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Coolpix Nano Flash
Coolpix Housing
LED 44 focus light
Fiber Optic Cable
Double Slot Tray
Coolpix Accessory System
2 Flex Arms
Lens Accessories:
The Fantasea FS-9 is designed to work with some of the wide-
angle and macro adapters that are currently on the market. Fantasea
Line offers a macro/wide angle converter lens adapter for this
purpose. The converter lens can be used with one of its two
elements for super macro images, or with both of its elements
for great wide angle images. Red Filters which go over the lens
port or on the converter lens itself are also available. For more
information on these items, see your local photo dealer or visit
our website at
www.fantasea.com
Fantasea Coolpix Accessory Systems and Sets:
Fantasea Offers a variety of Coolpix (and other housings) sets
made up of quality accessory products which serve to enhance
and improve your underwater images. Products like external flash
systems, flexible arms, trays, filters, wide angle and macro lenses,
fiber optic cables and more. Below you can see one sample
system. For more information please refer to our website or to
the Fantasea Dealer where you purchased your housing.
Be sure to use a slave flash that has the ability to
ignore the built-in pre-flash in digital cameras,
and synchronizes with the shutter release.
Note!
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Shooting Techniques:
There are several exposure modes for photographers to choose
from, depending on the situation. Underwater it is recommended
that you shoot in the Auto mode on the camera in which ambient
light and artificial light will be automatically controlled by the
camera according to the lighting conditions. You can also select
different light meters to use, based on the situation and your
personal preferences. Additionally, you can choose the Auto White
Balance setting for color temperature control, or experiment with
some of the other modes to see which will work best underwater.
These settings do not have to be made ahead of any dive, as they
can be accessed through the housing controls while underwater.
Please reference the Coolpix instruction manual for details on
how to set these camera options, and under what conditions the
different choices would be used.
Exposure Modes: (Pre-set before camera insertion)
Zoom in for telephoto photos and larger subject size. Zoom out
for wide-angle scenes. It is generally not recommended to use
the zoom underwater as it is preferable to get physically closer
to your subject. The digital zoom has no value at all.
Zoom Control:
For capturing the tiny and exotic subjects that require close focus.
Macro focus is possible when the lens is in the wide-angle position.
Macro Focus:
Immediate review of most recent image is available that will
confirm that you captured the shot you want. However, if you
want to scroll through your images, or delete images from the
memory card, this should be done when you are topside and the
camera is out of the housing.
Quick Review:
Camera Standby Mode:
You can access the camera's menu to choose how long a period
of inactivity before the camera goes into
standby mode.
Options
are 30 seconds, one minute, five minutes, and 30 minutes. This
