Ikelite 6871.2 Installing the Port, Port Seal Inside View, Using External Strobes

Mode &

Compensation

Buttons

Installing the Port cont.
To prepare the port for installation, remove the port o’ring and
lightly lubricate it. The port seal is a side-to-side seal and
requires the o’ring to be lightly lubricated for easy installation.
Put a small amount of lubricant on your fingers and draw the
o’ring through your fingers to lightly lubricate it. Do not stretch
the o’ring. Check that the lip of the port where the o’ring fits
and the sealing surface on the housing are clean. Place the port,
with o’ring into the housing’s port opening. Press down on the
port firmly and evenly until you feel the port slide into place.
Continue to push down on the port and push each port lock
forward until it clicks into place. It may help to slightly rotate
the port as you push in on the port lock. When the port lock
clicks into place the Release Button will drop down against the
port lock.
Check around the perimeter of the port seal to see that the
o’ring is properly sealed and not extruded.
To Remove Port
To remove the port lift up on each Release Button and slide the
port lock away from the port.
Port Seal Inside View						Fig. 1
If the port is installed before the
camera is inserted into the housing,
look on the inside of the housings at
the port seal. Check to see that the
o’ring is properly sealed					as shown in
figure 1 and not extruded as shown in Fig. 2
figure 2.					9
Using External Strobes Cont.
TTL M	-2	-•3	-1	-•2	• +1-1	• +2F	MODE
	•		•		•	•

Red LEDs (Compensation)

Manual Mode

Yellow LED

TTL Mode

Using theYellowConversionLED Circuitry (Set DS Substrboe to TTL mode)

• Mode and Compensation Buttons

The Conversion Circuitry default is set to TTL. To switch between TTL and Manual Modes depress both Mode Buttons at the same time and keep then depressed until you see the desired Yellow LED Mode illuminate.

• TTL Mode (indicated when the Yellow LED directly below TTL is illuminated). TTL Mode is the default setting. When the DS Substrobe is powered ON the Yellow TTL LED will illuminate. None of the Red LEDs will illuminate. This indicates that NO (+) plus or (-) minus compensation is selected. Depress the Mode buttons to select +/- compensation. Note that the TTL +/- compensation values are in the yellow bar with the heading TTL.

• Manual Mode (indicated when the Yellow LED directly below the M is illuminated). When the Manual Mode is selected the Red LED directly below the F (full power) will illuminate. Note that the Manual minus (-) compensation values are in the black bar with the heading M. (Set DS Substrboe to TTL mode)

Using External Strobes

This housing has Conversion Circuitry built into the camera tray. When used with Ikelite DS Substrobes the Conversion Circuitry provides real Canon eTTL flash exposure with over and under-exposure compensation of two f-stops in half-stop increments.

The Consversion Circuitry also offers Manual exposure control with 3 1/2 f-stops of under-exposure control in 1/2 stop increments.

The Conversion Circuitry is powered by the Ikelite DS Substrobe when connected to the housing with the #4103.51 single or #4103.52 dual sync cord.

See page 12 for DS Substrobe compatibility with the Conversion Circuitry.

NOTE:

If the camera is busy with a function such as displaying a photograph on the LCD panel the Conversion Circuitry cannot be accessed to make changes. Wait until the camera has finished with any activity before making changes through the Conversion Circuitry.

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NOTE: DS Substrobe Up-date may be required. DS50 Substrobes

• DS50 SubStrobes with a Serial Number below 63,850 can not be updated to operate with the eTTL Conversion Circuitry.

• DS50 SubStrobes with a Serial Number between 63,850 and 69,999 operate with the eTTL Conversion Circuitry, but require update to provide optimum performance.

• DS50 Substrobe with a Serial Number of 70,000 or higher or with one of the two following labels in the battery compartment provide optimum performance with the eTTL Conversion Circuitry.

DS125 Substrobes

• DS125 Substrobes with a Serial Number below 2,500 must be updated to operate correctly with the eTTL Conversion Circuitry.

• DS125 Substrobes with a Serial Number between 2,501 and 4,900 operate with the eTTL Conversion Circuitry but require update to provide optimum performance.

• DS125 Substrobe with a Serial Number of 5,000 or higher or with one of the two following labels in the battery compartment provide optimum performance with the eTTL Conversion Circuitry.

For Substrobe Up-Date:

Contact Ikelite for information.

ikelite
Substrobe	serial number	serial number
MOD-NC

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