IKELITE VIDEO CASE

SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR

￿￿￿￿￿ Canon VIXIA HF￿￿￿ HF￿￿ HF￿￿￿

Thissupplementalsetofinstructionsdescribesadditionalfeaturesspecifictoyour housingmodel￿Priortotestingthesysteminthewater￿pleasereadthissupplement alongwiththegeneralinstructionmanualtobecomefamiliarwithitsfeaturesand functions￿

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

HOUSING CONTROLS_____________________________________________________

• Power On￿Off

 

• Start￿Stop

 

 

• Snap Shot

 

 

• Zoom

 

Zoom

• Mode Dial Control

Power

• Joy Stick

 

 

• Joy Stick

O

 

• Function Button

Port

P R E P A R A T I O N

PACKAGED WITH HOUSING

 

• External UR￿Pro Color Filter

 

• Silicone Lubricant

 

• Lens Shade

 

External

Lens

Color Filter

Shade

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￿

INTERNAL WIDE￿ANGLE LENS OPTION ____________________________________

Special ports are available for use with the Raynox HD￿￿￿￿￿ Pro high definition

wide￿angle lens￿ optional ports sold separately as do me port ￿￿￿￿￿ or flat lens port

￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿ Raynox HD￿￿￿￿￿ Pro lens not included￿ Lens not available for purchase

through Ikelite￿

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￿

Base

Start/Stop

Joy Stick O

Joy Stick

Function

Button

Bottom Bar

Snap Shot

Mode

Dial Control

BATTERY AND TAPE______________________________________________________

Install a fully charged Canon battery on the camera:

BP￿￿￿￿

 

BP￿￿￿￿

 

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

SETTING

MAIN O￿RING ￿￿￿￿￿________________________________________________

O￿rings last several ye ars if properly maintaine d￿ Con trol sea ls should not need to be replac ed as long as the control shafts ar e kept clean and ligh tly lubricated￿

Power On￿Off

L

Camera ￿On￿

Zoom Lever

L

Wide Angle Setting

Focus

L

Auto Mode

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Ikelite HF-11, 6090 instruction manual Ikelite Video Case, E P a R a T I O N, Canon Vixia HF HF HF, Packaged with Housing