Fantasea F400D User Manual - Introduction
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Introduction
Welcome to the exciting world of underwater digital SLR photography. Your purchase of
the Fantasea F400D housing for the Canon 400D digital camera will set you apart from
other photographers. With this system, you will enjoy the best chance of capturing the
widest variety of superior underwater images. You will find the housing to be easy and
instinctive to use and handle and will have countless dives in which to experiment with
the F400D's advanced imaging capabilities. Fantasea Line Photo is pleased to offer our
help with any of your photographic needs.
The purpose of this manual to is to provide you with the basic introduction to your
Fantasea F 400D, which should get you comfortable with the housing and allow you to
get started taking great underwater images right away. We strongly urge you to
thoroughly read the Canon 400D instruction manual as well, to familiarize yourself with
the most common controls and settings that you will use for your underwater
photography. The Fantasea F400D housing will permit access to most of the important
controls on the camera. To take full advantage of these features, it is best to have a good
command of what each option can do for you, so you will know when you should use
each specific control.
Included With Housing
The F400D housing consists of a front and back shell that latch together to
form the housing body
A screw in standard flat port is included. This port will accommodate the
18-55mm lens. Other optional ports are available for different lenses ( 5
inch super wide angle Dome Port, 60 mm macro/close up port and 100mm
super macro port)
Two Aluminum B and J housing handles come with your housing, (due to
packaging restrictions they may need to be assembled by the customer).
These handles include 1" (25mm) round ball mounts which integrate
nicely with most B and J Arm systems, making for easy integration with
most underwater lighting and flash systems. The handles are easily
assembled by tightening one screw head per handle. They are also
adjustable to fit divers using gloves
Base plate for mounting other tray and arm systems
Zoom Control Guide Band that is attached to the camera lens
Optical viewfinder eyepiece built into the back cover of the housing to
assist the photographer in viewing and focusing
A five-pin TTL flash sync port to connect with the 400D’s hot shoe
Removable camera mounting tray that slides into position with the 400D
attached, positioning the camera in the exact location for perfect control
alignment