Ikelite 6146.16 User manual

Digital Housing

instruction manual

6146.16 for Canon G16

Thank you for your purchase of kelite equipment. Please read this

instruction manual completely before attempting to operate or dive

with this product. Please refer to the back page of this manual to

Table of Contents

Specifications ..............................................................P. 4

Package Contents ........................................................P. 4

Preparation ..................................................................P. 4

nitial Camera Setup........................................................P. 5

Attach External Tray and Handle to Housing ..................P. 6

Housing Controls - Front View ........................................P. 7

Housing Controls - Back View ........................................P. 8

Opening the Housing ......................................................P. 9

nstalling the Camera ......................................................P. 9

Attach Hotshoe to Camera..............................................P. 9, 10

Attach Camera to Mounting Tray ....................................P. 9, 10

Using the Camera’s Built-in Flash ..................................P. 11

Closing the Housing ........................................................P. 11

Usage ............................................................................P. 12

Final Check ....................................................................P. 12

Zoom Control ..................................................................P. 12

Diffuser and Deflector nstallation and Use ....................P. 13

Conversion Circuitry ........................................................P. 14

Attaching an kelite Strobe Arm to the Housing Handle..P. 14

Attaching a Sync Cord to the Housing ............................P. 15

Turn Camera On..............................................................P. 15

Entering the Water ..........................................................P. 16

Maintenance ................................................................P. 16

Lens Port ........................................................................P. 16

Table of Contents - continued

Lubricant..........................................................................P. 16

Housing Maintenance......................................................P. 17

Control Maintenance ......................................................P. 18

Photo Tips ..................................................................P. 20

Troubleshooting ........................................................P. 20

Spare Parts ..................................................................P. 24

ecommended Accessories ....................................P. 24

Customer Support ......................................................P. 26

Limited Warranty ........................................................P. 26

eturning Products for Service ................................P. 27

Product egistration ..................................................Back Cover

- 6146.16 kelite Digital Housing

- 9523.61 Tray with Single Handle

- 0200.08 Vinyl Port Cover

- 0184.1 Silicone Lubricant

- Flash Diffuser

- Flash Deflector

- Extra Control Tips

Package Contents

This product has been water pressure tested at the factory and is depth

rated to 200ft (60m). Thoroughly inspect and immerse the empty

housing completely in water before installing a camera. f any fogging

occurs or droplets of water enter the housing, do not install a camera.

Clean the main housing o-ring and retest to make sure that it is

watertight. Refer to the Troubleshooting section, page 21.

Please read your camera manual thoroughly to have a full

understanding of each camera function.

f you are new to underwater photography, be sure to read the Photo

Tips section, page 20.

Preparation

Width ......................7.5 in (190 mm) including controls

Height ....................6.2 in (157 mm) including controls

Depth ......................6.4 in (163 mm) including controls and lens port

Weight ....................4.5 lb (2 kg) above water

Buoyancy ................Slightly negative in saltwater for stability

Specifications

Initial Camera Setup (before placing camera in housing)

- nsert a fully charged camera battery.

- Set Mode Dial to “Av” Aperture Priority and SO to “200.”

- Raise Flash and set to “Flash always fires .”

-In MENU:

Push button and move to the center. Set Digital Zoom to “Off.”

Set AF-Point Zoom to “Off” and Set Servo AF to “On.”

Set Continuous AF to “Off” and AF-assist Beam to “Off.”

Set MF-Point Zoom to “2X” and Safety MF to “On.”

n the Flash Control Built-in Flash Settings Menu, set Red-eye Corr.

and Red-eye Lamp to “Off.”

Set Review mage after Shooting to “4 sec.” and Display nfo to “Off.”

Set Blink Detection to “Off” and S Settings Mode to “Continuous.”

Set Spot AE Point to “Center” and Safety Shift to “Off.”

Set Shortcut Button to Custom White Balance or desired setting.

- In MENU:

Set Date/Time and Time Zone.

Set Lens retract to “1 min” and Eco Mode to “Off.”

n the Power Saving Menu, set Auto Power Down to “Off” and Display

Off to “3 min.”

nsert and Format an SDHC memory card.

-In FUNC./SET MENU:

Set DR Correction to “Off” and AWB White Balance to “Auto.”

Set White Balance to “AWB.” For best results, use manual Custom

White Balance and reset for each working depth.

Set Drive Mode to “Single Shot .”

Set Metering to “Center Weighted Avg. ”

Set ND Filter to “Off” and Still mage Aspect Ratio to “4:3.”

Set mage Type to “JPEG 12M” and mage Compression to “L.”

