Slide the Sled into the dovetail-guide of the Base Plate until the spring-loaded stop pin Aphoto snaps back audibly. The Sled‘s position can then be fixed with the clamping lever.

Fit the camera onto the short dovetail-guide on the Sled. Slide it forward until the spring-loaded catch Aphoto locks it in place.

Tighten the clamping lever of the Accessory Carrier

Aphoto.

Slide the support rods into the guides and clamp.

Equip the camera with the required accessories to determine the centre of gravity. Loosen the sled clamping lever, and by sliding the camera on the base plate find the optimum balance position. Then retighten the clamping lever.

The accessory carrier has the same dovetail as the bridge plate so it can be mounted to the base plate.

If the Lightweight Support is used and accessories are mounted to the Lightweight Support rods these accesories will collide with the base plate. In this configuration the accessory carrier can not be mounted to the base plate.

cylindrical pins

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