Kaidan III manual Rotator Base, Installing Indexing Rings, Removing Indexing Rings

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Rotator Base

How to install and remove the indexing rings and adjusting the indexing force

Installing

Indexing Rings

1) Slide the Indexing Ring onto

the Rotator Base from the bot- tom, keeping the portion of the Indexing Ring with the degree la- bel facing up until it makes con- tact with the brass plunger. The brass plunger will eventually snap into the hole that in the side of the Indexing Ring.

2) Rotate the Indexing Ring to

line up the notch on the top of the Indexing Ring with the black slanted alignment pin at the top of the Rotator Base. The pin will eventually go into the notch.

3) Depress the brass plunger and

push up on the Indexing Ring un- til the brass plunger pops into the plunger hole and the pin slides into the notch.

Removing

Indexing Rings

On the lower portion of the black Indexing Ring, there is gold col- ored pin visible through the hole in the side. Insert the tip of a ball point pen or a paper clip end into the hole and push the gold pin in- ward till the Indexing Ring drops down, then slide the Indexing Ring off the Rotator Base.

Adjusting the Force of the Spring Plunger

The screw, shown at left, can be used to position the spring plunger up and down.You can use a screwdriver (or a coin) to adjust the indexing or click-stop force. The spring plunger is set from the factory, but you may find that you prefer a harder click-stop action.

Be sure to not overtighten the plunger so that the metal body of the plunger would come in con- tact with the indexing ring. Also be sure that the plunger is not set deep enough as this will cause excessive play in the indexing ac- tion.

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Contents QuickPan Welcome to the Kaidan QuickPan III and Panoramic Photography QuickPan III Panoramic Tripod Head OverviewIntroducing the QuickPan III Components QuickPan III FamilyRotator Base Twin-Axis Camera Bracket StandardPro Quick Release Camera Bracket Adjusting the Force of the Spring Plunger Installing Indexing RingsRotator Base Removing Indexing RingsMounting your camera on the Standard Camera Bracket Standard Camera Bracket Camera MountingMounting your camera on the Spherical Bracket Spherical Camera Bracket Camera MountingMounting your camera on the Twin-Axis Camera Bracket Twin-Axis Camera Bracket Camera MountingNodal Point What is it and how do I find it?Side-to-side adjustment How About Rangefinder Cameras? Fore-Aft AdjustmentRecord Your Results Nodal Point How do I begin? Shooting PanoramasHow much Overlap? How many Shots?Before shooting the photo Kaidan Warranty and Return Policy Limited Warranty Warranty and Product Return Information