Ikelite 6870.80, 6812.5 User Manual

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Underwater Housing for Canon 80D

Product Number 6870.80

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About this Product

Thank you for your purchase of Ikelite equipment. Please read this

instruction manual completely before attempting to operate or dive

with this product. Please visit ikelite.com to register your product to

receive information on any updates, notices, or recalls pertaining to

your equipment.

Included in the Box

• Housing

• Aluminum tray

• Left-Hand Quick Release Handle with rubberized grip

• Port hole cover

• Waterproof bulkhead cap

• 5509.27 Universal zoom set up to 2.8-inch diameter

• 5509.28 Universal zoom set 2.8 to 3.0-inch diameter

• Silicone lubricant 1cc tube

• Micro-ber lens cloth

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Important Notices

» Never leave a housing in a rinse tank, even if it is the only

system in the tank. The vast majority of catastrophic oods

happen when the user walks away from a housing while it is in

the rinse tank.

» To prevent salt build-up and sticking controls, submerge the

empty housing in clean, freshwater. Operate the controls

several times each while underwater to ush out any residue.

» Do not use alcohol, cleaning agents, spray lubricants, Rain-X,

or other solvents on the housing or lens port. Use of an

incompatible chemical compound can damage the plastic and

o-rings, and may result in leaking.

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Contents

Product Registration 1

About this Product 2

Included in the Box 2

Important Notices 3

Getting to Know Your Housing 6

Getting to Know Your Housing - cont. 7

Setting Up Your Camera 8

Pre-Installation Checklist 8

Setting Up Your Housing 8

Opening the Housing 8

Inserting the Camera 9

Attaching the Hotshoe 10

Closing the Housing 10

Installing Zoom Clamp and Gear Sleeve 11

Attaching the Lens Port 12

Manual Focusing 13

Final Check 13

Entering the Water 13

Setting Up An External Strobe 14

Housing Conversion Circuitry 14

About Sync Cords 15

Attaching a Sync Cord 15

Maintenance 16

Post-Dive 16

Travel and Storage 17

Troubleshooting 17

Spare Parts 19

Maintenance 20

Lens Port 20

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Housing and O-ring Storage 20

Lubricant 20

Housing Maintenance 21

Control Maintenance 21

Photo Tips 25

Limited Warranty 27

Service and Repairs 27

Contact Us 28

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Getting to Know Your Housing

Main Dial

Tray Mount

Tray Extension and
Quick Release Handle

Port Snap

IKELITE

ISO Speed

TTL Bulkhead
and Cap

Mode Dial

Tray

Shutter Button

AF-ON
AF Start Button

Quick-release
Button

Lid Snap

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Getting to Know Your Housing - cont.

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START/
STOP

MENU INFO.

Q

Zoom Control

Power Switch

Live View / Movie
Shooting Switch

Lens Release
Button

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START/
STOP

Q

Playback Button

Quick Control Button

Start/Stop Button

Left Cursor

Set Button

Erase Button

AE/FE Lock Button

AF Point
Selection

Up Cursor

Right Cursor
Down Cursor

Quick Control
Dial

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Setting Up Your Camera

Pre-Installation Checklist

1. Insert a fully charged camera battery.

2. Insert a properly formatted memory card.

3. Set Touch Control to “Disable.”

4. Set Red-eye reduc. to “Disable.”

5. Set Flash sync. speed in Av mode to “1/250-1/60sec. A.”

NOTE: When using a non-Canon Manual Flash, set Silent LV

Shooting to “Disable.”

6. When using ONLY the optical viewnder, push the “INFO.” button

repeatedly until the Quick Menu settings appear. This will give you

an instant glance at the camera settings on the LCD screen and

allow quick adjustments.

Setting Up Your Housing

Opening the Housing

1. Push the lid snap lock forward and lift the curved end away from the

housing.

2. Lid snaps are designed to provide enough force to compress the

o-ring for a proper seal. Keep rm pressure against the lid snap

while lifting it away.

Lid Snap Lock

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3. Repeat with remaining lid snaps.

4. Remove the housing back.

Inserting the Camera

1. Remove any lanyard or neck strap which may be attached to the

camera.

2. Check to see whether the camera’s lens will t through the port

opening of the housing. If not, the lens will need to be removed

from the camera body and re-attached AFTER the camera body is

installed in the housing.

3. Remove the camera Mounting Plate from the housing.

4. Line the Mounting Screw up with the Camera Tripod Socket. Use a

coin or at head screwdriver to tighten the mounting plate to the

camera.

Mounting Plate Camera Tripod Socket

Tray
Bottom

Side

Front

Mounting
Screw

5. Pull out on the housing control knobs to move them out of the way.

6. Insert the Mounting Plate into the slot on the inside bottom of the

housing. Push the camera all of the way forward until the back of

the Mounting Plate is ush with the back of the housing mount.