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FL-15
Operator's Manual
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Fantasea FL-15 Operator's Manual

FL-15 Housing Operator's Manual
For Nikon Coolpix L15 Digital Camera
Operator's Manual
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of Contents..............................................................................................................................................2
General Information......................................................................................................................................... 3
Using the Fantasea FL-15 Housing...............................................................................................................11
Viewing the Subject........................................................................................................................................14
Battery Life......................................................................................................................................................15
Using the Flash................................................................................................................................................16
Shooting Techniques....................................................................................................................................... 18
Care & Maintenance ......................................................................................................................................20
Flood Insurance .............................................................................................................................................. 21
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GENERAL INFORMATION
The Fantasea FL-15 Housing
Fantasea has specially designed the FL-15 housing
for the Nikon Coolpix L15 camera. This
housing is ideal for outdoor and underwater photographers who enjoy the camera's autom atic exposure features for capturing fast action pictures easily and creatively. The FL-15 housing ensures easy handling and accurate access to camera functions through the critical placement of push-button controls and a compact design. The FL-15 housing provides access to all control functions: On/Off, Shutter Release, Mode, Zoom In/Out, Menu, Flash, Exposure Compensation, Timer, Macro, Playback and Delete, and has a built in Flash Diffuser and an anti-glare hood over the LCD screen.
Fantasea FL-15 Uses
The Fantasea FL-15 housing is designed as an underwater/outdoor camera housing. It features double O-rings 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-15 will protect the Coolpix L15 camera from water, sand, dust, and other damaging elements.
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Top/Front Side of Housing
7. Buckles to Secure Housing
3. Playback
4. Shooting Mode
5. Removable Flash Diffuser
6. Lens Port
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. Do not use force when pressing the shutter-release button, as this may result in camera shake and blurred pictures.
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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. Playback
Press the Playback button in shooting mode to enter the playback mode.
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Shooting Mode
• Press the Shooting Mode button in playback mode to enter the shooting mode.
• Press the Shooting Mode button in shooting mode to display the shooting mode selection menu.
In this menu, use the multi-selector to choose a shooting mode:
- Easy-Auto Mode
- Movie
- Scene
- One-Touch Portrait
- Auto Mode
The shooting mode selection menu is continuously displayed until you select the shooting mode and press the "OK" button to determine the mode, or you press the Shooting Mode button again.
5. Removable Flash Diffuser
The Flash Diffuser is used to diffuse the internal flash's intensity. There are two different diffusers included with the FL-15 Housing:
• Transparent diffuser- This diffuser allows for a large amount of light to illuminate your subject,
but doesn't reduce the shadowing effect when photographing from a short distance. Therefore, install this diffuser on the housing when taking wide angle shots and when the subject is positioned within a relatively far distance from the lens.
• White diffuser- This diffuser reduces the shadowing effect when photographing from a short
distance, but allows for a relatively small amount of light to illuminate your subject. Therefore, install this diffuser on the housing when taking macro shots and when the subject is positioned within a close distance from the lens.
See the section on "Accessory Slave Flash" for additional information.
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6. Lens Port
Refer to the section "Inserting Camera" for useful information.
7. Buckles to Secure Housing
Refer to the section "Using the Fantasea FL-15 Housing" on how to open and close the camera housing.
Back Side of Housing Buttons
14. Self-Timer
13. OK Button
15. Delete
9. Zoom In/Out
11. Exposure Compensation
12. Macro Mode
Numbered description below refers to corresponding numbers on above graphic.
8. Menu
Press the Menu button to display the menu for the selected mode. Use the multi selector to navigate the menus. To exit the menu display, press the Menu button again.
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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 the 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, nine or sixteen
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 (10-14)
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".
11. Exposure Compensation
Exposure Compensation is used to alter exposure from the value suggested by the camera to make pictures brighter or darker.
• Press the Exposure Compensation button.
• Press the multi-selector up/down arrows to adjust exposure between -2.00 and +2.00, and press "OK".
12. Macro
Macro Close-Up mode is used for taking pictures of objects as close as 15 cm/5.9 inch.
• Press the Macro Mode button.
• Press the multi-selector up/down arrows to choose "On", and press "OK".
• Press "T" or "W" to frame the picture, focus and shoot.
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