Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product PILOT-VLB Tiffen
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Contents QuickStart Guide p/nLIT -804000 The Tif fen Com pany ,90 Ose rA ven ue, Haup paug e,N ewY ork1 1788 •6 31-2 73-2 500 •80 0-64 5-25 22• www .tif fen. com TiffenSteadicamOperations,Glendale,CA•818-843-4600•1-800-593-3331•www .
2 3 Pilot ™ Sled The Pilot ™ Sled stage gimbal Camera mounting plate Pilot ™ Backpac k (With integrated MERLIN™ storage pocket.) Included accessories Front:2.1mmDCpowerjack(center pinpositive). Suppliesvoltagedir ectly frombatteries.
4 5 Balance Static Balance Dynamic Balance Attaching the camera The docking brac k et and balancing stud First, find your camera’ s center of gravity .
6 7 V est&Arm As shown in the left photo, set the upper “side to side” adjustment to two to three turns out, and the bottom screw all the way in.
8 9 V est&Arm Putting on the v est The vest should be tight and not slip on your body . The front spar should be vertical. The vest should be long enough to engage your hip bones, but not so long that you can’t lift your leg without disturbing the vest.
10 11 W eightKit& T elescopingPost No weights. All weights up, gimbal closer to camera. Weights up with post extended, more inertia. No weights, post extend- ed, gain lens height and more inertia in tilt and roll, but no increase in pan.
12 13 Monitors The 5.8” 4:3/16:9 monitor accepts both P AL and NTSC signals and it has two video inputs.The monitor operates on a nominal 12V . Th e m enu sc re en s c ycl e w ith th e m en u but to.
14 15 Accessories& PartNumbers P/N Description FFR-000045 ENDURACHARGER,PORT ABLE,SINGLECHANNEL FFR-000046 ENDURAE7-SLI-IONBA TTER Y ,71WHV -MOUNT BA TTER Y.
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