Canon FA-480 manual

F A-480 Housing Operator's Manual For Canon PowerShot A 480 Digit al Camera[...]

2 TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S TABLE OF CONTENTS .... ... ............. ... ... ............. ... .. .............. .. .............. .. ... ............. ... ... ........... .. ................ .. 2  GENERAL INFORMATI ON ............. ................ ................ .............. ................ ................ ................ ...........[...]

3 GENERAL INFORMA T ION The Fantasea FA-480 Housing Fantasea has specially desi gned the FA-480 housing for the Canon PowerShot A4 80 digital camera. This housing is ideal fo r outdoor and underwater photog raphers who enjoy the camera’s automatic exposure featur es for capturing fast act ion pictures eas ily and creatively. The FA-480 housing en[...]

4 Top / Front Side of Housi ng Numbered descriptions belo w re fer to corresponding numb ers on the above graphic. 1 . Shutter Release This is a two stage shutter-r elease butt on. Firs t lig htly press the shu tter-release button halfway, stopping when you f eel minima l re sistan ce. When the c amera successfully focuses, it bee ps twice. Press t[...]

5 4 . Th reade d L ens Po rt The Fantasea FA-4 80 features a threaded 46mm len s port. This threaded port is designed to work with some of the lens ac c ess ories that are curre ntly on the market. The following “wet ” le ns ac ce ss ories fit over the hou sing port and ca n b e i ns talled and rem oved during t he c ourse of the dive: • BigE[...]

6 Numbered description belo w refers to corresponding nu mbers on above graphic. 6. Zo om In /O ut • In the Shootin g mode, pr essi ng the right z o om button wil l z o om in on your subje c t , m aking it appear larger. Pressing the left zoom button w ill zoom out from your subject, m aking it appear smaller. • In the Playba ck mode, pr ess th[...]

7 o Pressing the left/right multi-selector buttons will browse im ages by usin g the selecte d search method. o To return to sing le image playback, press the Menu button . 9. Flash • Press the Fla sh button. • Use the multi-selector left/right arrows to choose t he desired flash mode, and press FUNC / Set. • Pressing the Menu button when thi[...]

8 13. Menu Convenient settings for shooting, play back or printing can be set with these menus. • Press the M enu button. • Use the multi-selector left/right arrows t o switch between menus. • Use the multi-selector up/down arrows to select a menu item. • After selecting an item , use the multi-selector left/right arrows to select an option[...]

9 use.  Thanks  to  a  new,  simplified  button  layout  –  with  dedicated  buttons  for  zoom,  mode  and  playback  and  an  improved  User  Interface,  it’s  as  easy  to  operate  as  it  is  to  carry.  The  PowerSh ot  A480  uses  [...]

10 1. Mount the cam era on the rem ovable tray, usi ng the trip od screw. 2. Slide the tray and cam era into the housing tray slot. Make sure it is completely inserted. 3. Make s ure the cam era lens is m ore or less cent ered in the rounded port area an d that the le ns does not distort the round b lack rubber seat. Th e housing is design ed to ha[...]

11 no part of it is st ic king up or out of the g r oove. You ca n the n apply a slight la yer of silico ne if you have not done this yet. Be sure it is co mpletely seated in the c hannel for a prop er seal.  Note Lubrication of an O-ring does not improve the sea l. It only reduces the amount of fri ction on the O-rin g when it is being moved in[...]

12 in the sam e order descr ibed f or closing them in step 3, and ta ke off the back side of the hous ing. Gently pull bot h the tra y and the cam era outs ide of the hous i ng an d unscre w the tripo d screw out of the camera in order to disconnect it from the tray. VIEWING THE SUBJ ECT The A480 camera does no t have a standard eyepiece, but under[...]

13 BA TTER Y LIFE AA-Size Bat tery Compatibility AA-Size is one of the m ost widely ava ilab le batter y size s i n the w orl d - in alkaline, lithi um, rechargea ble or other forms. AA c ompatibility e nables use anywhere i n the world. There are certa in things that users can do to help with batter y lif e. The most importa nt is to se t the came[...]

14 ACCESSORY SLAVE FLASH External flash es are required in order to profession ally improve the colo r in underwater photogr aphs. An external sla v e strobe (flash ) ca n be used to suppl em ent the ambien t li ght source in or der to create im proved lighting conditions and to retrieve the colors absorbed by water. For d eeper dives, this is esse[...]

15 LENS ACCESSORIES The Fantasea FA-480 feature s a threaded 4 6mm lens po rt. This th readed port is designed to work with some of the l ens accessories th at are current ly on the market. Fanta sea offer s the following “wet” lens acc essories, which fit o ver the housi n g p ort and can be i nstalled an d r e moved duri n g th e course of th[...]

16 SHOOTING TECHNIQUES EXPOSU RE MODES (PRE-S ET BEFORE CAM ERA INSERTI ON) It is recomm ended to get f am iliar with the diff erent expos ure m odes offered wi thi n the camera me n us p ri or to diving with it. Th e PowerShot A480 offers the following Shoo tin g Modes: • Auto - Thi s mode is most effective when y ou are not yet familiar with th[...]

17 CAMERA POWER SAVING You can access th e camera's menu to select di ffe rent power saving options. In order to do this, enter the Setup Menu, select Power Saving , activate the “A uto P ower Down” functio n and select the inactivity period before t he L CD turns off. It is recom mended tha t th e i nactivity time selected is quite short,[...]

18 could in some case s h ave a negative affect if i t is applied in large am ounts to form a build-up that could trap any debris or foreign matter. 5. Be care f ul not to ge t greas y fingerpr i nts or dirt o n the lens p ort. This wi ll aff e ct the image quality. Wip e an y d ir t or grease off with f res h water and a soft cloth. 6. Do not drop[...]

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