Panther MAXI SHOCK ABSORBER User manual

MAXI SHOCK
ABSORBER
USER MANUAL
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INTRODUCTION
Congratulations to your decision of purchasing or renting your Panther Maxi Shock Absorber.
We are pleased that you made your decision in favor of equipment, which combines state-of-
the-art technology and many years of experience in manufacturing camera support equipment.
Selected materials and a great know-how ensures that in practice you have a wide variety of
possibilities, which you will appreciate during shooting. Your new Panther Maxi Shock Absorber
is a high-quality and modern tool giving the creative cameraman a new easy way to control your
movements and get a more stabilized result.
The Panther Maxi Shock Absorber is a very useful equipment, developed by specialists for spe-
cialists in order to meet the expectations of every cameraman or grip.
To ensure that you will love working with your Panther Maxi Shock Absorber and that all re-
quirements during shooting can be fulfilled considering utmost safety and reliability, please
carefully read this user manual.
With our best wishes
Andreas Fitz
CEO | Executive President
Panther GmbH

TABLE OF CONTENTS
TOPIC PAGE
Basic Knowledge 4
Spring Adjustment 5
Dampening 7
8Shock Absorber Adjustment
Mounting 6
9Notes

4
BASIC KNOWLEDGE
For use with gyro stabilized heads to reduce high and low frequency vibrations and hard impact
shocks during high speed chases on rough and bumpy terrain.
max. payload: 80 kg / 176 lbs
Your gyro stabilized head / camera or whatever you use has always to be
mounted on the upper side of the Maxi Shock Absorber.
Otherwise it will lose its‘ ability.
Mitchell Plate
Shock Absorber
Spring
LOWER SIDE
UPPER SIDE
Mitchell Plate

5
SPRING ADJUSTMENT
The load capacity can be adjusted by the springs.
The springs can be unscrewed counterclockwise.
Spring(s) Payload
1x Spring 3
(313637)
2x Spring 3
(313637)
1x Spring 4
(313638)
2x Spring 4
(313638)
5-17 kg / 11-37 lb
17-35 kg / 37-77 lb
15-40 kg / 33-88 lb
40-80kg / 88-176 lb

6
MOUNTING
Mounting the arm
To change the direction of the Mitchell
plate - for example from Underslung to
Overslung - you just have to open the blue
marked screws and reposition the complete
unit in the required position.
Then tighten the screws.
Mitchell - Scaafold
Adapter
310468
130 / 150mm Mount
310390
Speedrail / Scaold
Mount (48mm)
310396
Overslung Nose Mount Underslung
!
For Overslung and Underslung please use 2 screws left, 2 screws right and 2
screws at the bottom / top side.
For Nose Mount please use 3 screws left and 3 screws right.
Mitchell Plate (upper side)
Speedrail / Scaold
Mount (48mm)
310422

7
DAMPENING
WEIGHT
max .80 kg
In order for the shock absorber to fully dampen, the shock absorber must be at a right angle to
the fixation when the weight is attached. For the damping to work, the Panther lettering must
be on top.

8
SHOCK ABSORBER ADJUSTMENT
The Shock Absorber has a stageless adjustment over the entire dampening
range. Please make sure that you always adjust the two knobs to an equal
level of dampening.

9
NOTES

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