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Summary of Contents for Sealife Sea Dragon 1500F
- Page 1 Instruction Manual Sea Dragon 1500F Sea Dragon 2000F Sea Dragon 2100SF Sea Dragon 2500F Photo/Video/Dive Light Photo/Video/Dive Light Photo/Video/Dive Light Photo/Video/Dive Light Item SL672 Item SL984 Item SL670 Item SL671...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Expanding your Flex-Connect™ Lighting System .. 14-17 XII. Recommended Camera Settings .........18 XIII. Great pictures made easy ........19-22 XIV. Advanced Settings ..........23-25 Troubleshooting Guide ..........26 XVI. Specifications ............27-28 XVII. Parts and Service............29 www.sealife-cameras.com/manuals Español - Deutsch - Français - Italiano - Nederlands... -
Page 3: Safety Warnings
Replace the o-rings and apply lube. Install new, fully-charged battery and test light. If light does not operate properly, please contact your local SeaLife dealer or the SeaLife service center in your country. -
Page 4: I. Safety Warnings
Only use the specified battery and battery charger approved by SeaLife. Using any other battery or charger may cause fire, injury and permanently damage the light. -
Page 5: Check What You Got
II. Check What You Got One of the following lights Sea Dragon 1500F Light (SL672) Sea Dragon 2000F Light (SL984) with Flex-Connect Grip (SL9905) and with Flex-Connect Grip (SL9905) and Micro Tray (SL9902) Single Tray (SL9903) Sea Dragon 2100SF Light (SL670) - Page 6 Li-ion Battery (SL9831) Charging tray (SL98311) w/protective cover AC Power Adapter (SL98312) Sea Dragon Case (SL942) (Case NOT included with 1500F light) Int’l Plug Inserts Spare O-rings (SL98306) (SL98303) O-ring Lube (SL9807) Adapter for GoPro camera (SL9813)) O-ring remover (SL9808)
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Page 7: Product View With Call-Outs
III. Product view with call-outs Major parts 1 - Light head 2 - Metal cooling bezel 3 - Release buttons 4 - Flex-Connect grip 5 - Tray 6 - 1/4-20 Mounting screw 7 - Rubber friction pad 8 - Power button / Brightness adjust 9 - Battery status indicator 10 - Battery cap 11 - Pressure safety valve... -
Page 8: Charging And Loading The Battery
IV. Charging and Loading the Battery 1) Charge battery (green light = fully charged) 2) Unscrew the battery cap 3) Insert fully charged battery. Important: Make sure O-ring and sealing surfaces are perfectly clean and undamaged. 4) Screw on battery cap. (Do not overtighten or use tools.) Battery charged when green... -
Page 9: Operating The Light
V. Operating the light 1) Push and hold the power button for 1 second to Power power ON the light. Button 2) Push the power button to change between the following light modes: 1500F, 2000F and 2500F Battery lights: 100% 50% status 25% ... -
Page 10: Maintaining A Waterproof Seal (Before Your Dive)
O-rings. Wipe off excess lubricant. The o-ring surface should have shiny, wet appearance. O-rings O-rings contact surface Important: Replace O-rings every year if damaged or not. Visit your local SeaLife dealer or www.sealife-cameras.com for information on ordering spare o-rings. -
Page 11: Care And Maintenance (After Your Dive)
VIII. Care and maintenance (After your dive) 1) After each dive, soak the sealed light in fresh water for about 15 minutes to remove any residual salt, sand and dirt. Never allow the saltwater to dry on the light. 2) Push the power button about 10 times to clean any saltwater or sand trapped under the button. -
Page 12: Replacing The O-Rings
IX. Replacing the O-rings Replace the two O-rings if damaged or at least once per year. 1) Use the O-ring Remover tool provided to lift and remove the O-rings. 2) Carefully clean O-ring grooves O-rings before installation. 3) Install O-rings by stretching and lifting O-ring into the groove. -
Page 13: Attaching Light To Underwater Camera
X. Attaching light to underwater camera Important: Only attach the light to cameras/housings with minimum thread depth of 0.28” and using standard 1/4-20 tripod type thread. Don’t over-tighten screw or you may damage the housing and threads. Align the underwater camera to the light’s mounting screw and hand-tighten. -
Page 14: Expanding Your Flex-Connect™ Lighting System
XI. Expanding your Flex-Connect™ Lighting System Get brighter, more colorful results by expanding your Sea Dragon underwater camera system. The modular Flex-Connect arms, grips and trays easily clicks together to create these popular configurations: DC1400 DC1400 DC1400 Micro HD+ Pro Set Pro Duo Maxx Duo w/ 2500 light... - Page 15 DC1400, Olympus and other medium size underwater cameras. (SL9903). Cold Shoe – Mount a light or flash on the SeaLife DC1400 or other cameras with a cold shoe mount for the most compact lighting solution available. Or use it to add a third light when using a dual...
