Kaidan III manual Spherical Camera Bracket Camera Mounting

Spherical Camera Bracket - Camera Mounting

Mounting your camera on the Spherical Bracket

The Spherical Camera Mounting Bracket has a rotating swing arm which is held into position by large black locking knob. The knob allows you to position the arm and your camera from plus 90°to minus 90°.

Mounted on the swing arm is an adjust- able camera mount. This mount can be adjusted along the length of the swing arm by loosening and tightening the purple clamping knob.To remove the cam- era mount, simply loosen the knob and slide the mount off of the swing arm. There is a spring-loaded plastic ball which provides drag on the camera mount as well as the camera bracket. When you re- place the mount or the camera bracket onto their respective arms, you’ll need to push it sharply so as to overcome the spring force.

The standard camera mount (shown) has a number of slots for you to choose from to mount your camera. It’s important to make sure that the centerline of your camera’s lens intersects the pivot axis of the swing arm. Since some cameras have tripod mounting threads that are not inline with the center of the camera, it may be necessary to use one of the various slots on the bracket.

There are camera mounting shoes (flat shaped) and lugs (triangle shaped) that are provided for you to help locate and position the camera. These are also helpful when you want to remove and replace the cam- era and return it to the proper location.

An optional camera mount is also available with a quick-release mount. In this case you would attach the a plate (either Arca-Swiss or Begen) to your camera and this plate would then dovetail into a mating plate on the optional camera mount.

Adjusting the camera position for the nodal point is made by loosening the ap- propriate locking knobs and sliding either the camera mount plate along the swing arm, or sliding the entire assemblage along the arm of the Rotator Base. Be sure to tighten the knobs when you’re done posi- tioning the camera.