Varizoom QUICKJIB2KIT-100 Users Manual

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PLEASE READ THOROUGHLY BEFORE STARTING! SAFETY PRECAUTIONS: *Keep fingers and loose clothing
away from gears and moving parts. *Always unplug VZ-MC100 Pan and Tilt Head when not in use. *Mount only
on stable surfaces.

***Turn off your camera’s Optical Image Stabilizer while it is mounted to the MC100***

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VZ-MC100

Pan and Tilt Head - Set-Up and Operating

Instructions

SETTING UP YOUR NEW PAN AND TILT HEAD –

1. Bolt the base plate of the VZ-MC100 head securely to jib or tripod mount. The base is
designed to mount on a flat surface or 100mm bowl, so an adapter may be necessary for
other sizes (consult jib or tripod maker). The mounting plate on the MC100 has a threaded
hole, but it should never be used without the included nut and washer to ensure that the
head does not fall!

Pan and Tilt Motor Attachment

2. There are two motors included, one for Panning left/right (to place at the base of the
MC100), and one for Tilting up/down (to place at the top).

The motors are easily attached by a.) loosening the clamp lever and sliding the clamp
onto the stainless steel post adjacent to the large black arm gears. b.) connecting the

male stereo plug from the motor to the female plug on MC100 head and
For initial setup, leave the motors disengaged (the small brass motor gears

should be pulled away from the large black gears).

HORIZONTAL CAMERA BALANCING

3. There are 2 steps to balancing the camera – horizontal and vertical - this is just the first
step, the horizontal balancing, which is quite simple.

Securely attach the camera to the mounting plate with bolt and washer. After tightening
the bolt, slightly loosen it again so that the camera may slide forward and backward on the
mounting plate.

Move the camera so that gravity allows it to rest on the plate without tilting up or down,
balancing the camera horizontally. The tilt arm that holds the
adjustable mounting plate should be exactly parallel to the
main arm (straight up). Now you can thoroughly tighten the
camera mounting bolt(s) so that the camera doesn’t slide
when tilting (you may want to use multiple bolts for large
cameras with tripod mounting plates).

CAMERA MUST BE PROPERLY BALANCED FOR
OPERATION.

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VERTICAL CAMERA BALANCING

4. The second step of balancing the camera is the vertical balancing, which is a
little more involved and less intuitive.

As you may have noticed, the camera platform adjusts up and down along
the two support rods (pictured at right). The two levers on either side of the
platform must be loosened to make the adjustment – DO NOT LOOSEN AT
THIS TIME. These levers can be repositioned without loosening or tightening
by simply pressing on the button and lifting the lever, then rotating it. When

you want to loosen or tighten the lever, simply rotate it normally (“lefty
loosey, righty tighty”).

With the camera horizontally balanced, rotate the platform so the camera is
exactly vertical. Be sure to keep the gears disengaged.

If the camera stays vertical, it is pretty close to vertically balanced.
If the camera platform swings down, the camera is too low and you

need to slide it upward (1). Loosen levers and adjust.
If the camera platform swings up, you need to slide it downward (2).

Loosen levers and adjust.
It is easier to adjust the camera platform with the camera pointing up (the rods horizontal, as pictured above),

as you won’t have to support the weight of the camera while you adjust the platform position.
If the camera stays vertical, go ahead and tighten the levers.
NOW TILT THE CAMERA AT VARIOUS ANGLES ALL THE WAY AROUND – IT SHOULD HOLD ANY POSITION

IF PROPERLY BALANCED. YOU MAY NEED TO TWEAK THE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL POSITIONS TO
GET IT EXACTLY RIGHT.

A BALANCED CAMERA WILL HOLD ANY POSITION THROUGH 360 DEGREES WITHOUT THE MOTORS
ENGAGED. THE CAMERA MUST BE THOROUGHLY BALANCED FOR PROPER OPERATION.

5. Engage the brass motor gears to the large black gears on the arm
and tighten. Be sure the levers are pointing away from the rotating
arm.

-NOTE: Once tightened, you can adjust the position of the lever by
simply pulling out on it and then rotating the lever until it faces
away. This will NOT loosen the fastener. Failure to aim lever

away will impede the movement of the MC100.