Ikelite P-6000 - Manual

Congratulations on your purchase of an Ikelite Digital Camera

Housing. Ikelite has over 45 years of experience in the underwater

photographic and lighting market. Our products are designed and

built in the USA by Ikelite for both the professional and amateur

photographer.

The clear housing permits instant visual inspection of the camera

and all sealing surfaces as well as complete monitoring of controls

and camera LCD screens.

Ikelite Digital Housings are slightly negative in salt water for

stability. This housing has been water pressure tested at the

factory to 200’ (60m).

Ikelite Digital Housing

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#6182.60 for Nikon Coolpix P6000

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Front View

Shutter
Release

Lid
Snap

Lens
Port

Back View

Command Dial

Mode Dial

[E] Menu
[F] Monitor
[G] Flash Mode
[H] Self-timer

[I] Apply
[J] Exposure Compensation
[K] Macro/MF (Focus Mode)
[L] Delete

[A] Fn (FUNC)
[B] My Menu
[C] Manual Focus
[D] Playback

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TTL Connector

Zoom

Power Switch

Flash

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1. Lid Snaps have a LLoocckk.

To open, push Lid Snap

Lock forward and lift

as shown. Keep

pressure on the Lid

Snap so it does not fly

open quickly.

Some lid snaps have a lot of spring tension once they go over

center, so keep a firm grip on the lid snap. Lid Snaps may be

opened one at a time.

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1. Pull out on each

housing control until it

stops. This will get the

controls out of the way

for installing the

camera.

2. Remove the back from

the housing. The

mounting tray for the

camera is secured to

the housing back.

Position the camera on

the tray, and using a

coin or screwdriver (preferred), secure it with the mounting

bolt which threads into the camera’s tripod socket.

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Some camera tripod socket threads are plastic. The mounting

tray bolt is metal. Do not cross thread or over tighten as you

may damage the camera tripod socket threads.

CAMERA / MOUNT

Lid
Hook

O' Ring

Mounting Bolt

Mounting
Tray

Nikon

Lift

Push Forward

Lid Snap Lock

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We suggest that you read this instruction booklet thoroughly

before use. If you are new to underwater photography, be sure

to read the General and Photo Tips sections.

We also suggest that you read the camera manual thoroughly

to have a full understanding of where each camera control is

located and what function each control provides.

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The EV-Controller used with Ikelite DS Substrobes has two user

settings. One setting is for strobe selection, the other is for

pre-flash or non pre-flash. TThhiiss ccaam

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EV-Controller should be set to the pre-flash position when used

with this camera as a slave. If hard-wired to the housing, set the

EV-Controller to Non pre-flash. TTL flash control is not

available when using an EV-Controller, and therefore is not

recommended with this housing.

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1. Set ISO to 64 or 100.

2. Set camera to “A” Aperture priority or “M” Manual mode.

3. Set Flash to forced “On” (lightning bolt in LCD).

4. When using external strobes, set built-in flash to “Off”.

5. For Macro photography, set aperture to f7.6 or 8.0.

6. Set White Balance to “Auto”.

7. Set Image Quality to “Fine” and Image Size to “3:2”.

8. Set Metering to “Center-Weighted”.

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in the camera menu. Also make sure that the hotshoe wire

allows the “pop-up” flash to open completely, otherwise the

flash may not fire. Slide the hotshoe back on the camera mount

until the “pop-up” flash fully extends.