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Fantasea FS500 User Manual

Manual for the FS500 Housing
For Nikon Coolpix S500 & S510 Digital Cameras
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................................................. 2
GENERAL INFORMATION .......................................................................................................................... 3
USING THE FANTASEA FS500 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 FS500 HOUSING
Fantasea has specially designed the FS500 housing for the Nikon Coolpix S500 and S510 cameras. 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 FS500 housing insures easy handling and accurate access to camera functions through the critical placement of push-button controls and a compact design. The FS500 housing provides all essential control functions: On/Off, Shutter Release, D-Lighting, Anti-shake, One-touch Portrait, 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 FS500 USES
The Fantasea FS500 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 FS500 will protect the Coolpix S500 and S510 cameras 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 auto,
high-sensitivity, scene, movie or anti-shake modes. 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 Advanced 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 shooting 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.
Press the Anti-shake button again to return to the shooting mode selected in the shooting-mode selection menu.
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.
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6. Threaded Lens Port
9. Zoom In/Out
12. Exposure
Compensation
15. Self-Timer
13. Macro
16. Delete
17. Menu
10. Playback
14. OK button
Refer to the section "Inserting Camera" for useful information.
7. Buckles to Secure Housing
Refer to the section "Using the Fantasea FS500 Housing" on how to open and close the camera housing.
Back Side of Housing Buttons
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Numbered description below refers to corresponding numbers on above graphic.
8. Mode
Press the Mode button during shooting to display the shooting mode selection menu (Auto mode,
Scene mode, Setup mode, High sensitivity shooting mode, Movie mode or Voice recording mode), or during playback to display the playback mode selection menu (Playback mode, Audio playback mode, List by date mode, Calendar mode or Setup mode).
Use the multi selector to choose the desired mode. Press the Playback button to switch between the mode selection menus for shooting mode and
playback mode.
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.
10. Playback
Press the Playback button to enter full-frame playback. Multi-selector buttons may be used to view
pictures.
Press Playback button again or press the shutter-release halfway to return to shooting mode. If the camera is turned off, hold down the Playback button to turn the camera on in playback mode.
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