Ikelite Olympus SP-500 user manual

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Digital Housing
instruction manual
for
Olympus
SP-500
Housing
#6132.50

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Ikelite Digital Housing instruction manual #6132.50 for Olympus SP-500 UZ Congratulations on your purchase of an Ikelite Digital Camera Housing. Ikelite has over 30 years of experience in the underwater photographic and lighting market. Our products are designed and built in the USA by Ikelite for both the professional and amateur photographer. The clear housing permits instant visual inspection of the camera and all sealing surfaces as well as complete monitoring of controls and camera LCD scr

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Opening the Housing Closing the Housing Opening the Housing Push Forward Closing the Housing housing back 1. Lid Snaps have a L Lo oc ck k. 1. Place housing face down in your Lid Snap Lock To open, push Lid Snap Lock lap. forward and lift as shown. 2. Check to see that there is an Keep pressure on the Lid o’ring on the housing back and Snap so it does not fly open that it is clean and in its proper Lift quickly. location. Some lid snaps have a lot of 3. Guide the back onto the housing. o’ring sp

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Using Flash Diffuser and Deflector cont. Using Flash Diffuser and Deflector cont. Diffuser/ A diffuser and deflector are Deflector U Us si in ng g t th he e C Ca am me er ra a’’s s B Bu ui il lt t- -i in n F Fl la as sh h. . included with the housing. The material If you do not have an external flash the camera’s built-in flash diffuser is white transparent can be used. See Diffuser instructions. plastic. The deflector is also white but is not transparent and has a decal on the front. Port Clam

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Substrobe Optional Accessories Maintenance Optional Accessories Maintenance DS125 The Ikelite Digital Housing should be given the same care and S Su ub bs st tr ro ob be e D DS S1 12 25 5 P Pa ac ck ka ag ge e # #3 39 94 44 4. .7 77 7 attention as your other photographic equipment. In addition to The Substrobe DS125 package normal maintenance we recommend that the housing be returned includes the Substrobe DS125, the EV to Ikelite periodically to be checked and pressure tested. Controller, ball

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General Tips Photo Tips General Tips Photo Tips 1. Due to the power required to operate the camera, flash, and 1. The number one rule in underwater photography is eliminate as LCD screen it is a good idea to start each dive with a fresh set of much water between camera and subject as possible. Get as batteries. close as you can to the subject, then use the zoom. If you are 2. Some cameras reset their flash to AUTO when the camera is using flash, subjects beyond 6 feet (1.8m)will not have much tu