Kaidan QuickPan Panoramic Tripod Head - Manual (Page 8)

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 .
Mounted on the swing arm is an
adjustable camera mount. This mount
can be adjusted along the length
of the swing arm by loosening and
tightening the purple clamping knob.
To remove the camera mount, simply
loosen the knob and slide the mount
off of the swing arm. There is a spring-
loaded plastic ball which provides drag
on the camera mount as well as the
camera bracket. When you replace the
mount or the camera bracket onto
their respective arms, you’ll need to
push it sharply so as to overcome the
spring force.
The standard camera mount (shown)
has a number of slots for you to
choose from to mount your cam-
era. It’s important to make sure that
the centerline of your camera’s lens
intersects the pivot axis of the swing
arm. Since some cameras have tripod
mounting threads that are not inline
with the center of the camera, it may
Spherical Camera Bracket - Camera Mounting
be necessary to use one of the various
slots on the bracket.
There are camera mounting shoes (flat
shaped) and lugs (triangle shaped) that
are provided for you to help locate
and position the camera. These are
also helpful when you want to remove
and replace the camera and return it
to the proper location.
An optional camera mount is also
available with a quick-release mount. In
this case you would attach the a plate
(Arca-Swiss) to your camera and this
plate would then dovetail into a mating
plate on the optional camera mount.
Adjusting the camera position for the
nodal point is made by loosening the
appropriate locking knobs and sliding
either the camera mount plate along
the swing arm, or sliding the entire
assemblage along the arm of the
Rotator Base. Be sure to tighten the
knobs when you’re done positioning
the camera.