BATTERY AND TAPE_________________________________________________________

Install a fully charged Canon battery on the camera: Canon NB￿￿LH￿ BP￿￿L￿￿

Other brand batteries may not fit inside the housing￿

Make sure you have loaded an appropriate digital cassette tape in the camera￿

FINAL PREPARATION________________________________________________________

The program selector on the camera MUST be in the 1P2 position for the focus lock

button to function￿

 

 

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CAMERA

P

SETTING

Power On￿Off

Camera ￿On￿

Zoom Lever

P

Wide Angle Setting

Focus

P

Auto Mode

Exposure

P

Auto Mode

Lens Cover Switch

P

Open

WHITE BALANCE____________________________________________________________

Initially set the white balance to Auto￿ Use the touch scree n controls on the housing to change white balance￿

Color Filter: When using th e color filter ￿during th e day￿￿ set cam era white balance to Indoor for ￿ ￿￿￿ foot depth￿ For ￿￿￿￿￿ f oot depth￿ set white bal ance to Outdoo r￿ Video￿Lite: When using optio nal Video L ite at NIGHT￿ set t he cam era white balance to the I ndoor position￿ During the DAY￿ use the Outdoor setting f or subjects beyond

￿￿￿ feet and the Indoor sett ing for closer subjects￿

IN S T A L L A T IO N

CAMERA TRAY_________________

SuperEye

 

O’ring

 

The camera mounts to the tray￿

Back Plate

 

which extends from the back plate of the

 

 

housing￿ DO NOT remove the tray from

 

 

the back plate￿

camera against the two

 

 

Position the

 

 

stabilizing pins on the tray and secure

 

 

camera with the tripod mounting bolt￿

 

 

The camera should fit easily on the tray

 

 

and should be parallel with the sides

 

 

of the tray￿

 

 

Stabilizing

INSERTING THE CAMERA___________

Camera Tray

Pins

Camera Mounting Bolt

 

Check that the oQring is clean and

 

 

properly positioned on the lip of the clear housing back plate￿

 

Once the camera is mounted to the tray as sh own above￿ pull the housing controls out to provide clearance for installing the camera￿ Slowly slide the camera tray ￿with camera mounted￿ back into the housing￿ As t he camera slides into the housing￿ make sure the camera lens fits into the port recess in the front of the housing￿

DO NOT force this installation; the camera and tray should slide easily into place so the housings back plate oQring is r esting against the main housing body￿ In this position the lid snaps can be positioned over the lid h ooks on the housing back plate and snapped into position to seal the housing￿

HOUSING CONTROLS________________________________________________________

Slide the housing controls back in place making sure they properly align with the camera functions￿

Operate each control to see how it works with the camera￿ Some controls such as start￿stop will be used frequently￿ Other controls may seldom be ut ilized￿ Refer to your camera owner￿s manual for the proper function of each camera control￿ Look thru the back to be sure that you can see into the viewfinder￿

When using the housing controls￿ especially the start￿stop￿ do NOT use excessive force because you could damage the camera￿

CAUTION

Remove th e lens cap and cord from the camera￿ Otherwise￿ the cord may interfere with the housing seal￿ If the housing controls are not properly positioned￿ they c ould interfere with the housing seal￿

IKELITE UNDERWATER SYSTEMS

 

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Ikelite ZR900, ZR950, ZR930, MD200, MD205, MD215, MD255 S T a L L a T IO N, Camera Tray, Camera Setting, Inserting the Camera

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