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Fantasea FL-12 User Manual

Manual for the FL-12 Housing
For Nikon Coolpix L12 Digital Camera
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................................................. 2
GENERAL INFORMATION .......................................................................................................................... 3
USING THE FANTASEA FL-12 HOUSING .............................................................................................. 12
VIEWING THE SUBJECT ........................................................................................................................... 15
BATTERY LIFE ............................................................................................................................................. 16
USING THE FLASH ...................................................................................................................................... 17
SHOOTING TECHNIQUES ......................................................................................................................... 19
CARE & MAINTENANCE ........................................................................................................................... 21
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GENERAL INFORMATION
THE FANTASEA FL-12 HOUSING
Fantasea has specially designed the FL-12 housing for the Nikon Coolpix L12 camera. This housing is ideal for outdoor and underwater photographers who enjoy the camera's automatic exposure features for capturing fast action pictures easily and creatively. The FL-12 housing insures easy handling and accurate access to camera functions through the critical placement of push-button controls and a compact design. The FL-12 housing provides all essential control functions: On/Off, Shutter Release, Zoom In/Out, Menu, Flash, Exposure Compensation, Timer, Macro, Playback, Delete, Mode Selector, One-touch Portrait and D-Lighting, and has a built in Flash Diffuser and an anti-glare hood over the LCD screen.
FANTASEA FL-12 USES
The Fantasea FL-12 housing is designed as an underwater/outdoor camera housing. It features double O-ring on all controls, and has a working depth of 200 feet/60 meters. Underwater photographers can dive or snorkel and capture all the excitement of this fascinating world, while outdoor photographers also have the option of capturing the action of such activities as white water and paddle sports, swimming, sailing and boating, surfing, fishing and hunting, backpacking and camping. The Fantasea FL-12 will protect the Coolpix L12 camera from water, sand, dust, and other damaging elements.
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7. Buckles to Secure Housing
5. Removable Flash Diffuser
6. Threaded Lens Port
3. One-touch Portrait / D-Lighting
4. Anti-shake
Top/Front Side of Housing
Numbered description below refers to corresponding numbers on above graphic.
1. Shutter Release
This is a two stage shutter-release button. First lightly press the shutter-release button halfway,
stopping when you feel minimal resistance. Once the camera has focused, press the shutter-release button the rest of the way down to release the shutter and take the picture.
2. Power On/Off
To turn on the camera, press the power switch. The power-on lamp (green) will turn on for a moment, and the monitor will turn on. To turn off the camera, press the power switch again.
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3. One-touch Portrait / D-Lighting
One-touch Portrait: For portrait shots, press the One-touch Portrait button when the camera is in the
auto mode, scene mode, movie mode and anti-shake mode. The following features are automatically activated:
o Portrait: Portrait subjects stand out clearly. o Face-priority AF: The camera automatically detects and focuses on faces. o Auto red-eye reduction: Reduces "red-eye" caused by the flash.
Press the One-touch Portrait button again to return to the shooting mode selected in the shooting mode selection menu.
D-Lighting: can be used to create copies, with enhanced brightness and contrast, brightening dark
portions of a picture. Enhanced copies are stored as separate files.
o Select the desired picture from full-frame or thumbnail playback mode and press the D-
Lighting button.
o Press the multi-selector up or down arrows to choose OK, and press the Ok Button to confirm
your selection.
4. Anti-shake
For anti-shake mode, press the Anti-shake button when the camera is in the auto mode, scene mode, movie mode and one-touch portrait mode. Anti-shake mode reduces the effects of camera shake and blurred subjects, and produces clear images. This mode reduces blur when shooting subjects in motion.
The higher sensitivity is set and the shutter speed will be faster than in auto mode. Flash mode and self-timer are set to off.
5. Removable Flash Diffuser
The Flash Diffuser is used to diffuse the flash's intensity [the internal flash]. See the section on "Accessory Slave Flash" for additional information.
6. Threaded Lens Port
Refer to the section "Inserting Camera" for useful information.
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9. Zoom In/Out
11. Exposure
Compensation
13. Self-Timer
12. Macro
15. Delete
16. Mode Selector
17. Playback
14. OK button
7. Buckles to Secure Housing
Refer to the section "Using the Fantasea FL-12 Housing" on how to open and close the camera housing.
Back Side of Housing Buttons
Numbered description below refers to corresponding numbers on above graphic.
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8. Menu
When Menu button is pressed, the following menus are displayed according to the mode that has been selected: Auto Mode Shooting Menu Scene Mode Scene Menu Movie Mode Movie Menu One-touch Portrait Mode One-touch Portrait Menu Anti-shake Mode Anti-shake Menu Playback Mode Playback Menu
9. Zoom In/Out
Use the Zoom buttons to activate optical zoom. Press "W" to zoom out, increasing the area visible in
the frame, or "T" to zoom in, so that the subject fills a larger area of the frame. When the camera is zoomed to the maximum magnification (3x), holding "T" down triggers digital zoom. The subject is magnified up to 4x, for a total magnification of 12x. A monitor indicator shows the current zoom ratio.
Press "W" in full-frame playback to display pictures in "contact sheets" of four or nine thumbnail
images.
Press "T" to zoom-in on still images displayed in full-frame playback. When entering a menu, press "T" to view a description of the currently selected menu option.
Multi-Selector buttons (8-12)
10. Flash Mode
In order to select a flash mode:
Press the Flash Mode button. Use the multi-selector up/down arrows to choose the desired flash mode (Auto, Auto with Red-Eye
Reduction, Off, Fill Flash and Slow Sync), and press "OK".
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