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3.4 MovingtheRail

Themacro‐railmaybemovedinand outmanuallyusingtheFWD/BACKbuttons.Thesetwo

buttonswillalwaysgiveyoucontrolovertherailunlessacaptureiscurrentlytakingplace.If

StackShotiscurrentlyrunningacapturesequenceanybuttonpresswillabortthesequence.If

thecameracarriageisrunintooneofthestopsateitherendaclickingnoisewillbeheard.This

willnotcausedamagetotherail.

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CAUTION:Alwayskeepyourbody,cables,andequipmentclearoftherailwhileitisinmotion.

Therailcanpinchandcrush.Beawareoftheenvironmentyouareoperatingin.Thecenterof

gravitywillchangeasStackShotmovesthecamera.Movingtherailcanpotentiallycausea

tippinghazard.Besurethatyourtri podissecuredandbalancedproperlytopreventdamageto

equipment.Monitoryourcamera,lens,andotherequipmentatalltimeswhiletherailis

movingtopreventdamagetoyourequipment.Themotorcablemayposeasatrippinghazard.

Usecaution.

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3.5 ShutterDisable

BypressingdowntheCONFIGbutton,andthensimultaneouslypressingtheSHUTTERbutton,

youcanactivatethe“ShutterDisable”feature.StackShotwillfunctionnormallyexceptthatit

willnotallowtheshuttertofire(norwilltheshutterLEDilluminate).Toindicatethatthis

featureisactive,“SD”willflashintheupperright‐handcorneroftheLCDDisplay.Usethe

abovebuttoncombinationtorevertbacktonormaloperations.PressingtheSHUTTERbutton

willalsode‐activatethe“ShutterDisable”feature.

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3.6 OperatingModes

Fromthemainscreen,thefirstlineoftheLCDdisplayshowswhichoperatingmodeStackShotis

currentlyusing.PresstheSELECTbuttontomovetheindicatornextto“Mode”.Tochangethe

operatingmodepressandreleasetheUPorDOWNbutton.Thedifferentmodesarediscussed

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3.7 Mode:AutomaticStep

3.7.1 Overview

AutomaticStepmode(“Auto‐Step”)simplifiesthepicturetakingprocess.Itallowstheuserto

determinethebeginningandendpositionbyusingtheFWDandBACKbuttons,andalsothe

numberofstepsdesired.Afterthatthecapturingprocessis started.Thereisnoneedtoenter

anydistance–justchoosetheappropriatestartand endpositionthatyoudesire.

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3.7.2 NumberofSteps

“#Steps”isthenumberofstepsbetweenthebeginningandendposition.UsetheUP/DOWN

buttonstochoosethenumberofstepsdesired.StackShotalwaystakesapicturepriorto

movingthemotorsothetotalnumberofpicturestakenwillalwaysbe:“#Steps”+1.See

below:

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Mode: Auto-Step

> # Steps: 5

Select Start Pos

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AsyoucanseeinFigure6below,therearefivesteps(movements)oftherail .Thefirstpicture

startspriortomovingit,andthefinalpictureoccursafterthelaststep.Fivesteps‐‐sixpictures.

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Pictures Taken

Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5

Pic 1 Pic 2 Pic 3 Pic 4 Pic 5 Pic 6

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Figure6‐StepsVs.Pictures

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3.7.3 SelectingtheStart/EndPositions

PresstheSELECTbuttonuntilthecursorison“SelectStartPos”.UsetheFWD/BACKbuttonsto

findtheappropriatebeginningofthepicturesequence.Oncehappywiththatposition,press

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eithertheUPorDOWNbutton.Thetextonthedisplaywillchangeto“SelectEndPos”.Again,

usetheFWD/BACKbuttonstochoosethefinalpositionofthesequence.Onceagainpressthe

UPorDOWNbuttontoselectthisfinalposition.

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3.7.4 StartingtheSequence

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Oncethefinalpositionhasbeenselected,thestatus willchangeto“Up/Downtostart”andthe

lastlineonthedisplaywillshow“ChangeSettings”.

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Mode: Auto-Step

# Steps: 10

> Up/Down to start

Change Settings

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PresstheUPorDOWNbuttontoinitiatethesequence.Themotorwillmovebacktothestart

positionandbegincapturingpictures.Thestatus li newillindicatewhichstepisinprogress:

Mode: Auto-Step

# Steps: 10

Running: 3/10

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Ifyoupressanybuttonduringthistimeitwillstopthemotor,abortthesequence,andthe

displaywillshow“Aborted”andgiveyoutheoptiontorunthesequenceagain.Torestartthe

sequence,presseithertheUPorDOWNbutton.

Mode: Auto-Step

# Steps: 10

> Aborted. Run Again?

Change Settings

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Whenthesequencecompletes,youalso havetheoptiontorestartbypressingtheUPorDOWN

button.Ifyouwanttochoosenewstartandendpositions,presstheSELECTbuttonsothatthe

cursorisnextto“ChangeSettings”.PresstheUPorDOWNbutton.Youcanthenchooseanew

startandendposition.SeeFigure7belowtode monstrate“Auto‐Step”mode.

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