz Phototechnik AG / Switzerland www.roundshot.com

Always use manual focusing.
To prevent any focus
variation, the lens is covered
with a calibration ring.

Choose image quality JPEG L
fine. Saving the images in RAW
has no benefit as the stitching
libraries in PanoMaker rely on
8-bit processing.

Set the ISO speed setting
increments to 1/3 steps.
When selecting 1/1 steps the
VR Drive Metric can no longer
set up the correct exposures
for HDR bracketing.

Use a fast storage card with
enough capacity.

Turn the "Auto rotate" feature
to "off". When automatically
rotating the images the
stitching will not perform
correctly.

Turn off any exposure
bracketing sequence. The VR
Drive Metric creates its own
bracketing sequence by
controlling the camera
exposures, f-stop and ISO.
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