- Page 16 Expanding your Flex-Connect™ Lighting System (continued) Y-S Adapter – Attach any underwater light or flash using the Y-S mount to the Flex-Connect system. This includes the Sea Dragon Mini 600/650 light, Light & Motion, Sea&Sea, Olympus, Inon, Fantasea and more (SL994). Ball Joint Adapter –...
- Page 17 Expanding your Flex-Connect™ Lighting System (continued) Adapter for GoPro Camera w/ acorn nut – Attach GoPro cameras to the Flex-Connect cold-shoe adapter, grip, tray or flex arm (SL996). Flex-Connect Handle – Use your Sea Dragon as a dive light with this compact, comfortable handle.
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Page 18: Recommended Camera Settings
XII. Recommended Camera Settings For SeaLife camera, follow the Easy Set-up menu to correctly set the camera. For other underwater camera brands: 1) Set the Scene mode to “Auto” or “Underwater” scene mode, as recommended by the camera manufacturer. 2) You may also need to change the White Balance setting to DAYLIGHT depending on the camera’s underwater color... -
Page 19: Great Pictures Made Easy
XIII. Great pictures made easy There are plenty of challenges that photographers face in the underwater world. Please take some time to review SeaLife’s online guide called Great Pictures Made Easy by visiting www. sealife-cameras.com. The guide is located under the Technical Support menu. - Page 20 Limit your shooting distance Water is 800 times denser than air and quickly absorbs light. The Sea Dragon lights have an effective range of about 3ft (90cm) to 4ft (120cm) depending on visibility and ambient light conditions. Closer shooting distances result in better pictures and video.
- Page 21 Control your buoyancy your buoyancy under control and set yourself up in the ideal position before taking a picture or shooting video. This allows you to hold the camera steady and control your shooting distance. Good buoyancy control will help you avoid stirring up the sandy bottom which will cloud-up the water and cause backscatter.
- Page 22 Compose a good picture Avoid shooting down on the subject from above. Shooting down usually results in a poor contrast because the subject blends into the background. Try and shoot upwards from below the subject so you get a blue water background and better contrast. Get the entire subject into your picture frame.
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Page 23: Advanced Settings
XIV. Advanced Settings Auto Flash Detect (Only applies to Sea Dragon 2000F SL984 light) The Sea Dragon 2000F light (SL984) includes a flash sensor that will turn off the light for 2 seconds if it detects an external flash firing. This feature helps reduce backscatter. You may disable the auto flash detect as follows: 1) With light in the OFF state, push and hold the power button for 3 seconds. - Page 24 erformance and Economy modes (Only applies to Sea Dragon 2000F SL984 light) The Sea Dragon 2000F light (SL984) is set to “Performance” mode, which means it maintains constant brightness (lumens) even as the battery charge is depleted. The light can also be set to “Economy”...
- Page 25 Blinking and SOS mode (Only applies to Sea Dragon 1500F, 2100SF and 2500F lights) The Sea Dragon 1500F, 2100SF and 2500F lights include a blinking and SOS mode for emergency signal purposes. 1) With the light in the OFF state, push and hold the power button for 4 seconds.
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Page 26: Troubleshooting Guide
For the DC1400 and other SeaLife DC-series cameras, Consider purchasing the SeaLife Wide Angle Lens (SL975). The fisheye lens allows you to get closer to the subject and fit more into to picture frame. -
Page 27: Specifications
XVI. Specifications Sea Dragon 1500F (item SL672) Light source/ Bulb type: 1 x Flat panel LED Array (Flood) Brightness: 1500 lumens Beam angle: 120 degrees Color temperature: 5700K Color Rendering Index (CRI): Run [Burn] time: 70 minutes at full power/140 min at half power/280 min at... - Page 28 Shared specifications Body material: Anodized aluminum light head with fiber-reinforced polycarbonate body Brightness control: 100%, 50% and 25% power Battery: Lithium Ion 7.4V, 3400 mAh, 25 Wh (included) Depth: Tested to 200 ft (60m) Light modes: Full power (100%), half power (50%) Quarter Power (25%) Dimensions: 8.5”...
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Page 29: Parts And Service
XVII. Parts and Service SeaLife guarantees the original purchaser of this product, for a period of one (1) year from the date of purchase, that the product is free from defects in workmanship and materials. For a detailed warranty statement, please refer to the warranty information included with the product. - Page 32 Photo by John Wall with SeaLife Micro HD and Sea Dragon 2000 light Item SL67013R | Oct 2015 Share your photos and videos with us on the web! sealife-cameras.com Manual available for download in multiple languages at sealife-cameras.com/manuals.