Newton S - Lens Control; Lens Presets

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NEWTON S 15

SYSTEM OPERATION MANUAL

3 - Active - Roll Velocity The head is active. Joystick left-right controls pan, up-down controls tilt

and rotating the joystick controls the roll of the remote head. A given rotation controls roll

speed

4 - Active - Camera Frame Same as Active - Roll Velocity with the exception that all controls are

relative to the camera/image, not the remote head

5 - Invalid

6 - Motors locked The head is locked. Depending on the setting MOTOR LOCK MODE this will either

be Home which means straight forward or Current which is the current position when the mode

is entered

In the settings menu, tab CONTROL, dead-band and exponential mapping can be set for each

joystick axis. In addition to the joystick there is a number of other controls that affects the movement

of the remote head. These are as follows:

Speed dials (point 19-21) sets the max speed (at full joystick deflection) for each of the tilt, pan and

roll axes

Ease in/out (point 23) controls how much filtering is applied when changing velocity. A higher

value will result in a smoother operation, but also requires more planning ahead for example

when stopping a pan

Motors locked button Holding this button will cause the remote head to enter the Motors Locked

state until the button is released. This is done in order to minimize random walk. When this

button is held down, it is not possible to control the remote head using the joystick. This fea-

ture can be assigned to a button through the Remap Inputs setting described in the advanced

section 5.5.1

4.3 LENS CONTROL

Given a compatible lens or camera, and the correct interface dongle, the Newton C1 can control the

following settings:

RECORD Start/stop camera record. Controlled by the big record button (point 18)

FOCUS Adjust lens focus. Controlled by the large focus wheel (point 6)

IRIS Adjust lens iris/aperture. Controlled by the smaller iris wheel (point 7)

ZOOM Adjust lens zoom. Controlled by rocker (point 8). The zoom rocker have adjustable dead-

band and exponential function that can be adjusted in the settings menu, tab LENS.

Note that not all lens/camera interfaces supports all controls. To get exact information which

lenses/cameras supported by an interface dongle and which controls it supports, see the documentation

for that specific dongle.

4.3.1 LENS PRESETS

There are three lens presets which can be individually configured to control any combination of zoom

and focus. By holding the preset button for approximately 3 seconds, the preset will be set to the

current zoom and/or focus, depending on the settings described in section 5.3.

Once the preset has been set, a single press of the corresponding preset button will make the lens

go to the preset zoom and focus positions.

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