4 mount your camera, 5 adjust mounting tray/operating arm – GigaPan EPIC 100 User Manual
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Setting up the GigaPan EPIC
2.4 Mount your camera
For the EPIC 100, extend the camera mounting
1.
plate by loosening the two camera platform ad-
justment screws on the camera mounting plate
to accommodate the size of your camera.
Loosely attach the camera to the EPIC using
2.
the camera mounting screw in the long slot in
the bottom of the camera mounting plate.
Align the center of the lens with the diamond-
3.
shaped hole on the camera mounting plate by
sliding the camera from side to side.
Make sure the camera is parallel with the
4.
camera mounting plate and tighten the camera
mounting screw. For the EPIC 100, also tighten
the two camera platform adjustment screws to
secure the extended metal plate.
Using the thumbscrew on the side of the button
5.
pusher, adjust the height so that the button
pusher arm is approximately level with the shut-
ter button.
Using the thumbscrew on top of the button
6.
pusher arm, place the black rubber nub in the
center of the shutter button.
2.5 Adjust mounting tray/operating arm
Step 1. Measure the height to the center of your camera
lens from the camera mounting plate as shown, then find the
closest height value in the table and determine the corre-
sponding black number.
Step 2. Find this black number on the arm scale, loosen
the platform thumbscrew, and rotate the camera mounting
plate such that the black alignment line of the correct black
number lines up with the diamond cutout on the arm. The
camera shown here has a lens height of 1.125”; this height
is closest to 1.14”, corresponding to black number -4.
Step 3. Tighten the platform thumbscrew keeping the cor-
rect black number aligned and the thumbscrew centered
in the slot. This setting ensures the EPIC pitches about the
optical center of the camera. Note: The slot in the arm al-
lows for parallax error correction. See Chapter 2.8 for more
information on reducing parallax error. This is not necessary
for panoramas taken at a reasonable distance (50 feet or
greater).
Black Number
cm.
in.
3.7
1.46
-12
3.5
1.38
-10
3.3
1.3
-8
3.1
1.22
-6
2.9
1.14
-4
2.7
1.06
-2
2.5
0.98
0
2.3
0.91
2
2.1
0.83
4
1.9
0.75
6
1.7
0.67
8
1.5
0.59
10
1.3
0.51
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Lens Height