Mounting Of Camera And / Or Plate; Positioning Of Camera - Sachtler DV 8/100 SB Benutzerinformation

Manual
3.3 Mounting of the camera and/or plate
The DV 8 SBand the DV 8/100 SB is delivered with the
Touch & Go camera quick locking system.
Á Apply the horizontal and vertical brake.
Á Hold the camera and /or plate with one hand.
Á Grasp the locking lever with your thumb and index
finger and pull down the red safety button.
Á Move the locking lever as far as possible to the left
and take out the camera and /or plate.
Á Attach the camera plate to the tripod adapter plate
(camera accessory) around the camera´s centre of gra-
vity
Á By mounting the camera and/or plate again it will lock
automatically and the locking lever will snap back
audibly into its initial position.
3.4 Positioning of the camera
Á Hold the camera by securing the pan arm. Apply the
horizontal brake and release the vertical brake.
Á Turn the counterbalance knob to position 1.
Keep on holding the camera.
Á Turn the vertical drag setting to "0" position.
Á To balance the camera correctly, bring the C.O.G of
the camera right above the pivot point of the fluid
head. Proceed in the following way:
Hold the camera in a horizontal position by securing
the pan bar. Open the lock of the sliding balance plate
(undo red wing screw slightly on the side of the fluid
head). Compensate for a backheavy setup by sliding
the balance plate forwards and for a frontheavy setup
by sliding backwards.
DV 8 SB and DV 8/100 SB
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