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Ikelite underwater housings are injection moulded from clear
polycarbonate resin (GE Lexan). The transparent housing body
provides assurance that all of the seals are working correctly
(electronic water-detectors are not required), and allows control
positions and information displays to be monitored easily. Ikelite
closure devices, control glands, and electrical connectors have
a reputation for reliability and serviceability developed through
more than 40 years of experience in underwater engineering, and
the range of accessories available is one of the most comprehensive
in the underwater industry. |
Compact Camera Housing Types:
Note that controls, control positions, and ports will vary depending
on the camera model. |
DC-100 housing: Based on the Ikelite Auto 35 housing.
Used for small digital compact cameras (Mju, Ixus, etc.).
 Depth
rating: 38m or 46m depending on housing back.
Optional accessories: Tray
and handle with quick-release socket #9523.31.
Slave flash systems for auxiliary lighting.
Back door O-ring: #0132.46 |
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DC-501 housing: Used for most current compact digital
cameras of conventional shape. Designed to mount on Ikelite single-handle
tray with quick-release socket for lighting arm.
Depth
rating: 60m.
Optional accessories: Dual
handle tray #9523.32. Some housings have bulkhead connector for
wired external flash. Others may be used with slave flash. Some
housings have interchangeable ports.
Back door O-ring: #0110 |
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Lens, Port and Filter Options
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Optional 6" Dome Port |
Dome Port:
Some housings have a port which can be unscrewed by the user,
so that an optional 3" radius (6") dome port can be
fitted. The dome port allows the camera to be used with the wide-angle
converter produced by the camera manufacturer. This is the option
which provides the best possible optical performance in wide-angle
photography.
(Shown above is the Nikon Coolpix 8400 housing #6194.84) |
M67 Filter thread:
For larger digital stills cameras, wherever lens dimensions and
mechanical considerations (i.e., lens barrel movement during
zooming and focusing) permit, Ikelite provides the standard lens
port with an M67 (67mm x0.75) filter thread. This allows screw-in
macro and wide-angle supplementary lenses (manufactured by Epoque,
Inon and UN), and M67 underwater colour-correction (UWCC) filters,
to be used.
A report on the results obtainable with M67
wide-angle lenses is given in the optics section. |
Lens Adapters:
For very small digital stills cameras (Olympus Mju, Canon Ixus,
etc.), the provision of an M67 filter ring on the lens port would
result in a port which obscures the camera's built-in flash.
This would reduce the functionality of the housing for users
who do not wish to attach accessory lenses. The solution in this
case is to use a small diameter port but supply an optional lens
adapter which can be fitted to the port when required. The lens
adapters shown below fit onto Ikelite digital stills housings
with a 55.6mm (2+3/16") outside-diameter port. Ports manufactured
after October 2004 have a groove around the outside to allow
positive registration of the adapter retaining screws.
 Adapter #9306.81
mounts M67 (67mm) screw fit lenses and filters.
Adapter #9306.80
mounts INON AD bayonet lenses.
The adapters are supplied with a removable flash blanking plate,
which prevents exposure hot-spots and deflects flash backwards
for pickup by a slave sensor. The camera built-in flash is, of
course, obscured when the adapter is fitted, and the use of an
external flash system or natural lighting then becomes mandatory. |
9306.80 - INON AD Bayonet adapter
Shown with Inon UWL-015AD wide lens. |
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9306.81 - M67 adapter
Shown with Inon UWL-100 wide lens. |
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Push-Fit UWCC filters:
Ikelite manufactures a push-fit rubber filter disk holder in
various sizes to fit over its compact-camera and video lens ports.
This is supplied as an accessory with a UR/pro blue-water underwater
colour-correction (UWCC-B) filter disk installed. Since the UK
is a green and pleasant land (underwater as well as above), Cameras
Underwater also buys-in the bare holder and supplies it with
a green water (UWCC-G) disk installed. |
UWCC-B UWCC-G |
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Nominal holder diam. |
Port diam. |
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2.2" |
52 - 58 mm |
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3" |
72 - 78 mm |
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3.6" |
92 - 94 mm |
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4.2" |
100 - 110 mm |
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The 3.6" filter holder also fits Inon M67 and Epoque wide-angle
supplementary lenses. |
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Quick-release handles
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Digital housing trays for current camera models are supplied
with quick-release handles compatible with the Ikelite Quick-Grip
arm system. Quick-release handle may be converted to the earlier
3/8" stud-mount system by means of adapter #9575.3 or #9575.4.
Quick-Grip fittings are made by Ikelite , Ultralight
and GreenForce. |
9575.3 |
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