SIRUI
Professional Photographic Equipment
INSTRUCTIONS
K-X Series Ball Head
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Guangdong SIRUI optical co.,ltd
Address:TheThirdIndustrialDistrict,WuguishanTown,ZhongshanCity,Guangdong,China
Tel: 0086-76088897373 Fax: 0086-760-88207062 service Hotline: 0086-400-8302299
I .Know Your Ball Head
K-X Series:
Quick Release
Clamp
Support Ball
Main Locking
Knob
Friction Adjuster
Dial
Panning Base
2.Attaching Your Ball Head
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Main Body
Panning Base Locking Knob
3.Know your Quick Release
Clamp and Quick Release Plate
Quick Release Clamp:
Security Pin
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Release Button
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Quick Release Plate:
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4.Attaching and Removing the
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I.Know Your Ball Head
2.Attaching Your Ball Head
a.To attach the ball head onto the tripod, you must make
sure that the mounting screw of your tripod is 3/8". If it is
1/4" you will need to get a 3/8" screw or adapter. Many
professional tripods have reversible screws. Please check
your tripod manual for more details.
b.Lock the Panning Base Locking Knob by turning it in a
clockwise direction. As shown on Figure 2-1 & 2-2, align the
3/8" thread hole at the bottom of the Ball Head with the
mounting screw on the tripod. Hold by the base of the Ball
Head and rotate in a clockwise direction until it is locked
tightly.
3.Know your Quick Release Clamp and Quick Release
Plate
4.Attaching and Removing the Quick Release Plate
a.Attaching the QR Plate to Your Camera
Select the QR Plate that matches the base of your camera.
(To prevent excessive wear to the camera's tripod socket,
you should not frequently attach and remove the Quick
Release Plate. It is quite common to leave the QR Plate
permanently attached to the camera.)
The side of the Quick Release Plate with the slide-proof
rubber mat must be facing the base of the camera. Make
sure the QR Plate screw aligns with the tripod socket on the
bottom of the camera.
Position the QR plate on the camera body and tighten the
screw with a coin or allen key. If you plan to keep the quick
release plate on your camera for a long period of time or you
are using medium or large format cameras, you should
tighten the screw with the allen key.
b.Attaching the camera with QR Plate onto the Ball Head
Slightly loosen the Clamp Locking Knob by turning it
counter-clockwise, slide the QR plate laterally into the Quick
Release Clamp (Figure 4-1) and tighten the clamp by turning
clockwise. Another method is to fully open the Clamp
Locking Knob and place the plate in from the top (Figure 4-
2). Tighten the knob to lock the camera in place.
c.Security Pin on the Quick Release Clamp
There is a safety lock on the top of the Quick Release Clamp
that effectively prevents the camera from sliding off of the
clamp if it is slightly loosened (Figure 4-3). This allows you to
make minor adjustments of the camera position on the Ball
Head without worrying about the camera sliding off of the
Quick Release Clamp. This feature is available with all Sirui
QR plates. (Warning: While other styles of QR plates can be
used on Sirui Ball Heads, this safety feature may not be
available with other brands of QR plates. Even with the Sirui
QR Plates,you should hold your camera while loosening the
Quick Release Clamp).
d.Removing the Camera with QR Plate from the Ball Head
While holding the camera, loosen the Clamp Locking Knob
by slightly turning it counter-clock-wise. Push in the Security
Pin Release Button and slide the camera off of the Clamp
Plate (Figure 4-4). You can also remove the camera by fully
opening the clamp and lifting the camera out of the clamp.
standard 1/4"
screw
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