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6. Much is written about reviewing pictures on the LCD screen

right after taking them and deleting the bad ones. While it is

some what possible to evaluate your picture on the LCD screen,

taking the time to eliminate the bad ones may not be the best

approach. In bright sunlight the LCD screen can be difficult to

see and underwater one does not have a lot of time to spend

eliminating photographs. A better solution is to purchase a

large memory card (film) that will allow you to take 100 plus

pictures in the High Quality mode. For most divers this would

be enough storage space for pictures from a couple of dives.

With a larger card you can check the picture, if it isn’t what you

want you don’t have to spend time deleting the picture, you can

spend that time concentrating on the subject and how to take a

better picture. Photos are best evaluated on a computer screen.

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1. Due to the power required to operate the camera, flash,

and LCD screen it is a good idea to start each dive with a

fresh set of batteries.(see camera manual).

2. As soon as you enter the water, take a moment and check the

housing to see that it is properly sealed.

3. Next, check to see if there are any bubbles on the face

of the lens port. If there are, take your finger and remove them.

If there are bubbles on the lens port they can produce soft focus

spots in your photographs.

4. Use the macro mode for photographs closer than 1.5 feet

(45cm).

5. Shoot pictures at the highest resolution. Several printing

methods require high resolution. It is easy to reduce the size

and resolution, but almost impossible to increase size and

resolution from a small file and obtain a satisfactory result.

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1. The number one rule in underwater photography is

eliminate as much water between camera and subject as

possible. Get as close as you can to the subject, then use the

zoom. If you are using flash, subjects beyond 5-6 feet (1.8m)

will not have much color.

2. Digital cameras have a slight lag time between when you

press the shutter release button and the camera actually takes

the picture. Hold the camera steady a second or two after

pressing the shutter release button.

3. Do not shoot down on subjects as they will quite often blend

into the background and be difficult to see in the photograph.

Shoot subjects straight on or shoot up at a slight angle using

the blue water as a contrasting background.

4. Underwater flash is used to restore the warmer colors

filtered out by the water as well as to illuminate the subject.

When photographing underwater, set the camera to use flash

on every shot.

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All Ikelite products are warranted against any manufacturing

defects for a period of one (1) year from the date of purchase.

Defective products should be returned prepaid to Ikelite.

Ikelite will, at its discretion, repair or replace such products,

and will return to customer prepaid. All other claims, of any

nature, including but not limited to bulb failure are not covered.

Except as mentioned above, no other warranty expressed

or implied, applies to this Ikelite product.

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that all products perform as intended. For repair or service, return

the product to the address below with your name, address, phone

number and a brief description of the problem. Evidence of

purchase date must be provided to obtain warranty service.