Housing And Camera Setup; Step 1 - Initial Camera Setup - Ikelite Digital Housing Instruction Manual

Housing and Camera Setup

STEP 1 - Initial Camera Setup

Setup your camera for underwater use and then adjust your settings once underwater.
- 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
In Menu Rec:
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Set Aspect Ratio to "4:3, 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
Set AF Mode to "1-Area" and Q-AF Quick AF to "ON."
Set Face Recog. to "OFF" and AF/AE Lock to "AF/AE."
Set Metering Mode to "Center Weighted."
Set i.Exposure to "OFF", I.R. i.Resolution to "ON" and i.Zoom to "OFF."
Set Digital Zoom, AF Assist Lamp and Red-Eye Removal to "OFF."
Set Image Stabilizer to "ON."
In Menu Setup:
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In Clock Set, set Date and Time.
Set Monitor Display to desired brightness level.
Set Monitor Luminance to "Power Monitor."
In Economy, set Auto Power Off to "5 MIN." and Monitor Power
Save to "OFF."
Set Auto Review to "HOLD."
Insert and Format a SD memory card.
(before placing camera in housing)
" and Macro Mode to "AF
for each working depth.
SET
Macro"
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