Housing And Camera Setup Steps; Step 1 - Initial Camera Settings - Ikelite 6843.72 Instruction Manual

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HOUSING and CAMERA SETUP STEPS

Insert a fully charged battery.

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 1/30th-1/60th second. If a faster shutter speed is

desired or you are NOT using an external strobe, set Mode Dial to "M"

Manual mode to manually adjust both aperture and shutter speed settings.

MENU settings:

Set Image Size to highest preferred setting.

Set Drive Mode to "Single Shooting" and Flash Mode to

Set Red Eye Reduction to "Off."

Set Focus Mode to "Single-shot AF" and Focus Area to "Center."

Set AF Illuminator to "Off" and ISO to "200."

Set Metering Mode to "Center" and White Balance to "Auto AWB." Always

use auto white balance (AWB) when using a strobe/flash. When recording

video or still photos without a strobe, AWB can still be used, but for more

accurate and consistent colors we recommend setting Custom manual

white balance for each working depth. Custom manual white balance is also

recommended when using a color filter and no flash.

Set DRO/Auto HDR, Center Lock-on AF & Smile/Face Detect to "OFF."

Set SteadyShot to "On" and Steadyshot Adjust. to "Auto."

CUSTOM MENU settings,

Set Auto Review to "5 Sec."

Set Eye-Start AF to "Off."

Set FINDER/MONITOR to "Monitor". This option turns off eye-piece

automation and must be set, otherwise, the camera will sense the housing

back and shut off the LCD screen transferring picture view to the optical

viewfinder.

"Fill-flash."

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