User guide

Installation & Setup User Guide
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Appendix L: Room Layout & Lighting Setup for a Capture
Station with Discontinued Video Capture
Hardware
Environmental Considerations Affecting Flash & Camera
Capture Quality
There are several factors to consider when selecting your capture station
environment. Lighting is the most important factor and the most difficult to
provide setup instructions for, because every site’s capture environment is
unique. B.A.S.I.S. ships with the optimal hardware setting defaults already set.
The important items to consider when setting up the capture environment are the
flash and camera settings based on environmental considerations.
Capture Station Setup Specifications
For every capture station the equipment should be setup as close as possible to
the following specifications:
The backdrop should be approximately 1.5 feet behind the subject. The camera
and flash apparatus should be at least 4.5 feet in front of the subject at an average
height (the height should be adjustable for obvious reasons). The capture area
requires approximately 10 to 12 feet of floor space with appropriate width.
Basic Camera Setup (VK-C77U)
Setup the camera dip switches as follows:
The selector switch at the bottom of the camera’s back should be set all the way
to the right when there are no adjustments being made.
POS << NEG Positive / negative pictures
AGC << OFF Automatic Gain Control
AWB >> MWB White Balance
R << B RGB adjustment
AF << OFF Automatic Focus