Flycam FLCM-10-Q User manual

Instruction Manual
10 Video Camera Stabilizer
(FLCM-10-Q)

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At Flycam, our goal is to ensure 100% Customer Sasfacon 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 connuous improvement and your Feedback, building on
our reputaon of providing aordable, quality products is
PRIORITY #1.
Subject Page
Foreword 3
Introducon 4
Assembling 5-8
Balancing 9
Warranty 10
Table of Contents

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Welcome To Proaim!
Dear Client,
On behalf of all the people that work so hard to provide you with the most
up-to-date, exible and cost-ecient producon gear, we would like to welcome
you into the Flycam family.
By purchasing your 10 Video Camera Stabilizer with Quick Release, you have just
joined a host of designers, engineers, machinists, assembly, customer service and
oce sta that take great pride in all that they do. Our mantra of connuous
improvement has been the guiding principle of how we conduct our business since
day one.
Once you have the opportunity to experience your new Flycam 10 Video Camera
Stabilizer with Quick Release, we hope you will agree that we cra quality products
at a compeve price. Products designed to meet and exceed the standards of
today’s real producon world.
Standards set by our valued clients and standards we strive to maintain.
With Best Wishes,
Flycam Team

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For videographers, it becomes very important that their shot is not shaky. Flycam
10 is a precise camera stabilizer which helps you in geng the stable and smooth
gliding movements with absolutely zero shakes. It allows you to make fast moves
while following quick acons. Thus it is easy to operate and best for travel shoong,
events, and video producons.
Introducon
What’s In The Box
Please inspect the contents of your shipped package to ensure you have received
all that is listed below.
Metal Quick Release
Handle
16 weight discs
Foam Padded Bag

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Assembling
 Loosen the 2x allen bolts at the boom of camera plate, align the holes with the top of the
central post & reghten the allen bolts securing the head to the stalk.
 Loosen the allen bolt at the boom of the quick release adapter and aach it to the head
plate.
 Remove the head plate by unscrewing
the four side knobs to mount the quick
release adaptor.

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 Aach the head plate to the FLYCAM with appropriate fore & a posioning and ghten the
side knobs as shown. Further ‘ne tuning’ will probably be required.
 Open the lever and remove quick release plate from quick release adapter. Then aach it
with your camera with the help of screw driver.
 Insert your camera setup with quick
release plate into quick release adapter
and ghtened with provided lever.

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 Remove the Head plate from the 3-piece
head assembly in preparaon to aach
it to your camera. You will note a
number of mounng holes that can be
used to adapt to various cameras.
 Center the Head Plate on the camera and secure it properly. Do not over ghten this
adjustment as it can break the threaded insert.
 Align the camera center of balance to the mid plate and secure.
Should you wish to bypass the quick release plate, the camera can be directly aached to the
Head Plate by using following assembly sequence:
 The many slots located on the head plate and boom 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

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 Place the assembly in line with the center of the stabilizer stalk and ghten the side adjusters
as shown. Further ‘ne tuning’ will probably be required.
 If you wish to use table clamp then please use following sequence of pictures and text.
 Aach clamp onto the table, ghten the provided knob to secure. Then aach handle onto
the clamp, it helps achieving balance in just seconds and saves your professional me.
 Aer mounng the camera onto the
FLYCAM C5, put the weights according
to the weight of the camera.
Head Plate Y adjustment

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BALANCING REVIEW
Proper system balance can only be achieved once your camera is set up with the appropriate
accessories ready for shoong. This means baeries, lenses, media cards, LCD viewnder/
monitor, quick release plate, on-cam lights, and all the gear you will use for your recording
session.
 Remove the top plate of the Flycam and line up your camera so that its center of gravity is as
close to the center of the plate as possible (basically hold the camera in your hand unl it
feels balanced both le and right as well as forward and back).
 Find the hole in the plate that is as close to the threaded tripod mount on your camera as
possible (while you are sll holding your camera's center of gravity to the center of the plate).
Aach your camera (or quick release mount if you have one). Tighten it down so it won't
accidentally rotate.
 Re-aach the top plate to the Flycam. Center it, but don't worry about geng it absolutely
perfect yet.
 Remove most of the weights from the Base Plaorm, but leave one on each side.
 Insert the center post as far as it will go and ghten so it won't slide out.
 Hold the handle normally and turn the Flycam so that it is horizontal to the ground. Let go of
the stalk while keeping a rm grip on the handle and count how long it takes to return to
vercal again. You should be able to count a good, "One-one thousand, two-one thousand",
before it rights itself. With only two lile weights it might take considerably longer.
 Add one pair of weights at a me and repeat the "horizontal to vercal" test unl it falls at
the correct rate. It will probably not be perfect.
 You'll get one that's too slow and then you'll add a pair and it will fall too fast. When that
happens, take o the last pair of weights that you added.
 Tighten down the weights so they don't slide around.
 To get the count perfect, slightly lower the center post that aaches the Base Plaorm with
the weights unl you get the "one-one thousand, two one thousand" count to the vercal
posion.
 Fine-tune the le-right, forward-backward balance. You will have to go back and forth
between the two direcons to get the balance just right. Loosen the screw sets that allow the
sled to move le and right. Adjust the top plate so that it is centered and ghten down the
screws like you would a re slowly and alternang side to side.
 Repeat for "forward-backward" balancing.
 Check to see if your camera is sing level. If not, repeat the necessary steps unl it does
 Pracce walking/movements ensuring your body moon is not transmied to your hands and
then the Flycam and camera.

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WARRANTY
We oer a one year warranty for our products from the date of purchase.
We will repair or replace your product, free of charge, in the event of a defect in materials or
crasmanship obtained during normal use or handling based on the user manual. Please note
that we will not cover any shipping costs for returning the product to us. If any VAT or import
dues are applied to the return, we will also charge these costs to the customer.
The warranty does not include, by the way of example, damage caused by products that we do
not supply or from mishandling in transit, accident, misuse, neglect, lack of care of the product ,
or service by anyone other than our company.
We are not liable for incidental or consequenal damages resulng from the use of the unit or
occurring due to any breach of this warranty.
Replacement parts of the product will be provided at nominal cost (covering the cost price of the
replacement parts only) to the customers aer the Warranty Period has expired. We will cover
the complete cost of sending replacement parts within the warranty period. Aer that, Nominal
cost of the product & Actual shipping cost will be charged.
Do not send the unit to us without rst geng a response and geng the approval to send back
the item.
In case of any kind of dissasfacon, we urge you to Contact us immediately and we shall do our
Best to help you out. For any other assistance you can reach us via email.
For any other assistance you can reach us via email.
YOUR FLYCAM 10 VIDEO CAMERA STABILIZER WITH QUICK RELEASE
ALL DRESSED UP AND READY TO GO
(SHOWN WITH OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES)