Vinten Vision 30 - Installation and Mounting; Camera Attachment and Balancing

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Installation
Fitting the head to its support mounting
3 The head may now be mounted to a support (pedestal, tripod, etc.). A flat based head attaches via
either
3.1 The four 3/8 in. BSW hex. headed bolts supplied, passed upwards through the support and
screwed into the head base. or
3.2 A Vinten Quickfix adaptor, in which case the four 3/8 in. BSW bolts are removed and the head is
secured to the adaptor by tightening the three knurled headed screws of the adaptor.
4 A spherical based head attaches to a 150 mm bowl tripod head. The spherical base must be very
securely clamped to the support tripod.
5 After attachment to its support the head should be accurately levelled. This is facilitated by using the ’T’
type spirit level fitted to the forward end of the tilt drag mechanism cover. The level is illuminated by integral
"Betalights" for low light conditions.
Pan bar attachment
6 A quadrant assembly is first loosely attached to the head by its central wingheaded stud.
7 A pan bar is inserted into the clamp ring of the quadrant assembly and the latter is rotated to achieve
the required pan bar position. The wingheaded stud is then tightened to retain the pan bar and quadrant
assembly in position.
Fitting a camera to the head
8 It is important to ensure that the camera is complete with all its ancillary equipment (lenses, zoom and
focus controls, etc) otherwise the later balancing #!of the system will be upset.
Centre screw fixing
9 Ensure a camera mounting screw is located in the required slot in the platform slide plate. It may be
repositioned by withdrawing it from the underside of the platform slide plate and inserting in the other slot.
Access to the slots is gained by repositioning the platform slide plate. It is possible that a second screw may
be required if the camera/lens combination is mounted via a sub-plate. The screws are housed, when not in
use, in tapped holes in the rear right hand side of the platform casting. Recheck that the CENTRE LOCK is
WARNING!: Do not tighten wingheaded stud if a pan bar is not fitted.
WARNING!: The centre lock and the pan and tilt brakes must be applied before any
attempt is made to fit or remove any equipment mounted on the pan and tilt head.