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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 down on the
port firmly and evenly 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.
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To remove the port lift up on each Release Button and slide the
port lock away from the port.
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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.
Fig. 1
Fig. 2
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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.
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F
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-2
-3
M
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MODE
-2
-1
+1
+2
TTL
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•
•
•
Red LEDs (Compensation)
Mode &
Compensation
Buttons
Manual Mode
Yellow LED
TTL Mode
Yellow LED
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DSS5500 SSuubbssttrroobbeess
• DS50 SubStrobes with a Serial Number below 63,850 can not be
updated to operate with the eTTL Conversion Circuitry.
• DS50 SubStrobes with a Serial Number between 63,850 and
69,999 operate with the eTTL 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 eTTL Conversion
Circuitry.
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DSS112255 SSuubbssttrroobbeess
• DS125 Substrobes with a Serial Number below 2,500 must be
updated to operate correctly with the eTTL Conversion Circuitry.
• DS125 Substrobes with a Serial Number between 2,501 and
4,900 operate with the eTTL 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 eTTL Conversion
Circuitry.
ikelite
Substrobe
Substrobe
MOD-NC
serial number
serial number
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Contact Ikelite for information.
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This housing has Conversion Circuitry built into the camera
tray. When used with Ikelite DS Substrobes the Conversion
Circuitry provides real Canon eTTL flash exposure with over and
under-exposure compensation of two f-stops in half-stop
increments.
The Consversion 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.
N
NO
OTTEE::
If the camera is busy with a function such as displaying a
photograph on the LCD panel the Conversion Circuitry cannot
be accessed to make changes. Wait until the camera has
finished with any activity before making changes through the
Conversion Circuitry.
