Technical Advice

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Technical Advice

Setting Up Your Housing Adding Accessories Adding Strobes Maintaining Your System All Articles

Housings

Setting Up Your Housing

This collection of videos walks you through installing your camera in the related underwater housing and making any necessary settings changes.

Accessories

Adding Accessories to Your Housing

These items will make your underwater photography experience more enjoyable and allow you to customize your experience.

Adding a USB-C Charging & Data Transfer Bulkhead

Set it and forget it! Charge and offload data without removing your camera from the housing.

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Adding a GoPro To Your Housing

Don't leave your GoPro behind just because you upgraded your camera rig. Catch some extra video on the fly by using one of our GoPro mounts.

Installing a Trigger Extension

If you're using a tray with dual handles, you'll want to extend your shutter and back button focus levers to be easily reached with your hand on the handle.

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Adding a Trim Weight System for Balance and Stability

Our 8" Diameter Dome is made out of the lightest materials available to reduce travel weight. Use a Trim Weight to balance it out.

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Installing a Magnifying Viewfinder

Get a bigger, brighter view of your camera's optical or electronic viewfinder.

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Installing a Vacuum Leak Detection System

A vacuum system allows you to check your housing for leaks BEFORE you get in the water.

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Adding M24 port for HDMI 2.0 to Ikelite Underwater Housing

Adding an M24 Port for HDMI 2.0 Monitor Bulkheads

Select housings support the addition of this large-bore port for Nauticam HDMI 2.0 accessories.

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Strobes

Adding Strobes to Your System

Lighting is an important element to your underwater photography. Find out everything you need to know about adding strobes to your system.

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DS50, DS51 Strobes

Features

Battery Compartment Maintenance

DS160, DS161 Strobes

Loose Ball Mounts

O-Ring Maintenance

Cleaning the Battery Toggle Lock

Tightening Battery Contacts

Guide to Batteries & Chargers

Bent Reflector Replacement

DS230, DS232 Strobes

Loose Ball Mounts

O-Ring Maintenance

Cleaning the Battery Toggle Lock

Tightening Battery Contacts

Sync Cords & TTL Operation

Wiring Diagrams and Test Firing Strobes

TTL Testing & Troubleshooting

Common Questions About Strobe Firing, TTL, and Sync Speeds

Sync Cord Assembly & Use

How to Care for Your Sync Cord Plug

Connecting Two Strobes

Mixing Two Strobes of Different Sizes

Material Change for Bulkheads & Sync Cord Plugs

Installing a Manual Fiber Optic Transmitter

Adding an M14 or M16 Bulkhead to a Nauticam Housing

TTL for Canon Cameras

Programming a DL5 DS Link TTL Converter

Attaching a DL5 DS Link TTL Converter to a DL Houisng

Attaching a DL5 DS Link TTL Converter to a DLM Housing

Installing a TT5 Canon TTL Fiber Optic Transmitter

TTL Testing & Troubleshooting

TTL for OM System, Olympus & Panasonic Cameras

Using the RC1 TTL Receiver for OM System, Olympus & Panasonic Cameras

Adding TTL Strobes to an OM System TG-7, Olympus TG-6, or TG-5

Ikelite Underwater Housing fresh water rinse in Grand Cayman at Sunset Divers

Maintenance

Maintaining Your System

Your Ikelite products are designed to operate in the harshest conditions on Earth. Keep up with a good maintenance regime for many years of trouble-free operation.

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DL Housings DO's and DON'Ts

Avoid these these expensive mistakes when setting up your 50DL or 200DL underwater housing.

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Using a Vacuum Leak Detection System

Why wait until you get in the water to look for a leak? Use a vacuum system to check your housing.

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Lubricating an ULTRAcompact Housing O-Ring

Have a TG-series camera or other compact digital still? If your housing has a hinged back door, this is the video for you.

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Polishing an Ikelite Acrylic Dome Port with NOVUS

Removing Scratches from a Dome Port

With a careful hand you can use NOVUS polish to remove light scratches from your acrylic dome.

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Ikelite waterproof electrical sync cord plug for underwater strobe triggering

Maintaining Sync Cord Plug O-Rings

Electrical sync cords can provide more reliable strobe triggering than fiber optic when maintained properly.

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Replacing Control Gland Seals

Most users return their housing for annual service. If you need an emergency field fix, here's how to do it.

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Replacing Push Button O-Rings

If your push buttons are getting sticky, it's best to send the housing to us. Or DIY-types can use or push button o-ring kit.

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David Fleetham Ikelite Underwater housing in a pool with DS161 strobes

David Fleetham's DL Housing Assembly Tips

The most published underwater photographer of all time shows you how he keeps his housing in tip top shape.

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Strobes

TT5 Canon TTL Fiber Optic Transmitter // Setting it Up [VIDEO]

Now you can enjoy the most reliable Canon TTL strobe exposure with a fiber optic connection between your Ikelite housing and DS strobes.

Mirrorless + DSLR

The Secret to Underwater Photography with Olympus and Panasonic Cameras [VIDEO]

Perfect exposure plus extended battery life. Why we love the RC1 and how to use it.

Strobes

Canon R-5 Underwater A-Z // Setting up Ikelite Underwater Strobes with DL5 DS Link TTL Converter [VIDEO]

Without light, there is no photography. You need to add strobes to your system to bring out the reds, oranges, yellows, and purples that would otherwise fade away underwater.

Strobes

Stop Doing This to Your Strobe Battery Pack! [VIDEO]

Use this guide for all you need to know on keeping your DS Strobe battery packs clean. Hint: it's simpler than you might think.

Mirrorless + DSLR

Upgrade Your Nauticam | Installing an Ikelite M14 or M16 TTL Bulkhead [VIDEO]

Fitting your Nauticam housing with an Ikelite bulkhead is easier than ever, and it's a sure fire way to get the right exposure using true TTL connection.

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