Flycam FLCM-JR Manual de usuario
Junior Camera Stabilizer
(FLCM-JR)
Instruction Manual
Flycam Junior Camera
Stabilizer (FLCM-JR)
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Subject Page
Forward 3
Introducon 4
Assembling 5-9
Balancing 10-13
Warranty 14
At Flycam, our goal is to ensure 100% Customer Sasfacon in all that we do.
We back our sales with a 1 year warranty from the date of purchase and work hard
to resolve any problems in the unlikely event one should arise.
With our commitment to connuous improvement and your Feedback, building on
our reputaon of providing aordable, quality products is
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Table of Contents
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Dear Client,
On behalf of all the people that work so hard to provide you with the most
up-to-date, exible and cost-ecient producon gear, we would like to welcome
you into the Flycam family.
By purchasing your Flycam Junior DSLR Camera Stabilizer, you have just joined a
host of designers, engineers, machinists, assembly, customer service and oce sta
that take great pride in all that they do. Our mantra of connuous improvement has
been the guiding principle of how we conduct our business since day one.
Once you have the opportunity to experience your Flycam Junior DSLR Camera
Stabilizer, we hope you will agree that we cra quality products at a compeve
price. Products designed to meet and exceed the standards of today’s real
producon world.
Standards set by our valued clients and standards we strive to maintain.
With Best Wishes,
Flycam Team
Welcome To Flycam!
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Our Flycam Junior stabilizer has been specically designed to enable operators to
achieve a high level of arsc freedom in shot selecon in both video and slls
formats. In order to master the capabilies of your Junior, please read the following
set up and operaon guide. Remember to acquaint yourself with your Flycam
Junior by praccing proper use. Once mastered, your Flycam Junior will become an
indispensible producon tool for shooters from amateur to professionals alike.
Head, Mid & Boom Plate
Quick Release plate
Base Plaorm with 16 weight
disks
Accessories
Introducon
Please inspect the contents of your shipped package to ensure you have received
everything that is listed below.
What’s In The Box
Central Post
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HEAD ASSEMBLY
Head Plate
Mid Plate
Boom Plate
These three individual pieces are shipped as one assembled unit.
‘V’ SHAPED ADAPTORS INCLUDED IN HARDWARE KIT
Note: Included in the hardware package are two dier-
ent sized V-shaped adaptors used to aach the cam-
era to the head plate. Choose the one that is suitable
for your camera. A locking pin located at the front of
the adaptor prevents camera rotaon on the head.
Note: The threaded stud is located in the center of the
base plate for aach it with central post.
The boom of the interior central post has a threaded
slot that matches the pin located mid base on the
plaorm. To aach the two, simply thread them
together and ghten to ensure a slip free connecon.
Alignment should end up with the central post being
perpendicular to the base plaorm. This will make
camera balancing and operaon much easier.
Head Plate Boom Plate
Mid Plate
CENTRAL POST
Warning: The Gimbaled control unit, handle and yoke
have been factory set for opmum performance.
Do not aempt to adjust them.
ATTACHING CENTRAL POST TO BASE PLATFORM
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Loosen the 2x allen bolts at boom of the camera plate and align the holes with the top of
the central post. Reghten the allen bolts securing the head to the stalk.
Remove the Head plate from the
3-piece head assembly in preparaon
to aach it to your camera. You will
note a number of mounng holes that
can be used to adapt to various
cameras.
Center the head plate on the camera and ghten the allen bolt with the help of screw driver.
Align the camera center of balance to the mid plate and secure the head plate and camera to
the mid plate.
Aaching The Head Plate to Central Post
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Aer proper alignment, ghten the 2x
Knobs to secure the camera.
The many slots located on the head plate and boom plate allow you to easily adjust the X
& Y axis for perfect balance. Once achieved, ghten the knobs to secure. Further ‘ne
tuning’ will probably be required.
Head Plate X adjustment
Head Plate Y adjustment
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YO U R F LYC AM J UNI O R F U LLY AS S E MB L E D
Adding Weights and Posioning for Proper Balance
Connuing the assembly and balance requirements to make your ycam Junior fully funconal
you will note that the base plaorm has a provision to mount the balance weights in their cups
via a slot found on both sides of the post.
