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Ikelite is most interested in preforming any service to assure that
all products perform as intended For repair or service return
the product to the address below with your name address
phone number and a brief description of the problem Evidence
of purchase date must be provided to obtain warranty service
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All Ikelite products are warranted against any manufacturing
defects for a period of one () year from the date of purchase
Defective products should be returned prepaid to Ikelite Ikelite
will at its discretion repair or replace such products and will
return to customer prepaid All other claims of any nature
including but not limited to bulb failure are not covered Except as
mentioned above no other warranty expressed or implied applies
to this Ikelite product
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The number one rule in underwater photography is eliminate as
much water between camera and subject as possible Get as
close as you can to the subject then use the zoom If you are
using flash subjects beyond feet (m)will not have much
color
Digital cameras have a slight lag time between when you press
the shutter release button and the camera actually takes the
picture It only takes a slight amount of pressure to trip the
shutter if the shutter doesn’t trip immediately don’t push down
harder on the shutter control as you may damage the camera
Hold the camera steady a second or two after pressing the
shutter release button
Do not shoot down on subjects as they will quite often blend
into the background and be difficult to see in the photograph
Shoot subjects straight on or shoot up at a slight angle using
the blue water as a contrasting background
Underwater flash is used to restore the warmer colors filtered
out by the water as well as to illuminate the subject
For balanced lighting meter the background and set the camera
aperture accordingly Use TTL adjust the strobe’s power
settings or move the strobe closer or farther away to properly
expose the subject with the chosen camera aperture
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Some of the controls have a short shaft and cannot be pulled
out exposing the shaft for lubrication In the unlikely event one
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f these controls sticks or becomes difficult to operate you can
remove the control from the housing and lubricate it or return
the housing to Ikelite for maintenance To remove the control
loosen the set screw in the knob (allen wrench required);
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emove the knob If there is salt or dirt buildup on the exposed
control shaft clean the shaft Open the housing and gently slide
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he control shaft out of the control gland Clean and lightly
lubricate the shaft including the end of the shaft Slide the
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haft back into the control gland and gently slide it back and
forth a few times without fully removing the shaft from the
gland Replace the knob NOTE the flat area on the shaft the
set screw in the knob should tighten down against the flat area
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n the control so the knob does not turn on the shaft
Loosen set screw
(allen wrench required)
Flat
Tighten set screw down
against this area when
replacing the knob.
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Lubricate end of shaft
before reinserting into
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You should completely assemble and test your setup in a
swimming pool before using it in openwater
It is a good idea to start each photo dive with a fully charged
battery(s) in the camera and strobes
As soon as you enter the water take a moment and check the
housing to see that it is properly sealed
Next check to see if there are any bubbles on the face of the
port If there are take your finger and remove them If there
are bubbles on the lens port they can produce soft focus spots
in your photographs
Set Image Resolution to the Highest JPG format available or
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AW Higher resolution setting are required for printing High
resolution images can easily be reduced in size with software
and retain their original quality A Low resolution image can be
enlarged with software but much of the quality will be lost
Digital images are usually transferred to the computer where
their appearance can be fine tuned Many of the image
manipulation programs make you think you can magically
correct any image taken and make a good picture One thing to
be aware of is that if an image is overexposed that some of the
color information in the file is missing If the color is missing
you cannot adjust it If images are underexposed the color and
detail may be there it is just dark and you can adjust it to some
degree So if you error in exposure it is better to have the image
slightly underexposed than overexposed