Ikelite 6871.2 User Manual

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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

Some of the controls have a short shaft and cannot be pulled

out exposing the shaft for lubrication In the unlikely event one

of 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);

remove the knob If there is salt or dirt build up on the exposed

control shaft clean the shaft Open the housing and gently slide

the control shaft out of the control gland Clean and lightly

lubricate the shaft including the end of the shaft Slide the

shaft 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

on 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
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You should completely assemble and test your set up 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

RAW 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