Ikelite 300D Digital Camera User Manual


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To prepare the port for installation remove the port o’ring and
lightly lubricate it The port seal is a sidetoside seal and
requires the o’ring to be lightly lubricated for easy installation
Put a small amount of lubricant on your fingers and draw the
o’ring through your fingers to lightly lubricate it Do not stretch
the o’ring Check that the lip of the port where the o’ring fits
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with o’ring into the housing’s port opening Press down on the
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ort firmly and evenly until you feel the port slide into place
Continue to push down on the port and push each port lock
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the port as you push in on the port lock When the port lock
clicks into place the Release Button will drop down against the
port lock
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heck around the perimeter of the port seal to see that the
o’ring is properly sealed and not extruded
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To remove the port lift up on each Release Button and slide the
port lock away from the port
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If the port is installed before the
camera is inserted into the housing
look on the inside of the housings at
the port seal Check to see that the
o’ring is properly sealed as shown in
figure  and not extruded as shown in
figure 
Fig 
Fig 
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his housing has Conversion Circuitry built into the camera
tray When used with Ikelite DS Substrobes the Conversion
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ircuitry provides real Canon eTTL flash exposure with over and
underexposure compensation of two fstops in halfstop
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The Consversion Circuitry also offers Manual exposure control
with  / fstops of underexposure control in / stop
increments
The Conversion Circuitry is powered by the Ikelite DS Substrobe
when connected to the housing with the  single or
 dual sync cord
See page  for DS Substrobe compatibility with the Conversion
Circuitry
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• DS SubStrobes with a Serial Number below  can not be
updated to operate with the eTTL Conversion Circuitry
• DS SubStrobes with a Serial Number between  and
 operate with the eTTL Conversion Circuitry but require
update to provide optimum performance
• DS Substrobe with a Serial Number of  or higher or
with one of the two following labels in the battery compartment
provide optimum performance with the eTTL Conversion
Circuitry
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• DS Substrobes with a Serial Number below  must be
updated to operate correctly with the eTTL Conversion Circuitry
• DS Substrobes with a Serial Number between  and
 operate with the eTTL Conversion Circuitry but require
update to provide optimum performance
• DS Substrobe with a Serial Number of  or higher or
with one of the two following labels in the battery compartment
provide optimum performance with the eTTL Conversion
Circuitry
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The Conversion Circuitry default is set to TTL To switch between
TTL and Manual Modes depress both Mode Buttons at the same
time and keep then depressed until you see the desired Yellow
LED Mode illuminate
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illuminated) TTL Mode is the default setting When the DS
Substrobe is powered ON the Yellow TTL LED will illuminate
None of the Red LEDs will illuminate This indicates that NO ()
plus or () minus compensation is selected Depress the Mode
buttons to select / compensation Note that the TTL /
compensation values are in the yellow bar with the heading TTL
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(indicated when the Yellow LED directly below
the M is illuminated) When the Manual Mode is selected the Red
LED directly below the F (full power) will illuminate Note that
the Manual minus () compensation values are in the black bar
with the heading M
((SSeett DDSS SSuubbssttrrbbooee ttoo TTTTLL mmooddee))
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Manual Mode
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