PROAIM Cambird Pro SL-CBPR-01 User manual

Instruction Manual
Cambird Pro 6ft Camera
Slider Jib (SL-CBPR-01)

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Subject Page
Foreword 3
Introducon 4
Safety Hints 5
Assembling 6-15
Warranty 16
At Proaim, 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.
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-ecient producon gear, we would like to welcome
you into the Proaim family.
By purchasing your Cambird Pro 6 Camera Slider Jib, 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 Cambird Pro 6 Camera
Slider Jib, 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,
Proaim Team
Welcome To Proaim!

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Proaim Cambird Pro Slider Jib can be used as Video DSLR Camera Slider, Mini Jib,
Tower or Hi-Hat and oers vast range of possible angles and features which make it
extremely funconal. Proaim Cambird Pro is an All-in-One performance package
with solidity of each and every part to improve the quality of your work. Cambird
Pro supports cameras up to 10kg/22lb making it ideal for new breed of DSLR’s, ENG
and lightweight HD cameras. The exceponal construcon gets transformed
instantly from a Camera Slider to Jib Arm to Tower and all the more
single-handedly.
Introducon
What’s In The Box
Please inspect the contents of your shipped package to ensure you have received
everything that is listed below.
Rail With Dolly
Fork with Wedge Plate End Feet Crank handle
Jib Arm 4Pc Counterweights
10Pc Counterweights
8Pc Counterweights
Flight Case with Wheels
2Pc Counterweights
Weight Rod
Hub Locking
Knob

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ATTENTION: PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE USING TO PREVENT SERIOUS DAMAGE TO
THE GEAR!
DO NOT OVERTIGHTEN CARRIAGE BRAKE
Needlessly over ghtening the carriage brake can cause misalignment and severely
damage the roller bearings.
NEVER STRIKE OR PUT METAL OBJECTS ON THE RAILS
This can cause nicks and dings which will result in unsteady movement and image
vibraon.
REMOVE THE CRANK HANDLE
If not using the handle, remove it to reduce the vibraon.
BE PRECISE IN CHANGING CAMERA POSITION
To change the posion hold camera, unlock Lever B2 and pull the black knob with
force.
CAREFULLY CONNECT JIB ARM
Both the arm ends are labelled with which one to be connected rst. Read
cauously to avoid mounng error.
WATCHFUL WHILE USING AS JIB
First lock Brake B1. Then, aer connecng Jib Arm, unlock Lever B2.
BE VIGILANT TO USE IN TOWER MODE
Precisely mount L-plate on the camera plaorm by matching the threads; else it can
damage to camera.
FOLLOWING THESE GUIDELINES WILL PROVIDE BETTER IMAGES AND TROUBLE FREE
OPERATION.
SHOULD YOU NEED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IS
AVAILABLE ‘ONLINE’ BY CONTACTING YOUR SALES REPRESENTATIVE.
Safety Hints

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NOTE: You must complete the counter balance procedure in rst secon of this manual, before
compleng this setup.
 Place Central Fork along with aached Wedge Plate on tripod and level it accordingly. Then
connect it with the Hub by inserng a pin from boom.
 Tighten Hub Locking Knob to secure the
Central Fork.
 Now insert the Slider onto the top of
Central Fork accurately.
Assembling the Slider

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 Insert a black knob into rail system on
both sides and lock them with Central
Fork.
NOTE: Mount your uid head and camera setup.
 Remove red nuts and black protecve balls from Counterbalance Sled. Then add
Counterweights to Sled equal to the weight of Camera and Fluid Head package.
 Reaach the red nuts & black protecve balls for securing Counterweights properly.

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 For slow sliding movements, you may insert Crank Handle into the crank spline on Slider.
NOTE: Remove Crank Handle when not in
use while operang, as it will cause shaking
of Slider Rail.
Assembling as Diagonal Slider
 To give angle to rail for Diagonal Slides,
move the camera to middle of the rail
and apply the Slide Brake.
Slide brake
 Loosen the black knob on each side of rail system. Place the rail at desired posion. Then
re-ghten the knobs.
knob

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knob
 Hold your camera with one hand and
loosen the knob on Camera Plate.
 While holding the camera, pull out
Circular Adjustment Knob to posion the
camera at any desired posion.
Circular Adjustment
Knob
 To use the slider in Jib posion, move
camera setup to one end of the rail.
Assembling as Mini jib

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 Tighten the slider brake once the
camera has been moved to the end of
the rail.
Slide brake
 On Central Fork, loosen the bolt to insert one end of Jib Arm into Focal Point Adjustment and
ghten back the bolt.
 Turn the boom knob on Focal Point
Adjustment to reposion Jib Arm, so
that it can move towards the top.

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 Aach other side of Parallelogram/Jib Arm to the camera plaorm by inserng connected
lever into threaded hole on plaorm.
NOTE: The connected lever should be perpendicular to rail. This will ensure camera
movement parallel to the ground.
 Complete the ghtening process with
knob. Ensure that the teeth in middle of
camera plaorm are fully disengaged
and that the nipples on arm’s lever have
fully met the holes on plaorm.
 You may need to adjust the length of Jib
Arm to adjust framing. Use the adjusng
hand grip on Jib arm to accomplish this.

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 Release the black knobs on each side of rail system to acvate Mini Jib Funcon.
NOTE: As Mini Jib moves up and down,
camera should stay parallel with the
ground.
 Release the knob on Camera Plate.
 Firstly, ghten the knob on Central Fork
to stop its Pan/Horizontal movement.
Assembling as Tower

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 Insert Weight Rod into Wedge Plate. Secure it with Locking Pin carefully.
 To use the slider in Tower mode, loosen
the black knob on each side of Wedge
Plate and lt it to a complete 90°.
 Remove one of the Weight Closers from
Rod.

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 Insert Counterweights (Not Included) into the Rod according to your setup requirement.
Secure them with Weight Closer and lock it.
 Mount your camera onto Camera Plate
and balance by setup appropriately. You
will see the Slider in Tower Mode as
shown in image here.
 To use the slider in Hi-Hat posion,
insert threaded screws into the corners
of End Feet.
End feet
Threaded
screw
Assembling in Low Prole Setup

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 Aach each End Foot to each end of the rail using the screws provided. Each end of the rail
should have two threaded screws for mounng of feet. Adjust threaded screws to achieve
desired height.
 Then mount your uid head and camera
setup. You will see the Slider in Hi-Hat
Mode as shown in image here.

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YOUR PROAIM CAMBIRD PRO 6FT CAMERA SLIDER JIB
ALL DRESSED UP AND READY TO GO!
(SHOWN WITH OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES)
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.