User Manual

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 Make sure that everything is ght.
 Grasp Central Post near the base and move it from vercal to horizontal.
 Hold it there. Be sure that it will not hit the stand when you drop it. Keep your free hand to
catch the central post when it drops.
 Count how many seconds it takes to fall to vercal. Try using a stopwatch.
 If the drop me is less than 2 seconds, it is too boom heavy. You need to move the boom
mass closer to post.
 If the drop me is more than 2 seconds, it is top heavy.
A Drop Time of 2-2.5 seconds is preferred.
NOTE: Recheck the balance by looking at sled. If necessary, use side screws and boom plate
screws to make required adjustments.
Balancing Review
Proper system balance can only be achieved once your camera is set up with appropriate
accessories ready for shoong. This means baeries, lenses, media cards, LCD
viewnder/ monitor, quick release plate, on-cam lights, and all the gear you will use for your
recording session.
 Remove top plate of stabilizer and line-up your camera so that its center of gravity is as close
to the center of plate as possible (basically hold the camera in your hand unl it feels
balanced both le and right as well as forward and backward).
 Find hole in the plate that is as close to threaded tripod mount on your camera as possible
(while you are sll holding your camera's center of gravity to the center of plate). Aach your
camera (or quick release, if you have one). Tighten it down so it won't accidentally rotate.
 Re-aach top plate to the stabilizer. Center it, but don't worry about geng it absolutely
perfect.
 Remove most of the weights from Base Plaorm, but leave one on each side.
 Insert the central post as far as it can go and ghten so it won't slide out.
 Hold the handle normally and turn stabilizer so that it is horizontal to the ground. Let go of
the stalk while keeping a rm grip on handle and count how long it takes to return to vercal
again. You should be able to count a good, ‘One-one thousand, two-one thousand’, before it
rights itself. With only two lile weights it might take considerably longer.
 Add one pair of weights at a me and repeat ‘horizontal to vercal’ test, unl it falls at the
correct rate. It will probably not be perfect.