Is the Canon s100 indeed FULLY manual in the Ikelite housing?

[Karen Dancheck]

Hello,

I am thinking about the s100 in an Ikelite housing as my next purchase. I have been shooting with an Olympus SP350 and love being able to use the cam in FULL manual mode. I just became aware that with the Ikelike housing you can't access the rear wheel and therefore are not able to adjust the ISO, shutter, and aperture independently. Can you explain this to me? Many said there is a "work around".
Thanks
Karen

 

[Ikelite Staff]

Karen,

Yes, there is a workaround. The following is from the Ikelite S100 housing supplemental instruction manual. To view the complete manual, go here: Product Instruction Manuals

Camera functions can be assigned to the Control Ring by pressing the
Ring Function button. Depress the Ring Function button until the
desired function is highlighted in the camera LCD screen. Once the
function is highlighted, it can be adjusted using the Control Ring.
Refer to your camera owner’s manual for additional information.

Best Regards,

Brett Foster - Ikelite

 

[ivakdiver]

I know with the Canon housing, the same thing applies and you are still able to make manual changes without having full access to the rear wheel.

 

[rickthompson]

Yes, I have a S100 and don't have any problems with it. What I do is put it in manual mode and set the ISO and f stop before hand (usually 80 and 5.6 or 8, respectively). I then assign the "control ring" which is so easy to adjust in the housing, to control the shutter speed as I find that I more often have to change that due get the appropriate background exposure. Then I just use my strobe's power control to control the foreground exposure. If you don't have a strobe, the flash power level of the built in flash can also be controlled with the control ring. If I really need to I can change the ISO or f stop by pressing one button to bring up the control wheel assignment and then using the directional buttons to assign ISO or f stop to the ring. I can then use the control ring to adjust and then assign it back to shutter speed. It's not the most convenient system; however, I love it and never have too many problems with it.

 

[Karen Dancheck]

Thanks for all the info. I like the SP 350 because it is fully manual. I mostly shoot super macro with 2 stacked inon 165 lenses. I keep my cam at ISO 50, F8 with a the shutter speed at 500 and simply adjust the output of the strobe. These settings on the cam produce a nice black background when shooting macro. Hard to move to a camera that I can't adjust the shutter speed.

 

[ivakdiver]

But I thought we just explained you can quite easily.