User Manual

Part IV: Terrestrial Photography

1. Press one of the buttons 1-5 to choose a slewing speed. Speed 1, 2, 3 are for time-lapse

photography, speed 4, 5 are for normal video recording. Here is the speed table:

• Speed 1: 1 rotation per 24 hours.

• Speed 2: 1 rotation per 6 hours.

• Speed 3: 1 rotation per 3 hours.

• Speed 4: 1 rotation per 1.5hours.

• Speed 5: Approximate 2.5 degree/second

2. Press buttons (GO) and (DOWN) to activate the Video Cruising function. During the

cruising, the mount will send shutter release signal periodically.

3. During the cruising, user can press the (SET) button to pause/resume the mount.

4. By default, when the mount sends shutter release signal from the SNAP port every 3

seconds for time-lapse photography. User can press button (a) to (f) and button (DOWN)

to change the interval to 1,2, 3, 4, 10, 40 and 60 seconds during the cruising.

5. Press buttons (DOWN) and (RIGHT) to stop the cruising.

If one of (a) to (f) preset position is stored with the position which is the same its

previous one, then it will be skipped during the cruising. For example, if (b), (c)

and (d) are preset with the same position which is different from (a) and (e) then

the cruise sequence will be a->b->e positions while c and d positions are

skipped.

A position which is not set after turning on power will also be skipped during

cruising.

If both axes positions are changed between two preset points, the axis with

shorter slewing distance will slew at lower speed; both axes will stop at

approximate the same time.

Panoramic/Matrix Photography

The hand control can control a camera to take panoramic photos with the SNAP interface.

The camera must have an external shutter control port (see Camera Cruising Function

paragraph about SNAP interface), and a proper bracket should be used to attach the camera

on the mount (see Assembling and Installing the Mounting Bracket paragraph about

using the mounting bracket).

1. Set the camera’s field of view

• Level the camera on the mount. Turn off the power of the mount and then turn it on

again.

• Look through the viewfinder window of the camera or look at the life view LCD

display of the camera. As shown in the following figure, remember the object at the

corner of the view finder, and then rotate the azimuth and altitude axes of the mount

with the hand control to move the center of the view finder onto that object. Press

buttons (SET) and (a) to save the position. The Star Discovery mount will double the

movement to get the full field of view.

When taking panoramic pictures, the

mount will apply 30% overlap between the

pictures, as represented in the picture.