9
IInnssttaalllliinngg tthhee PPoorrtt ccoonntt..
To prepare the port for installation, remove the port o’ring and
lightly lubricate it. The port seal is a side-to-side seal and
requires the o’ring to be lightly lubricated for easy installation.
Put a small amount of lubricant on your fingers and draw the
o’ring through your fingers to lightly lubricate it. Do not stretch
the o’ring. Check that the lip of the port where the o’ring fits
and the sealing surface on the housing are clean. Place the port,
with o’ring into the housing’s port opening. Press the port
firmly and evenly into the port opening while slightly rotating
the port until you feel the port slide into place. Continue to
push down on the port and push each port lock forward until it
clicks into place. It may help to slightly rotate the port as you
push in on the port lock. When the port lock clicks into place
the Release Button will drop down against the port lock.
Check around the perimeter of the port seal to see that the
o’ring is properly sealed and not extruded.
TToo RReem
moovvee PPoorrtt
To remove the port lift up on each Release Button and slide the
port lock away from the port.
PPoorrtt SSeeaall IInnssiiddee VViieew
w
If the port is installed before the camera is
inserted into the housing, look on the inside of
the housings at the port seal. Check to see that
the o’ring is properly sealed as shown in
figure 1 and not extruded as shown in figure 2.
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U
Ussiinngg tthhee CCoonnvveerrssiioonn CCiirrccuuiittrryy
((SSeett D
DSS SSuubbssttrroobbee ttoo TTTTLL m
mooddee))
•• M
Mooddee aanndd CCoom
mppeennssaattiioonn BBuuttttoonnss
The Conversion Circuitry default is set to TTL. To switch between
TTL and Manual Modes depress both Mode Buttons at the same
time and keep then depressed until you see the desired Yellow
LED Mode illuminate.
•• TTTTLL M
Mooddee (indicated when the Yellow LED directly below TTL is
illuminated). TTL Mode is the default setting. When the DS
Substrobe is powered ON the
Yellow TTL LED will illuminate.
None of the Red LEDs will
illuminate. This indicates that
NO (+) plus or (-) minus
compensation is selected.
Depress the Mode buttons to
/- compensation. Note
that the TTL +/- compensation
values are in the yellow bar with
the heading TTL.
•• M
Maannuuaall M
Mooddee (indicated when
the Yellow LED directly below
the M is illuminated). When the
Manual Mode is selected the
Red LED directly below the F
(full power) will illuminate.
Note that the Manual minus (-)
compensation values are in the
black bar with the heading M.
((SSeett D
DSS SSuubbssttrroobbee ttoo TTTTLL m
mooddee))
U
Ussiinngg EExxtteerrnnaall SSttrroobbeess CCoonntt..
Red LEDs
(Compensation)
Mode &
Compensation
Buttons
Manual Mode
Yellow LED
TTL Mode
Yellow LED
3
3
10
U
Ussiinngg EExxtteerrnnaall SSttrroobbeess
This housing has Conversion Circuitry built into the housing.
When used with Ikelite DS Substrobes the Conversion Circuitry
provides real Nikon iTTL flash exposure with over and under-
exposure compensation from +1 1/3 to - 1 1/3 f-stops in 1/3 stop
increments.
N
NO
OTTEE:: FFllaasshh EExxppoossuurree CCoom
mppeennssaattiioonn sseett iinn tthhee ccaam
meerraa w
wiillll bbee
aaddddeedd oorr ssuubbttrraacctteedd ffrroom
m tthhee ccoom
mppeennssaattiioonn sseett oonn tthhee hhoouussiinngg
ccoovveerrssiioonn cciirrccuuiittrryy iinn iiTTTTLL..
N
NO
OTTEE:: W
Whheenn tthhee ccaam
meerraa’’ss LLCCD
D ssccrreeeenn iiss iinn tthhee rreevviieew
w m
mooddee yyoouu
ccaannnnoott ssw
wiittcchh tthhee ccoonnvveerrssiioonn cciirrccuuiittrryy bbeettw
weeeenn TTTTLL aanndd
M
Maannuuaall m
mooddee.. YYoouu ccaann iinnccrreeaassee oorr ddeeccrreeaassee eexxppoossuurree,, bbuutt nnoott
ssw
wiittcchh m
mooddeess..
N
NO
OTTEE:: BBaallaanncceedd FFiillll FFllaasshh ccaannnnoott bbee uusseedd..
The Conversion Circuitry also offers Manual exposure control
with 3 1/2 f-stops of under-exposure control in 1/2 stop
increments.
The Conversion Circuitry is powered by the Ikelite DS Substrobe
when connected to the housing with the #4103.51 single or
#4103.52 dual sync cord.
See page 12 for DS Substrobe compatibility with the Conversion
Circuitry.
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N
NO
OTTEE:: D
DSS SSuubbssttrroobbee U
Upp--ddaattee m
maayy bbee rreeqquuiirreedd..
D
DSS5500 SSuubbssttrroobbeess
• DS50 SubStrobes with a Serial Number below 63,850 can not be
updated to operate with the Conversion Circuitry.
• DS50 SubStrobes with a Serial Number between 63,850 and
69,999 operate with the Conversion Circuitry, but require update
to provide optimum performance.
• DS50 Substrobe with a Serial Number of 70,000 or higher or
with one of the two following labels in the battery compartment
provide optimum performance with the Conversion Circuitry.
D
DSS112255 SSuubbssttrroobbeess
• DS125 Substrobes with a Serial Number below 2,500 must be
updated to operate correctly with the Conversion Circuitry.
• DS125 Substrobes with a Serial Number between 2,501 and
4,900 operate with the Conversion Circuitry but require update
to provide optimum performance.
• DS125 Substrobe with a Serial Number of 5,000 or higher or
with one of the two following labels in the battery compartment
provide optimum performance with the Conversion Circuitry.
ikelite
Substrobe
Substrobe
MOD-NC
serial number
serial number
FFoorr SSuubbssttrroobbee U
Upp--D
Daattee::
Contact Ikelite for information.
