Attaching the camera
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1.
Turn on the camera, operate the zoom button, and extend the
camera lens to the utmost extended position. (Fig. 5)
2.
Attach the camera to 1 bracket.
Mount the camera to 7 camera attaching base and align the
rear part of the camera to 6 projection on camera attaching
base.
Screw a camera fixing screw into the tripod hole and
temporarily secure the camera with the tripod. (Fig. 6)
[Note]
The camera slides because of its own weight if the fieldscope of
angled body type is mounted. Therefore, carefully handle the
fieldscope so that the front of the camera lens will not come in
contact with the eyepiece or 0 eyepiece (DS mount) insertion.
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Fig. 5
Fig. 6
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7
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Adjusting the optical axis
1.
Operate the zoom button and set the zoom to the wide setting
side.
2.
While viewing the LCD monitor or the viewfinder of the camera,
make adjustments so that the circle of the eyepiece aligns with
the center of the image.
When turning on the camera, if what you see is like Fig. A, the
field of view of the fieldscope is out of alignment to the right (or
left) relative to the camera. Make fine adjustments of the camera
angle (see Fig. F) until it looks like Fig. B.
After adjusting the optical axis, loosen a camera fixing screw
and fix camera.
Loosen b slide fixing knob and move the camera together
3.
with the slide fixing knob forward, and fix the camera where the
field of view is clear and four corners of vignetting are about the
same size as in Fig. C. Fig. D is an example of the field of view not
being clear enough. Depending on your combination, it may not
appear as in Fig. C.
If it appears like Fig. E, the camera is misaligned to the left.
Loosen a camera fixing screw, and make fine adjustments to
the camera position so that it will be in the state of Fig. C. (Fig. F)
Fig. A
Fig. B
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Fig. C
Fig. D
Fig. E
Fig. F
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