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USER MANUAL Zest Flycam

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Zest Stabilizer + Vista-II Arm & Vest (VSTA-ZEST)

Instruction Manual

FLYCAM

At Proaim, our goal is to ensure 100% Customer Satisfaction 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 continuous improvement and your Feedback, building on our reputation of providing affordable, quality products is PRIORITY #1.

Table of Contents

Subject Page

Foreword 3

Introduction 4

Safety Hints 5

Assembling 6-12

Warranty 13

■ Welcome To Proaim!

Dear Client,

On behalf of all the people that work so hard to provide you with the most up-to-date, flexible and cost-efficient production gear, we would like to welcome you into the Proaim family.

By purchasing your Zest Power Stabilizer with Vista-II Arm & Vest, you have just joined a host of designers, engineers, machinists, assembly, customer service and office staff that take great pride in all that they do. Our mantra of continuous improvement has been the guiding principle of how we conduct our business since day one.

Once you have the opportunity to experience your Zest Power Stabilizer with Vista-II Arm & Vest, we hope you will agree that we craft quality products at a competitive price. Products designed to meet and exceed the standards of today's real production world.

Standards set by our valued clients and standards we strive to maintain.

With Best Wishes, Proaim Team

Introduction

Flycam Zest, the first Electronic Power Video Stabilizer, is made to support today's HD broadcast cameras with payload capacity of 5-15kg / 11-33lb. The highly adaptive and open architecture of Flycam Zest allows for extreme system configuration. You can lift the camera up with maximum extendibility of telescopic post or invert it to skim the floor, and then seamlessly return to normal Steadycam-mode. Flycam Vista-II Stabilizing Arm & Vest makes extended shooting nearly effortless, providing complete comfort and functionality for extended productions and long continuous shot.

What's In The Box

Please inspect the contents of your shipped package to ensure you have received everything that is listed below.

Note: If you have purchased (ST-ZEST) kit, you will receive the following:

DC Power cable RC male to BNC male cable 2 x RC female to BNC male cable connectors HDMI male to male cable RC to RC male cable

Note: If you have purchased (ST-VSTA-ZEST) kit, you will also receive the following:

• Vista-II Camera Stabilizer Arm
• Vista-II Camera Stabilizer Vest

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Safety Hints

ATTENTION: PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE USING TO PREVENT SERIOUS DAMAGE TO THE GEAR!

BE WATCHFUL OF THE HANDS

Cautiously operate to avoid pinching your hand/fingers inside the arm.

ALWAYS ESTABLISH THE CORRECT BALANCE

Adjust the weight balance before telescoping the length.

NEVER LEAVE THE FIXTURES LOOSE

All the knobs/screws must be locked tightly to avoid unbalancing of the whole camera setup.

BE HIGHLY VIGILANT WHILE ASSEMBLING

Lack of attention while attaching Stabilizer, Arm & Vest together can cause substantial damage to equipment.

NEVER LEAVE THE ARM UNATTANDED

Don't let an unloaded arm swing about as it may hit you or someone near you.

FOLLOWING THESE GUIDELINES WILL PROVIDE BETTER SHOTS AND TROUBLE-FREE OPERATION.

SHOULD YOU NEED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE 'ONLINE' BY CONTACTING OUR SALES REPRESENTATIVE.

Assembling of Stabilizer

- Attach both Rods with Stabilizer & tighten the knobs accurately.

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• Now attach Monitor Mount clamp onto Rods and tighten the knobs.

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- Loosen bolts to adjust the height of Monitor Mount as per your requirement.

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NOTE: Loosen the knob and rotate Monitor Mount plate. The unique pivot mechanism of Monitor Clamp enables 360° Rotation and angle adjustment for more convenience.

Height Adjustment 360° Rotation

- Now attach provided Weight Plates at both sides on Stabilizer Rods and tighten the knobs to secure them appropriately.

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Close-up of a black mechanical device with attached cable and a hand adjusting a spring, no visible text or symbols.

- Now mount your LCD (Not Included) on Monitor Mount plate as shown in image.

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- Attach V-Mount Battery Plate onto Stabilizer Rods and tighten the provided knob to secure it properly.

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- Now slide Battery (Not Included) onto the Battery Plate.

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NOTE: The up and down (vertical) position of Telescopic Central Post is adjusted by loosening the knob on Central Post. Ascend or descend the stalk to achieve desired location and then re-tighten the knob.

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- Loosen the knob of Camera Plate to move it according to your requirement, as shown.

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- Mount your Camera (Not Included) on the Camera Plate of Stabilizer and tighten the screw to secure it accurately.

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Note: If you have purchased (ST-VSTA-ZEST) kit, please consider the following steps.

Assembling of Arm & Vest

- Join both parts of Jacket by attaching the top buckles. Then wear the jacket/vest.

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• After wearing the Vest, attach the waist buckles.

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• Now attach Hip Pad at both sides.

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NOTE: Length of chest plate can be adjusted according to the height of person by using the pin & knob, as shown in image.

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NOTE: You can also adjust the height of the Socket Block with the provided pin.

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- Loosen the knobs of Socket Block on Vest. Insert male part of Arm Socket Block into Socket Block of Vest and tighten back the knobs.

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Person wearing a black and blue robotic exoskeleton device with articulated joints (no visible text or symbols)

NOTE: For attaching the Stabilizer to Arm & Vest, keep the handle of Stabilizer straight in accordance to the pin of Arm.

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- You can adjust the tension of Arm with mounted Stabilizer, by provided knob, according to your setup requirement. Adjust the lift with Arm angled slightly up, and the knob will turn easily. Both Arm sections should track together.

NOTE: Adjust the 'forearm' (section nearest to Stabilizer) first, then the 'upper arm' section.

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To Use As Single Arm Configuration

• Pull the pin from middle jointer and remove one section of the Arm.

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- Pull a pin to remove male part of Socket Block from the end of section and attach it with upper single arm.

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For Interchanging the spring, Follow this video

https://bit.ly/2usguqc

YOUR FLYCAM ZEST STABILIZER WITH VISTA-II ARM & VEST ALL DRESSED UP AND READY TO GO!

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(SHOWN WITH OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES)

WARRANTY

We offer 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 craftsmanship 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 duties 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 consequential damages resulting 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 after the Warranty Period has expired. We will cover

the complete cost of sending replacement parts within the warranty period. After that, Nominal cost of the product & Actual shipping cost will be charged.

Do not send the unit to us without first getting a response and getting the approval to send back the item.

In case of any kind of dissatisfaction, 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.