Ruggard RC-P18F User Manual

Ruggard RC-P18F
Rain Cover for SLR Cameras with Flashes

Thank you for choosing Ruggard.

The Ruggard RC-P18F Rain Cover protects your SLR camera and flash from
conditions like rain, dust, and mud, so you can shoot in almost any weather. It’s easy
to set up and remove, allows full access to your camera, and won’t take up a lot of
space in your photo bag.

Please read these instructions carefully before using your Ruggard rain cover.

Box Contents

• Two (2) rain covers

• User manual

Setting Up Your Ruggard Rain Cover

1. Remove the rubber eyecup from your camera’s viewfinder.

2. With the flash mounted on your camera, insert the camera and flash into the

rain cover through the bottom opening.

3. The RC-P18F features a precut round hole to give you full access to your
camera’s viewfinder. Locate the hole and align it with the viewfinder.

4. Stretch the hole to fit it around the viewfinder. Replace the rubber eyecup when
you are done.

5. Insert the lens into the lens sleeve, and mount it onto the camera body.

6. Pull the lens sleeve drawstring to a snug fit around the front edge of the lens. To

help seal out moisture, use in combination with a lens hood.

Tip: You can pull the drawstring opening shut over the lens if you need to keep it

completely covered.

7. For handheld use, insert your hand through the bottom opening in the rain
cover to hold your camera. Use your free hand to pull the bottom drawstring to a
snug fit.

For tripod use, mount your camera onto the tripod through the bottom opening

in the rain cover.

Customizing Your Ruggard Rain Cover For Tripod Use

You can customize your Ruggard rain cover to leave the bottom opening free for just
your hand. This will allow more room for your hand to maneuver when your camera
is mounted on the tripod.

1. Puncture a small hole in the rain cover below the tripod socket of your camera
or lens. To maintain protection from rain, keep this hole as small as possible.

2. Mount your camera onto the tripod through the small hole.

Important!

While this and other customizations may make it easier to use your camera with
the Ruggard RC-P18F Rain Cover, they may reduce the rain cover’s ability to seal out
moisture and other foreign elements.

Warranty

Ruggard provides a limited warranty that this product is free from defects in materials and workmanship
to the original purchaser under normal use for a period of one (1) year from the original purchase date or
thirty (30) days after replacement whichever occurs later. Our responsibility with respect to this limited
warranty shall be limited solely to repair or replacement, at its option, of any product which fails during
normal consumer use.

To obtain warranty coverage during the Warranty Period, contact your place of purchase (“Seller”) to obtain
a return merchandise authorization (“RMA”) number, and return to Seller the defective product along with
proof of purchase and the RMA number.

This warranty does not extend to damage or failure which results from misuse, neglect, accident,
alteration, abuse, improper installation or maintenance. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED HEREIN, RUGGARD
MAKES NEITHER ANY EXPRESS WARRANTIES NOR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE. This warranty provides you with specific legal rights, and you may also have additional rights
which vary from state to state.

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