Ikelite GZ-MG-360, GZ-MG-330 instruction manual Ikelite Video Case, E P a R a T I O N, JVC Gzmg

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IKELITE VIDEO CASE

SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR

￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ JVC GZ￿MG￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿￿ ￿￿￿

Thissupplementalsetofinstructionsdescribesadditionalfeaturesspecifictoyour housingmodel￿Priortotestingthesysteminthewater￿pleasereadthissupplement alongwiththegeneralinstructionmanualtobecomefamiliarwithitsfeaturesand functions￿

IkeliteVideoCasesareslightlynegativeinsaltwaterforstability￿Thishousinghas beenwaterpressuretestedatthefactoryandhasaworkingdepthof￿￿m￿￿￿￿￿￿￿

HOUSING CONTROLS_____________________________________________________

• Power On￿Off

 

• Start￿Stop

 

• Snap Shot

Zoom

• Zoom

Lens Switch

• Mode Switch

 

• Lens Switch

 

 

Port

Bottom Bar

Base

Start/Stop

Snap Shot

Mode Switch

Power

ON/OFF

MAIN O￿RING ￿￿￿￿￿________________________________________________

O￿rings last several years if properly maintained ￿ Contr ol seals should not need to be replac ed as long as the contr ol shafts are kept clean and ligh tly lubricated￿

P R E P A R A T I O N

PACKAGED WITH HOUSING

• External UR￿Pro Color Filter

• Silicone Lubricant

• Lens Shade

External

Color Filter

COLOR FILTER____________________________________________________________

The installation and usage of the external UR￿Pro color filter is described in the

general instruction manual￿

 

 

OPTIONAL WIDE ANGLE LENS____________________________________________

The housingMs port accepts optional ￿￿mm threaded waterproof Wide￿Angle lenses

such as the Ikelite ￿￿￿￿￿ W￿￿￿￿ Epoque DCL￿￿￿ and Inon UWL￿￿￿￿ Type ￿￿ These

waterproof lenses secure to the outside of the lens port￿

Should you elect to use an optional waterproof lens￿ carefully thread the lens on

the front of the lens port on the housing￿ The lens threads are very fine; DO NOT cross

thread￿ It should screw on very easily￿ If it is difficult to turn￿ you are cross threading￿

LCD MONITOR ￿ EXTERNAL MIRROR______________________________________

The camera￿s LCD monitor can be viewed thru the rear of the housing￿ Open the

LCD monitor on the camera￿ Once the camera is secured to the camera tray￿ press the

LCD screen against the shade secured to the back of the housing￿

BATTERY AND TAPE______________________________________________________

Install a fully charged JVC battery on the camera:

JVC VF￿￿￿￿U

JVC VF￿￿￿￿U

 

 

JVC VF￿￿￿￿U

 

 

 

Other brand batteries may not fit inside the housing￿ If the battery selected overhangs

the camera tray￿ then the battery is too large and will cause the housing to leak￿

Make sure you have loaded an appropriate digital cassette tape in the camera￿

FINAL PREPARATION_____________________________________________________

Remove the lens cap￿ lens hood and cord from the camera￿ Otherwise￿ they may

interfere with the housing seal￿

 

 

The camera￿s auto focus feature is utilized underwater￿ For best results￿ move in close

to your subject and use the wide angle range to shoot thru as little water as possible￿ The

full zoom range is accessible underwater￿

 

 

Chart shows recommended initial settings underwater￿

 

CAMERA

L

SETTING

 

Power On￿Off

Camera ￿On￿

 

Zoom Lever

L

Wide Angle Setting

 

Focus

L

Auto Mode

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Contents Camera Setting Packaged with HousingIkelite Video Case E P a R a T I O NS T a L L a T IO N c o n t in u e d S T a L L a T IO NRemove the camera strap from the front loop on the camera Ikelite Underwater Systems