Ikelite 6870.80 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
13
START/
STOP
MENU INFO.
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.

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Attaching the Hotshoe
1. Slide hotshoe into camera hotshoe mount until it stops. NOTE:
Hotshoe must be all the way forward in the camera mount to ensure
a good electrical connection.
Camera Hotshoe
Mount
Hotshoe
Closing the Housing
1. Make sure the o-ring is clean and in its proper location on the back
of the housing. The main housing o-ring does not require lubricant
to make a seal.
2. Place the back onto the housing front.
3. Make sure no controls or wires are interfering with the o-ring or the
back of the housing.
4. Place each lid snap into the corresponding hook on the housing
back.
5. Push the lid snaps towards the housing until they are at against
the housing and the lock has engaged. Close opposing lid snaps at
the same time.