Locking The Platform; Pan And Tilt Brakes; Pan And Tilt Drag - Vinten Vector 950 OE Guide De L'utilisateur

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Locking the platform

The centre lock mechanism is operated by a plunger on the right-hand side of the head. To engage the
lock, hold the platform in the horizontal position and push the plunger (4) inwards until it latches and the
release lever (8) appears. Use the pan bar to rock the platform slightly whilst pushing the button.
To release the centre lock, rock the platform slightly and push down on the release lever (8).

Pan and tilt brakes

The pan (7) and tilt brakes (6) are operated by levers on the right of the head. The brakes are applied by
pushing the appropriate lever down and released by pulling the lever up.
The brakes should be applied whenever the camera is left unattended.

Pan and tilt drag

Both the pan and tilt mechanisms incorporate the Vinten thin film (TF) system to ensure smooth movement
of the camera about these axes and are fitted with control knobs to adjust the drag setting.
Both drag knobs (18), (19) are provided with illuminated scales, graduated from 0 to 9. To illuminate the
scales, press the button (12). The light will go out after approximately 15 seconds.
The drag adjustment knobs are mounted on the left-hand side of the head. The smaller pan drag knob (19)
is on the front lower part of the main body, with the larger tilt drag knob (18) in the centre on the tilt drag
housing.
To increase drag, turn the knob clockwise, towards a higher graduation. To decrease drag, turn the knob
anti-clockwise, towards a lower graduation.The whip-pan facility is unaffected by the pan drag setting.
Digital display
(Fig 4)
The digital display (11) comprises a two-row LCD display. It has three modes of operation, selected by the
buttons (10), (12). The display may be illuminated by pressing the illumination button (12).
Clock and stopwatch
The top row of the display is a 24-hour clock (11.1), which is always visible. This is the default mode. The
bottom row is a stopwatch, counting in seconds and minutes from 00:00 to 59:59.
To set the clock:
Press both buttons (10), (12) momentarily. The hours display will flash.
Use the timer button (10) to increment the hours.
Press the illumination button (12). The minutes display will flash.
Use the timer button (10) to increment the minutes.
Press the illumination button (12) to exit and start the clock.
To display, start, stop or clear the stopwatch:
Momentarily pressing the timer button (10) will display, start, stop or clear the stopwatch in that se-
quence.
Balance
Balance mode is active any time the balance adjustment knob (5) is turned (unless the stopwatch is run-
ning) and remains active for 15 seconds after adjustment has finished. In this mode the bottom row shows
the setting of the balance mechanism on a scale of 0.0 to 100.0 The BAL legend (11.3) is also lit. The top
row of the display shows the 24-hour clock.
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