TUCIT – X The Ultimate Camera Interval Timer Manual

TUCIT – X The Ultimate Camera Interval Timer Manual

Inventory
1 Tucit - X comes with a plug-in infra-red lamp on a cable, a small piece of velcro, a 9 volt battery holder, a copy of this manual and 2 laminated menu summaries.
2 If your camera is to be controlled by an electrical switch you will need to acquire and attach an appropriate plug to Tucit’s blue lead.
The Name
1 TUCIT stands for The Ultimate Camera Interval Timer. Pronounce it like ‘bucket’ and the X like ‘ex’.

What Can Tucit - X Do?
1 Tucit - X is built for kite aerial photography (kap) and is also used in balloon aerial photography and various other applications.
2 Tucit provides you with 3 alternative ways to trigger your camera; infra-red ‘wireless’ controls or electrical contact switches or servos providing finger actions.
3 It provides control signals for model aeroplane servos to give you panning and tilting movements.
4 Tucit - X allows you to set virtually any interval between pictures and you can have countdown periods from 2 seconds upwards.
5 It can provide double wake-up signals for cameras which fall into sleep mode after long intervals. And, for example for film cameras, you can set a limit to the number of pictures taken each time.
6 A rig moves menu provides a number of movement options for camera rigs with either pan or pan and tilt servos. These include panning with occasional vertical lookdowns as well as three and four level panning.
7 There is a batch mode which lets you take pictures in groups - like panoramas with resting periods in between. And there’s a series mode which may help your camera to take bracketed exposures – i.e. a series of 3 pictures between every move. Alternatively it can hold down (delay) finger shutters to take burst or bracketed shots.
8 There is also a kap session menu so that you can achieve multiple objectives whilst your camera is in the air. Or just use it to stop pictures and tilt upwards for landing.