Ikelite 6170.30 User manual

Digital Housing

Instruction Manual

6170.30 for Panasonic Lumix ZS30, TZ40, TZ41

Thank you for your purchase of Ikelite 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. 3

Package Contents ......................................................P. 3

Preparation ..................................................................P. 3

Initial Camera Setup........................................................P. 4

Parts of the Housing - Front View ..................................P. 5

Parts of the Housing - Back View ..................................P. 6

Opening the Housing ......................................................P. 7

Installing the Camera ......................................................P. 7

Using the Camera’s Built-in Flash ..................................P. 8

Closing the Housing ........................................................P. 8

Usage ..........................................................................P. 9

Final Check ....................................................................P. 9

Zoom Control ..................................................................P. 9

Diffuser and Deflector Installation and Use ....................P. 10

Entering the Water ..........................................................P. 11

Maintenance ................................................................P. 11

ens Port ........................................................................P. 11

ubricant ........................................................................P. 11

O-ring Storage ................................................................P. 11

Housing Maintenance ....................................................P. 12

Control Maintenance ......................................................P. 13

Photo Tips ..................................................................P. 15

Troubleshooting ........................................................P. 16

Spare Parts ..................................................................P. 19

Recommended Accessories ....................................P. 19

Customer Support ....................................................P. 21

Limited Warranty ........................................................P. 22

Returning Products for Service ................................P. 23

Product Registration ..................................................Back Cover

- Ikelite Digital Housing

- Housing anyard (attached)

- Silicone ubricant

- Vinyl Port Cover

Package Contents

- Diffuser

- Deflector

- Extra Control Tips

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

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

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

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

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

watertight. Refer to the Troubleshooting section, page 16.

Please read your camera manual thoroughly to have a full

understanding of each camera function.

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

Tips section.

Preparation

Width ......................6.8 in (173mm) including controls

Height ....................5 in (127mm) including controls

Depth ......................6 in (152mm) including controls and lens port

Weight ....................2.8 lb (1.3kg)

Buoyancy ................Near neutral in freshwater

Specifications

Initial Camera Setup (before placing camera in housing)

- Set Mode Dial to “A” Aperture Priority. Manually adjust aperture setting

to achieve the best exposure for your shooting conditions. The shutter

speed will be locked at 1/60th second. Set Mode Dial to “M” Manual

mode to manually adjust both aperture and shutter speed settings.

- Set Flash to “Forced Flash On ” and Macro Mode to “AF Macro”

- In Setup Menu:

Insert and Format an SD or SDHC memory card.

In Clock Set, set Date and Time.

Set Monitor Display to desired brightness level.

Set Monitor uminance to “Power Monitor.”

In Economy, set Auto Power Off to “5MIN” and Monitor Power

Save to “OFF.”

Set Auto Review to “HO D.”

- In Rec Menu:

Set Aspect Ratio to “4:3.”

Set Picture Size to “18M” and Quality to “Fine.”

Set ISO Sensitivity to “200” and White Balance to “AWB.” For best

results, manually set white balance for each working depth.

Set AF Mode to “1-Area” and Quick AF to “ON.”

Set Face Recog. to “OFF.”

Set Metering Mode to “Center Weighted.”

Set i.Exposure and i.Resolution and Digital Zoom to “OFF.”

Set Burst, AF Assist amp and Red-Eye Removal to “OFF.”

Set Image Stabilizer to “ON.”

NOTE: If overexposure occurs at a desired aperture setting, use “-”

exposure compensation, back away from your subject and zoom in.

When using an AF35 strobe or manual controller, turn the power down.

Parts of the Housing - Front View

Zoom ever

Shutter

Button

Mode Dial

Lens Port

External Tray Mounts

id Snap

Motion Picture Button

Housing Controls

1. EXPOSURE/MAP Button

2. Playback Button

3. Exposure

4. Self-timer

5. MENU/SET

Parts of the Housing - Back View

6. Flash

7. Macro Mode

8. DISP. Button

9. . MENU/Delete Button

CAUTION:

Some camera tripod

soc et threads are

plastic. The mounting

bolt is metal. Do not

cross thread or over

tighten as you may

damage the camera

tripod soc et threads.

