Owner manual

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Time Lapse Mode
Thisfeatureallowsyoutocollectaseriesofstillimagesoveralongperiodoftimewhilethemountslowlypans.Youcanthenuseyour
favoriteimageprocessingsoftwaretomergetheseframesintoatimelapsevideo.
1. FromthePanoramicFunctionmenu,usethescrollkeystoselectTime Lapse Mode. Press ENTER to continue.
2. Itisrecommendedthatyouuseyourcamera’s“LivePreview”modetousetheLCDdisplayastheviewnder.Ifyourcameradoes 
 nothavethisoption,youmayusetheopticalviewnder.Usethedirectionalkeystomovethecameratothepointwhereyouwish 
to start your slow pan. Press ENTER to continue.
3. Use the directional keys where you want the slow pan to end and press ENTER.
4. The display will prompt you to set the amount of time you want between each picture point in your time lapse pan. You may
 entertheinformationusingthedirectionalkeysandthenumerickeypadinthefollowingformat:h:mm:ss.Thetimeintervalyou 
 canenteris9:59:59.Onceyouhaveenteredthepropertimeinterval,pressENTER.
5. Youwillnowbepromptedtoentertheexposuretime.Themount’sexposuretimedoesnotrefertothecamera’sexactshutterspeed.
 ThisreferstothetimingoftheONandOFFshutterreleasesignalsentfromthemounttothecamera.Theexposuretimesettingof 
 thissnapsignalmustbeshorterthantheintervalyousetinstep4.Theactualshutterspeedandapertureadjustmentsshouldbe 
made on the camera itself. The mount does not control this.
6. The display will prompt you to enter the number of pictures you want to take during the pan from the starting point to the ending
 pointoftheslew.Youcanchooseanynumberupto65,535images.PressENTER.
Note: The number of images you can take during your time lapse slew will be dependent on the image quality setting in your camera,
the amount of memory your camera has available and the amount of power left in your camera’s battery. The larger the image size, the
fewer pictures you will be able to store on your memory card.
7. The display will ask if you are ready to start shooting. Press 1 for yes and 2 for no.
8. The mount will now slew to the starting point and start capturing your images. The status of the time lapse will be shown on
 thehandcontrol.Thetoplinewillshowthenumberofthelastpicturetakenandthetotalnumberofpicturesyouselected.Ifyou 
 haveselectedalargetimeintervalbetweenimages,acountdowntimerwillshowthetimeremaininguntilthenextshutterrelease.
9. You can stop the time lapse at any time by pressing the ESC key. The hand control will ask if you wish to resume the time lapse.
Press 1 to resume or 2 to exit the time lapse mode.
Conguration Menu
UnderthemainPanoramicFunctionsmenu,youcanusethescrollkeystoselecttheCongurationmenutosetuptwocameraswiththeir
model number and parameter settings.
1. Select the Camera Setting submenu and press ENTER. The hand control will prompt you to select one of the two camera
 presetsthatyouwanttocongure.UsethescrollkeystoselecttheoneyouwantandpressENTER.
2. The hand control will ask if you wish to edit the model name. Press 1 to access the model name editor.