Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Kiwi 2020 Kaidan
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K iW i™ 2000/2020 User ’ s Guide Photog r aphic VR P anor amic Tr ipod Head Designed expr es sly f or the O lympus C - 2000 and the C - 2020 Digi tal Camer as.
Copyright Information Copyright © 2000 Kaidan, Inc. All Rights Reserved. First Edition, September 2000. KiW i is a trademark of Kaidan, Inc. Other products mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.
1 Set ting Up Y our K iW i 2000/2020™ W arr ant y Re gistr atio n Please take a brief moment and fil l out t he w arr anty r egistration car d in- cluded with y our pac kage. P lease print cl early in capital letters and r emember to aff ix postage.
Page - 4 R EMO VI NG THE F RI CT I O N C AP T he Friction Cap needs to be r emoved in or der to c hange detent di scs. The discs pro vide the means for establishing and changing the number and spacing of the angular incr ements of the tripod head.
Page - 5 R EMO VI NG & R EPL A CING THE D ETENT D ISC Once the Inde xing Hub is r emoved, the detent disc can be r emov ed f r om its r e- cess in the bottom of the V er t ical Brac ket.
Page - 6 A D JUS TING THE D ETE N T F ORC E T he spr ing plunger t hat provides the detent action can also be adjusted to vary the fo r ce. Use a f lat blad e scr ew driver to mo ve the plung er in an d out as desir ed. A c onv enient wa y to a djust the plunger is to screw the p lunger all the wa y in until it gently bottoms out.
Page - 7 2 Shoot ing P anor amas H OW MANY S HOT S ? T he K iWi 2000/2020 is designed to be used with: • T he normal wide-angle setting of the camer a lens • T he optional Olympus Wide Conversi on.
Page - 8 T AKING THE PHOT O The K iW i 2000/2020 has a f emale 1/ 4-20 thr ead on the bottom of the Ind exing Hub for mount ing to most standar d tripods. W hen ready to shoot , mak e sure that the KiW i 2000/2020 is secur ely attac hed to the tripod.
Page - 9 T AKING THE PH O T OS T he K iWi 2000/2020 has a female 1/ 4- 20 thr ead on the bottom of the Indexing Hub for mounting to most standard tripods.
Page - 10 3 H OW DO I L OCA TE MY C AMERA ’ S N ODAL P OIN T ? F ollow these steps and y ou will b e able to easily locate the nodal point f or any camera and lens c ombination. Simply put , the nodal point is the point insid e y our camer a wher e the light r ays con verg e and f lip ov er .
Page - 11 S TEP 2: T HE S LIGHTL Y H ARDER P AR T - F ORE -A FT A DJU ST M E N T Put the Captive Camer a Knob in the long slot of the V ertical Brack et . This wil l allow you to slide the camera (al ong with the Camera A djustment Shoe) as re- quired.
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