Installing the Camera

1. Pull out on the top housing controls until they stop. 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.

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

Position the camera on the tray.

4. Using a coin or screwdriver (preferred), secure the camera with the tray

mounting bolt which threads into the camera’s tripod socket - Diagram A.

Opening the Housing

id Snaps have a Lock.

To open housing, push id Snap

ock forward and lift as shown.

Keep pressure on the id Snap so it

does not fly open quickly.

Some Lid Snaps have a lot of

spring tension once they go over

center, so eep a firm grip on the Lid Snap.

Lid Snaps may be opened one at a time.

Push Forward

id Snap ock

ift

Diagram A

20x

FULL

Lumix

Tray Mounting Bolt

Closing the Housing

1. Place housing face down in your lap or on a flat surface.

2. Check to see that there is an o-ring on the

housing back and that it is clean, and in its

proper location.

3. Guide the back into the housing front. The

o-ring should touch the housing all the way

around. There should be an even gap all

the way around between the housing and

the housing back.

4. ift the lid snaps so they are extended and

place each lid snap into the corresponding

hook on the housing back.

5. To close the housing, push down on the lid

snaps until they snap into place. id snaps

on opposite sides of the housing should be

closed at the same time. Be sure they are

down far enough to engage the lock.

Housing Back

O-ring

Housing Back

O-ring

Even gap on

all four sides

Housing

Using the Camera’s Built-in Flash

If you are shooting with the camera’s built-in flash and the camera lens

is set to the widest angle, you may need to zoom the lens slightly or a

dark area may appear in a lower corner of close-up photographs. The

lens port may block some of the light. Install the Diffuser and zoom in

slightly to eliminate any dark areas noted in your photographs (You can

test this above water). See Diffuser/Deflector Installation - page 10.

For the best results, we recommend using an external Ikelite Substrobe.

The camera’s built-in flash CANNOT be used with optional Wide-angle or

Accessory lenses.

Usage

Final Check

Once the housing is closed, check the o-ring seal. Check the gap

between the housing back and the housing. It should be even all the

way around the housing.

ook through the clear plastic back at the o-ring. You should see a

darkened area where the o-ring is compressed against the housing

back. If you do not see an even black compression seal all the way

around the back, open the lid snaps, reseat the housing back and close

the lid snaps. Visually check the seal again.

Zoom Control (lever type only)

After you have used the housing's

zoom control, it must be returned to the

center position to disengage. If the

housing zoom control is pushing the

zoom lever in either direction, you may

not be able to take a picture or access

other functions. This is because the

camera is receiving a signal from the

engaged zoom control.

Zoom Control

“Engaged”

Zoom Control

“Disengaged”

(Center Position)

Diffuser Use

The Diffuser should be installed when using the camera flash. When

shooting close-up photographs with the camera flash and at the camera

lens’s widest angle setting, the lens port on the housing can block a

portion of the light from the camera flash. This can result in a shadow in

a lower corner of the frame. Zoom the lens to eliminate any shadow not

eliminated by the Diffuser (You can test this above water).

Deflector Use

The Deflector should be installed when using a slave unit to trigger an

external strobe. The Deflector will block and redirect the camera’s flash

to an EV-controller or other slave unit which controls the external

strobe’s output. Remove the Diffuser before attempting to install the

Deflector.

Diffuser/Deflector material

Small hole

Cut-out

Section

A Diffuser and Deflector are

included with the housing. The

Diffuser is white transparent

plastic. The Deflector is also white

but is not transparent.

To install the Diffuser or Deflector,

push the “Cut-out” Section over the

port and into the port groove until it

stops.

Note the Small Hole. To avoid

losing the Diffuser or Deflector, you

can attach a fishing line or string to

this hole.

Diffuser and Deflector Installation

Diffuser/Deflector properly

installed in port groove

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