The purpose of the counter weight system is to match the low end of the stabilizer to the weight
of the camera and accessories at the high/top end with the gimbaled handle as the pivot point in
between. The heavier the camera and accessories, the more weights are required to achieve
proper balance. Generally as you add weight to one side of the central post, an equal amount has
to be added to the other side to maintain horizontal balance. However if you are using an oset
conguraon such as a ip out viewnder or o center accessories, extra weights might be
needed on the opposite side of the post to counter act and maintain proper balance.
Total weight xed to the base plaorm should be equal to the weight of your camera plus the
head and any accessories.
Horizontal adjustment on the base plaorm is made by loosening the retaining screws and
moving the mounted cups closer to or further away from the stalk and then reghtening. You will
probably need to adjust and re adjust the horizontal posion to achieve opmum performance/
personal preference.
NOTE: When adding weight in the cups, use the supplied foam spacers as silencers to prevent
metal to metal washer noise.
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VERTICAL STALK ADJUSTMENT
The up and down (vercal) posion of the
telescopic central post is adjusted by
loosening the control located at the base,
raising or lowering the stalk to the desired
locaon and then reghtening the vercal
control. Do not over-ghten this control.
BALANCING YOUR FLYCAM JUNIOR
Before beginning the balancing process check the following
Camera is securely aached to head plate.
Lens cap has been removed and secured.
Telescoping clamp has been ghtened.
Weight discs are added successfully.
All screws are ghtened securely.
Baery, all accessories and cables should be secured.
Balancing the Horizontal axis
When your ycam junior is properly assembled, you can start the test and setup of the
horizontal balance. Horizontal balance allows the camera to remain level during operaon with
the central post in a vercal posion unless o axis framing is desired.
When tesng for horizontal balance start from a at and level surface like a table. This will allow
the ycam junior to hang freely as you hold it. If your ycam junior is correctly balanced on its
horizontal axis, then it will be both level & upright, with the central post in a perfect vercal
posion.
Warning: If you do not have enough weight on the base plaorm the enre ycam could ip
upside down. Should this movement start to happen be ready to catch the stalk before a
complete 180 occurs. This type of unwanted movement requires more weight to be added to the
base with addional weight discs.
Another way to accomplish horizontal balance is to move the center of gravity of the camera by
re-bolng the camera to a dierent area of the Head and Mid Plate, either front to back or side
to side.
Should the ycam junior be front heavy, loosen the screws on the sides of the head plate and
gently slide the head plate back unl opmum balance is achieved.
Tilng to the back means the load is tail heavy requiring the plate to be adjusted forward on the
head.
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Always secure the screws aer any adjustments.
If you cannot achieve front to back axis balance with this method, then try remounng your
camera to a dierent hole on the head plate. Having achieved horizontal balance for the front to
back axis, ghten the screws on the Head Plate.
If the ycam junior leans to the right, then loosen the screws on the boom of the boom plate
and then gently slide the Mid Plate to the le. If it leans to the le from the operator’s point of
view, then adjust the Mid Plate to the right. A bit at a me unl balance is achieved.
Secure all parts aer adjustments are made.
It may be necessary to recongure front to back adjustments once correct side-to-side
ne-tuning has been accomplished.
Another opon to consider is moving the counter weight cups back & forth on the base plaorm
by sliding them either closer to or further away from the Center Post via the built in base slots.
Make sure to ghten the cups down should you move them.
Balancing the Vercal Axis
The sled should be ed up to the docking adapter of your stand or similar so that you can start
the fore & a balancing adjustments by centering the camcorder over the central post. To do this
Loosen the side screws of the head plate and the boom screws of the boom plate.
Look at the ycam junior from the side. If the camcorder lens is pped up or down, move the
camcorder forward or backwards unl the center of balance is situated over the central
post.
Then, look at the ycam junior from the front. If the post is not vercal, adjust the boom
plate unl the center post is vercal.
You can also adjust the weight cups closer to & further away from the sled as per the
requirement ll the post is straight up and down.
Note: The stability of the ycam junior depends on it being slightly boom heavy. If it is top
heavy, it will lt more. If boom heavy, it will be sluggish and hard to aim.
Slightly boom heavy, it will be both stable and easier to control.
Check the vercal balance by using this drop me test
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