Remove the lens hood and zoom lever. .. .. . The camera mount in the opposite direction from when the AK-HC910 is used as the camera. To ensure that none of the screws are loose, use a tool to tighten them up securely. 21 Installation . Sandwich the housing’s support rib between the camera mount and plate nut of the camera on which the camera mount has been installed, and provisionally secure it using the camera mount screws. . Connect the camera with the lens to the interior of the housing using the cable. . Upon completion of the connection, loosen the camera mount screws, and move the entire camera so that the front of the camera lens comes as close as possible to the inside surface of the glass. Bear in mind the following points. (1) Set to a position where the lens and glass will not come into contact when the lens is maximally zoomed out. (2) Check that the inside surface of the glass and lens glass surface are more or less parallel with each other and that the thermostat sensor and lens do not touch. . Upon completion of all the settings, move the plate nut in the directions of the arrows, sandwich the housing’s support rib tightly between the plate nut and camera mount, and securely tighten up the 4 screws for installing the camera mount. . Close the top cover, and tighten the two bolts for opening and closing the top cover securely. Housing’s support rib Camera mount Plate nut Camera mount screws Move the plate nut in these directions. Thermostat sensor A portable lens (grip equipped type) cannot be used. 22 Installation A large lens can be attached to the AK-HC910 or AK-HC1500, and stowed inside the housing for use. In a case like this, attach it by following the steps below. Use any of the large lenses listed below. HA42 . 13.5 BERD or A42 . 13.5 BERD made by Fujinon Corporation HJ40 . 14B IASD-V or J35e . 15B IASD made by Canon Inc. No other lenses can be used. . How to attach the lens . Remove the lens hood and zoom lever of the large lens. . Place the assembly of the camera mount, camera and large lens inside the housing from the front edge of the lens. Hook a piece of string (supplied) around the lens barrel, and stow the assembly inside the housing. At this point, with the assembly tilted at an angle of around 45 degrees (.) as shown in the figure below, position the entire lens motor drive area at the front right inside the inner wall of the housing and the lens holder in front of the I/F connector, and insert it diagonally with the front end of the lens first. After stowing the lens unit, return the tilted camera to its original angle (.), place the camera mount up against the support ribs on both sides of the housing, and fit these areas between the plate nut and mount. Lens hood Zoom lever . Fit the camera and lens together. Mount the camera mount on the top panel of the camera. For details on how to mount it, refer to the section on how to mount the cameras and mount. . Connect the supplied camera cable to the I/F REMOTE connector at the back of the camera. In order to make it easier to connect the cable after stowing the lens unit, the cable must be connected here when a large lens is to be used. Lens holder Lens motor drive area Camera mount support ribs I/F connector area of the housing Lens holder ( Insert this in front of the I/F Camera mount screws connector.) Camera mount Lens motor drive area . . String . Attach the lens holder (supplied) to the lens supporter mounting screw on the bottom of the lens. Lens holder Allen key Lens supporter mounting screw Washers Mounting screw M6 mounting screws (supplied) are used for a Fujinon lens; M5 mounting screws (supplied) are used for a Canon lens. 23 . Check whether the “ ”-shaped part of the lens holder attached to the bottom of the lens is inside the elongated hole of the metal bracket inside the housing. If it is not inside, lift the lens slightly, and put it back again. Installation Lens holder -shaped part of lens holder Metal bracket Also visually check from the front of the housing whether the centers of the lens and camera are aligned. If they deviate significantly, turn the lens up/down position adjustment screw on the lens holder to move the lens position up or down. (When the screw is turned clockwise, the lens position moves up; conversely, when it is turned counterclockwise, it moves down.) Lens up/down position adjustment screw Lens holder Downward Upward . Connect the camera with the lens to the interior of the housing using the cable. (Refer to the section on the connections.) . Bring the front edge of the lens and inside of the glass as close together as possible. Bear in mind the following points. (1) Set to a position where the lens and glass will not come into contact when the lens is maximally zoomed out. (2) Check that the inside surface of the glass and lens glass surface are more or less parallel with each other and that the thermostat sensor and lens do no...
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