How Many Shots?

Mounting the Camera? (continued)

The KiWi™ is designed to be used with either the standard wide- angle camera setting or with a specific wide-angle or fisheye lens. (See List of Specfied Wide Angle Lenses in Appendix A ). The threaded mounting holes below the slot on the Camera Bracket will position the camera at its proper nodal point setting for either con- figuration. The diagram below shows the proper mounting holes for the camera.

Note: The mounting hole for the standard lens on all KiWi™ Camera- Specific Brackets is the one that is closest to the rotating pivot point.

The slot above the camera mounting holes will accept the Camera Knob and can be used to locate the camera in accordance with the nodal points of other 3rd party lenses (See Chapter 3 for instruc- tions).

This panhead is shown for referencs purchases only. Your model might look slightly different.

Camera

Adjustment

Shoe Knob

Mounting Hole for Wide--Angle lens (farthest from the pivot axis)

Captive Camera Knob

Mounting Hole for standard lens setting of camera (closest to the pivot axis)

Determining the number of shots you’ll need to take is a function of the lens your using. In general, you’ll want to have 1/4 to 1/2 overlap between adjacent images. Kaidan has included detent discs withou your KiWi in order to cover the standard and wide-angle lenses for your particular camera. If you’re using a different lens, or want more or less overlap, you can purchase additional detent discs from Kaidan. They are sold singly or in packs of four. Most of our KiWi heads use 14 shots for the wide-angle lens and 18 shots for the standard lens. (See List of Specific Wide-Angle Lenses in Appendix A)