Counterbalancing Of The Camera; Setting Of The Damping - Sachtler DV 2 II Bedienungsanleitung

DV 2 II / DV 4 II

3.4 Counterbalancing of the camera

➪ .You may centre the weight of the camera precisely over
the axis via the balance plate
➪ Should the camera be front or back heavy the following
procedure has to be performed: Standing to the side of
the camera hold the camera with your hands. Open the
lock of the sliding balance plate (undo red wing screw
slightly on the side of the fluid head). Centre the came-
ra weight and compensate for a backheavy setup by
➪ sliding the balance plate forwards and for a frontheavy
setup by sliding backwards. The camera should remain
in the horizontal position.
➪ Lock the balance plate by turning the red wing screw
clockwise and tighten it.
➪ If you can't manage to centre the camera correctly,
please read paragraph 5.1 "Camera plates".
➪ The DV 2 II and DV 4 II fluid heads have two counterba-
lance springs, which can perfectly balance lightweight
DV cameras. Depending on the weight of your camera,
you can activate an additional spring by pulling and tur-
ning the red knob until the arrow points at the larger
weight symbol. The weight symbols indicate which
spring is being used.

3.5 Setting of the damping

The DV 2 II and the DV 4 II are equipped with a single
damping level horizontally and vertically and a zero setting.
By turning the vertical setting and the horizontal setting the
desired level of fluid damping is selected. Turn the setting
ring to "0" in order to switch off the damping completely.
The different damping levels can only be felt if the horizon-
tal and vertical brakes are open. If you apply damping, the
degree of horizontal and vertical damping is identical and
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