Kaidan Tripod manual Standard Camera Bracket Camera Mounting

Standard Camera Bracket - Camera Mounting

Mounting your camera on the Standard Camera Bracket

To mount your camera, first select the appropriate slot in the bracket that will best locate the tripod mount- ing thread on your camera.You may need to reposition the camera knob. To remove the knob simply slide it along the slot to the end that has the threaded hole. Unscrew the knob out of the threaded hole, being careful not to crossthread. Replace the knob into the appropriate slot by reversing the procedure.The camera knob is a two piece design, with an inner and outer knob. Before installing the camera knob in the Standard Camera Bracket, turn the inner knob clock- wise into the outer knob until it won’t turn anymore. Next, install the knob into the appropriate slot then into the tripod mounting hole of your camera. Turn the inner knob into the camera until it bottoms out, then turn the outer knob clockwise until the camera is tight on the bracket.

The Standard Camera Bracket comes with two camera positioning aids.There is a flat camera shoe and a right-angle lug that slide and lock along any of the three slots.These are used as aids to keep your camera perpendicular and also serve as a placeholder for you to re-attach your

Camera Knob

Camera Shoe

Camera Lug

Camera

Shoe

Left-Right	DiamondGrip
Adjustment Knob	Surface

camera in the same location. Slide these adjusters into the best spot on your camera to ensure a square and secure mounting.

The Standard Camera Bracket also has an innovative DiamondGrip surface on the camera mounting side. This special friction surface will help to hold your camera's base securely to the bracket without slippage.

The left-right adjustment to center your lens over the pivot point is ac- complished by loosening the purple knob and sliding the bracket. Be sure to tighten the knob to lock the brack- et in place.The fore-aft adjustment is made by loosening the camera knob and sliding the camera along the slot.

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