Ikelite SP-500 Opening the Housing, Installing the Camera, Checking Controls, Zoom Control

Wide Angle Lens

Zoom control engaged

Zoom control disengaged (centered)

Opening the Housing		Push Forward
1.	Lid Snaps have a Lock.
	To open, push Lid Snap Lock			Lid Snap Lock
	forward and lift as shown.
	Keep pressure on the Lid
	Snap so it does not fly open
	quickly.	Lift
	Some lid snaps have a lot of
	spring tension once they go over center, have a firm grip on the
	lid snap. Lid Snaps may be opened one at a time.
Installing the Camera		O'Ring
1.	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. Use a coin
	or flat bladded
	screwdriver to tighten		Mounting	Mounting
	the mounting bolt so the		Bolt	Tray
	camera is flat against the tray.
CAUTION:
	Some camera tripod socket threads are plastic. The mounting
	tray bolt is metal. Do not cross thread or over tighten as you
2.	may damage the camera tripod socket threads.
	Pull out on each housing control until it stops. This will get the
	controls out of the way for installing the camera.
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Checking Controls

Once the housing has been closed, push the controls back into place. Make sure they line up with the camera’s controls.

Zoom Control

(NOTE:) After you have used the housing’s zoom control it must be

returned to the center position to disengage. If the housing zoom control is pushing the zoom lever

in either direction the camera may not take a picture or access

any other function as the camera is receiving a signal from the

engaged zoom control.

Turn Camera On

Turn the camera on and operate each of the housing controls to get a feel for using the camera in the housing. Take a few pictures above water with the camera in the housing.

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Closing the Housing
1.	Place housing face down in your			housing back
	lap.
2.	Check to see that there is an
	o’ring on the housing back and
	that it is clean and in its proper
3.	location.
	Guide the back onto the housing.
	The o’ring should touch the				o’ring
	housing all the way around. There
	should be an even gap all the way		housing
	around between the housing and
4.	the housing back.
	Lift the lid snaps so they are
	extended and place the lid snap			housing back
	into the hook on the housing
	back.
5.	To close the housing push	even gap
	down on the lid snaps until	all 4 sides
	they snap into place . Lid
	snaps on opposite sides of the				o’ring
	housing should be closed at the
	same time. Be sure they are down		housing
	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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Lens Port

The Lens Port is factory sealed, do not remove.

Treat the glass in the lens port as a camera lens. After use, rinse and gently dry the lens port to avoid water spotting. To clean use a mild soap solution or lens cleaner.

Do not use alcohol or window cleaner on the Lens Port. The Lens Port is threaded so that accessory lenses can be screwed onto the port. The threads are very fine, take care not to cross thread the lens.

Wide angle lenses are available from Inon, Sea & Sea and Epoque. These lenses can be screwed onto the lens port above or below water. These lenses are designed to have water between the front of the port and the accessory lens. Make sure no air bubbles are trapped between the port and the accessory lens. There may be slight vignetting when these wide angle lenses are installed. Any vignetting that occurs can be eliminated by zooming the camera lens slightly. To properly light subjects when using

a wide angle lens an external strobe should be used. Due to the wide angle of coverage of the Inon,Sea & Sea and Epoque lenses, the DS125 Substrobe is recommended or two DS51 Substrobes.

Housing shown with accessory wide angle lens.

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