Set mage Quality to “Superfine” and Movies to “FHD/60P.”

Initial Camera Setup (continued)

- Set Macro mode to “On” when shooting close-up. f the image

is overexposed, use “-” Flash Exposure Compensation

and/or back away, zoom in, and then reshoot.

Notes:

TTL Flash is NOT available when camera is in “M” Manual mode. There

is no TTL flash even with Canon's own flash in the camera "M" mode.

Manual power settings can be selected in the “Flash Control” section of

the camera menu. The strobe should still be left in TTL mode to take

advantage of this feature.

Leave the housing hotshoe disconnected when using ONLY the camera

flash and no external strobes, or when using an EV manual

controller. f using an EV controller in “M” Manual mode, set the EV

controller to “non Pre-flash.”

When multiple exposure (continuous shooting) mode is used with a

non-TTL flash, the external flash will not fire.

Using a 9/16” open

end or socket Wrench

(not su lied), tighten

the External Tray to

the Housing Base

using the two 3/8-16

Nuts supplied in the

accessory package;

tighten Nuts firmly.

External Tray & Handle

3/8-16 Nut

Attach External Tray and Handle to Housing

Wrench - not su lied

Housing Controls - Front View

Zoom

Lever

Shutter

Button

Lens Port

External Tray Mounts

Lid Snap

Mode

Dial

Front

Dial

Flash up Switch

Flash Up Switch (Caution)

Turn control downward and inward before inserting camera and closing

housing, otherwise, control can be accidentally wedged between the top

of the housing and the electronics box. This can result in interference

with the housing seal or control malfunction.

11 13

1. External Strobe Connector & Cap

2. Flash Exp.Comp. Dial

3. Playback Button

4. Exp. Comp. Dial

5. Movie Button

6. Shortcut Button

7. SO/Single Erase Button

8. AE/FE Lock

9. MF Manual Focus / UP Button

10. Control Dial: (Note that a small

section of the rubber disc is

missing at the end of this control.

This is normal and allows the

Housing Controls - Back View

user to com letely disengage the

control from the camera when

not in use). To disengage dial

from camera, rotate Dial to 6

o’clock position and line up dial

white dot with housing dot.

11. Macro / Left Button

12. FUNC. / SET Button

13. Flash / Right Button

14. D SP.(Display) / Down Button

15. AF Frame Selector Button

16. MENU Button

Power Button / Lamp

Opening the Housing

Lid Snaps have a Lock.

To open housing, push Lid Snap

Lock forward and lift as shown.

Keep pressure on the Lid Snap so it

does not fly open quickly.

Some Lid Sna s have a lot of

s ring tension once they go over

center, so kee a firm gri on the Lid Sna .

Lid Sna s may be o ened one at a time.

Push Forward

Lid Snap Lock

Lift

Installing the Camera

1. Pull out on each housing control until it stops. This will get the controls

out of the way for installation of the camera.

2. Remove the back from the housing.

3. Remove camera lanyard from camera if attached.

4. The mounting tray for the camera is secured to the housing back.

Position the camera on the tray.

5. When using hardwired external strobes such as the DS51 and DS161,

slide the housing Hotshoe Connector into the Camera Hotshoe Mount,

page 10, diagram A.

Slide the connector forward until it stops. This should

be done before the camera is secured with the mounting bolt, page 10,

diagram B, otherwise, leave the hotshoe disconnected from the camera.

f you are using the built-in flash or a slave strobe and NOT hardwiring

your strobes directly to the housing, leave the housing hotshoe

disconnected from the camera, otherwise the built-in flash will NOT fire.

You will also need to install the Flash Diffiser (supplied) for the built-in

flash, or the Flash Deflector (supplied) to block and deflect the camera

flash to a slave unit, page 13. Refer to page 11 when using ONLY the

Built-in Camera Flash.

6. Using a coin or screwdriver (preferred), secure the camera with the Tray

Mounting Bolt which threads into the camera’s tripod socket, page 10,

diagram B.

CAUTION:

Do not cross thread or

overtighten the Tray

Mounting Bolt as you

may damage the

camera tri od socket

threads.

Diagram B

Canon

G16

Tray Mounting Bolt

ON/OFF

PowerShot

G16

Front

Ikelite

Diagram A

Hotshoe

Connector

Mounting Tray

Housing Back

O-ring

External Strobe Connector

& Waterproof Cap

(Do not remove underwater)

Attach Camera to Mounting Tray

Attach Hotshoe to Camera

* Control Dial “cut away.” When

not in use, rotate Control Dial

white dot to the 6 o’clock position

so “cut away” is over camera dial

and not contacting camera.

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