Ikelite Nikon Coolpix 8400 User Manual

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Ikelite provides silicone lubricant with the housing

We recommend that you use only Ikelite lubricant on Ikelite

products as some other brands may cause the o’ring to swell

and not seal properly

Use only enough lubricant to lightly cover control shafts

and o’rings Wipe off any excess lubricant with a clean cloth

Lubricant is not a sealant it is used to reduce friction

Excessive lubricant can collect sand and dirt which may

interfere with proper sealing

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Treat the glass in the lens port as a camera lens After use rinse

and gently dry the lens port to avoid water spotting To clean

use a mild soap solution or lens cleaner
Do not use alcohol or window cleaner on the Lens Port

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If you do not have an external flash the camera’s built in flash

can be used to illuminate subjects underwater The housing has a

built in Diffuser to aid in providing even illumination

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External strobes offer several advantages over using the

camera’s built in flash External strobes move the flash away

from the camera lens which helps reduce backscatter They also

expand lighting options to achieve the best lighting for

different subjects and lenses A strobe such as the DS is ideal

for use with macro and most standard camera lenses up to

mm When an optional wide angle lens is added a strobe such

as the DS is needed as it has a greater angle of coverage A

second external strobe can be added to fill the shadows and

produce more realistic photographs

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This camera and housing can use any Ikelite Substrobe in the

Manual Mode when connected with a

sync cord

Substrobe

Substrobe DS

Substrobe

Substrobe DS

Substrobe

Strobes do not work TTL with this housing

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This camera and housing can utilize the Ikelite EV Controller with

any Ikelite DS Substrobe The EV Controller provides manual

power settings in / stop increments when used with an Ikelite

DS Substrobe

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The EV Controller has a

bulkhead and can be

connected directly to the

housing with sync cord

eliminating the

need to use the camera’s

built in flash

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Go to Speedlight

Options Pop Up set to

Auto Speedlight Control

set to Internal Off

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A flash Deflector is provided

with the housing

When using an external flash

with the EV Controller in the

slave mode the Deflector is

used to redirect the camera’s

flash to the sensor in the EV

Controller which triggers the

DS Substrobe

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To install the Deflector

spread the port clamp at the

spring end and slide over the

lens port The white plastic

should be placed in front of

the camera flash The port clamp should be pushed back against

the front of the housing

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For dual strobes the

dual sync cord can be used or the

second strobe can be slaved using the Ikelite Remote TTL Slave

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Ikelite Substrobes manufactured before June

require a

modification to be used in a two strobe set up with a dual sync cord

Deflector
material

Port Clamp

Spring

Spread to Install

This edge
against housing