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Allow me to introduce myself. My name is A'ytza Moreno, Accounts Manager for Kaidan Incorporated. You may have heard of our company, we are the leading providers of photographic VR solutions. We would like to share the following details with all of you.

Press Release

For Immediate Release

Kaidan Announces Major Changes To Their Lineup Of Panoramic Tripod Heads

Kaidan announces new product availability, modular camera mounting options and lower pricing of their KiWi® and QuickPan® panoramic tripod head families.

FEASTERVILLE, Pennsylvania - February 28, 2006 - Kaidan Incorporated, the leading manufacturer of Photographic VR hardware, announced today in conjunction with the Photo Marketing Association event in Orlando, FL (PMA), major changes in their lineup of KiWi and QuickPan panoramic tripod heads. New offerings include the KiWi® Pro Rotator, the Fisheye-Landscape Bracket, and a newly redesigned Spherical Camera Bracket.

The KiWi Pro Rotator offers a lightweight compact solution for those wanting to shoot multi-row panoramas with smaller point-and-shoot cameras and small SLR-type cameras. Built from high-strength aluminum alloy and composites, the KiWi Pro Rotator supports all Kaidan camera brackets, including the new Fisheye-Landscape and Spherical Camera Brackets. Priced at $149.95, it is the ideal choice for photographers who backpack or want to travel light.

The Fisheye-Landscape Bracket is primarily designed to accommodate cameras equipped with circular fisheye lenses. It also can be used to mount the camera in a landscape orientation. Usually, most multi-shot panoramics are captured with the camera mounted in the portrait orientation, but in some cases, the landscape position is desired. Build from composite materials, the bracket provides an extremely stable and strong platform for fisheye lenses, which tend to be large and heavy. It is available for the KiWi Pro and QuickPan Rotators at a price of $99.95.

The Kaidan Spherical Camera Bracket is substantially changed and is more compact and rigid than previous editions. There are convenient click-stop indicators which assist the photographer in positioning the swing arm. Used to tilt the camera/lens up and down, while maintaining the optical center of rotation, the Spherical Camera Bracket is the ideal way to create multirow stitched panoramas with applications such as REALVIZ Stitcher. Constructed from high-strength aluminum alloy and composites, the Spherical Camera Bracket is available for the KiWi Pro and QuickPan Rotators at a new lower price of $199.95.

According to Kaidan President, Jim Anders, "This update to our panoramic tripod heads is the most comprehensive change we've made to the line to date. It underscores our continuing commitment to the immersive imaging marketplace. We have a complete line of modular components for panoramic photography that work with all the mainstream software stitching applications. Whether it's conventional wide-angle or fisheye lenses, single row or multirow panoramas we have a solution and our existing KiWi and QuickPan customers have an upgrade path."

Link - http://web.mac.com/jimanders/iWeb/Kaidan/TripodHeads.html

About Kaidan

Kaidan Incorporated (www.kaidan.com) is the world's leading manufacturer and supplier of Photographic VR solutions for the Internet. Founded in 1994, Kaidan, is a privately held company with their main offices in Feasterville, Pennsylvania. Kaidan offers their products and solutions through their worldwide distribution channel and through their web site. For more information, please contact Kaidan Incorporated at (215) 364-1778 or Fax (215) 322-4186. Contact: A'ytza Moreno - amoreno@kaidan.com.

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Kaidan, QuickPan and KiWi are registered trademarks of Kaidan Incorporated. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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