Ikelite DSC-F828 Secure Camera to Mounting Tray, Using Flash, External Flash, Closing the Housing

Mounting Bolt

Mounting Tray

Secure Camera to Mounting Tray

Install a fully charged

battery into the camera

before securing the camera to the housing’s mounting

tray.

Remove the back from the housing. The mounting tray for the camera is secured to

the housing back. Position the camera on the tray and secure it with the mounting bolt which threads into the camera's tripod socket.

CAUTION:

Some camera tripod socket threads are plastic. The mounting bolt is metal. Do not cross thread or over tighten as you may damage the camera tripod socket threads.

Using Flash

The camera's built-in flash cannot be used.

External Flash

An external strobe offers several advantages over using the camera’s built-in flash. External strobes move the flash away from the camera lens which helps reduce backscatter. They also expand lighting options to achieve the best lighting for different subjects. A second external digital strobe package can be added to fill the shadows and produce more realistic photographs.

Option 1

Use any Ikelite Substrobe in the manual mode.

The housing provides a Hot Shoe connector and an external strobe connector to connect external strobes. A sync cord is required to connect the housing's strobe connector to the strobe.

Option 2

Use an Ikelite EV-Controller which offers 10 manual power settings in 1/2 stop increments for precise illumination of macro or wide-angle subjects. The EV-Controller requires no batteries and is compatiable with pre-flash and non pre-flash cameras. The EV-Controller can only be used with Ikelite DS Substrobes. A sync cord is required to connect the EV-Controller to the camera housing.

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Flash Connection When using an external strobe connect the housings Hot Shoe Connector by sliding the connector into the accessory shoe of the camera from the back as shown. Slide the connector forward until it stops. This can be done after the camera is mounted to the mounting tray.

External Strobe Connector

Waterproof Cap

O'ring

Housing Back

Hot Shoe

Connector

Closing the Housing
1.	Check to see that there is an		housing back
	o’ring on the housing back and
	that it is clean and in its proper
	location.
2.	Place housing with the port
	pointing down in your lap or on a
	flat surface.
3.	Guide the back onto the housing.			o’ring
	The o’ring should touch the
	housing all the way around. There	housing
	should be an even gap all the way
	around between the housing and
	the housing back.
4.	Lift the lid snaps so they are		housing back
	extended and place the lid snap
	into the hook on the housing

Caution

Only remove the WaterProof cap from the external strobe connector on the back of the housing when an external strobe will be connected.

Installing the Camera into the housing

Pull out on each of the housing's controls that have a knob. This will get the controls out of the way for easier camera installation.

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back.	even gap
5. To close the housing push	all 4 sides
down on the lid snaps until
they snap into place . Lid			o’ring
snaps on opposite sides of the
housing should be closed at the		housing
same time. Be sure they are down

far enough to engage the lock.

Double check - Once the housing is closed, check the o’ring seal. Check the gap between the housing back and the housing, it should be even all the way around.

Look through the clear plastic back at the o’ring. You should see a darkened area where the o’ring is compressed against the housing back. If you do not see an even black compression seal all the way around the back, open the lid snaps, reseat the housing back and close the lid snaps. Visually check the seal again.

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