Kaidan manual QuickPan III Family, Introducing the QuickPan III Components, Rotator Base

The QuickPan III Family

Introducing the QuickPan III Components

Rotator Base

This heavy-duty design is lighter and more compact than previous models and the compe- tition. The new base employs interchangeable Indexing Rings that support any number of click-stop positions from 2 through 22. The rings can be easily swapped at any time and contribute to the light weight. The indexing mechanism requires no lubrication or adjust- ments and has no loose parts.The base contains an integral circular bubble level and accomodates either 1/4” or 3/8” tripod threads. The new QuickPan III Rotator Base will also ac- cept older Kaidan camera brackets (i.e. KiWi+, QuickPan).

Twin-Axis

Camera Bracket

The Twin-Axis Camera Bracket is designed to support most digital and film cameras that are equipped with fisheye lenses, or for those users who desire or appreciate two independent slid- ing and locking axes of adjustment.The two in- dependent axes of adjustment positions the lens in such a manner so as not to capture any more of the Rotator Base than necessary.When a camera equipped with a circular fisheye lens is installed on the bracket,only a small segment of the Rotator Base will appear in the image. This feature makes the Twin-Axis Camera Bracket ideal for those using iPIX software, Panoweaver (www.easypano.net) and other software applications that use fisheye images.

Standard

Camera Bracket

The Standard Camera Bracket is designed to support most digital and film cameras in a por- trait orientation. Used primarily to shoot single-row or cylindrical panoramas, the Stan- dard Camera Bracket can be adjusted along the horizontal arm of the Rotator Base in order to locate the camera in the side-to-side orienta- tion. There are three slots in the bracket, that when used with various positioning aids, pro- vide for the fore-aft adjustment of the camera's optical center, or nodal point, over the rota- tional center of the tripod head.

Spherical

Camera Bracket

The Spherical Camera Bracket is designed to support most digital and film cameras and to permit the angular up/down elevation for the capture of multirow spherical and QuickTime VR Cubic panoramas. This bracket is ideal for those software applications that stitch mul- tiple rows of images, including up/down "cap" shots such as REALVIZ Stitcher. The Spherical Camera Bracket can also be positioned at a level zero degrees, thus fulfilling the same functions as the Standard Camera Bracket. An optional Arca-Swiss Quick Release camera plate is also available.