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Post by nemrod on Apr 17, 2008 18:59:55 GMT -8
Does anyone know by chance how the ports are installed into the non-dslr camera housings? I have a new Ike housing and while I understand it is not recommended to remove I need to in order to make a new one? Nem
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Post by kgehring on Apr 18, 2008 2:45:48 GMT -8
Strap wrench on most housings.
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Post by scubadiverbob on Apr 18, 2008 11:46:27 GMT -8
I only use Nikonos equipment. Sorry, I can't be much help with problem your having.
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Post by kgehring on Apr 18, 2008 12:04:09 GMT -8
What thread size are you looking to put on the outside? I know the engineer that makes the ports and can ask if he will cut a prototype?
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Post by JES on Apr 18, 2008 13:29:00 GMT -8
I know it will probably be for his Inon 105AD WA.
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Post by nemrod on Apr 18, 2008 20:54:41 GMT -8
What thread size are you looking to put on the outside? I know the engineer that makes the ports and can ask if he will cut a prototype? Karl, that might be an interesting thought. I have not yet decided what thread diameter would be best. The port will need to be slightly shorter so that it remains closer to the camera lens and it will also have to be smaller diameter. Let me consider on that. I was thinking on an OD for the port of 54mm. Bob, I am not having a "problem," I purchased the brand new housing with the express purpose and fore thought that I would modify it. I just have not come to my final thoughts on how I wnat to modify it since I just got it in my hands two days ago. There is no problem with this Ike housing, it is just fine, very heavy duty and sturdy . I simply want to install a different port diameter, smaller diameter so that I can adapt the AD lenses uses a modified AD adapter affixed to a threaded ring. I may also have to make the port shorter (which s excessively long for my purpose) as well. I knew all of this beforehand and intended from the get go to make this modification. ;D
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Post by nemrod on Apr 18, 2008 21:04:58 GMT -8
What I was really asking is not how to remove the port--with a strap wrench sounds like a plan but I was actually asking how the port is installed, is it threaded, it is glued, is it bonded, is it a slip fit, is there an O-ring--what attaches the port to the housing?
This is not a pressing project, I went ahead and got the housing now since I figured it might be discontinued shortly since the 570IS camera is apparently being replaced with the 590IS. The physical dimensions are differrent.
Nem
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Post by JES on Apr 19, 2008 7:43:13 GMT -8
.... I have a new Ike housing .... Nem I always knew you would eventually come around to Ikelite. ;D
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Post by nemrod on Apr 19, 2008 15:41:15 GMT -8
.... I have a new Ike housing .... Nem I always knew you would eventually come around to Ikelite. ;D Only if I cn machine or fabricate a new port for this housing. Nem
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Post by JES on Apr 19, 2008 19:46:01 GMT -8
Only if I cn machine or fabricate a new port for this housing. Nem Between you and Karl, I'm betting you will.
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Post by SeaRat on Apr 21, 2008 11:32:17 GMT -8
I cannot say about the new Ikelite housings, but if they are like the old ones, they are very simple to remove. They have an O-ring seal, and two or three or four clips which hold them in. These clips need to be either rotated or pushed down to move them away from the lip to remove the pressure on the port, then they can simply be removed by pulling it off. I re-grease my O-ring whenever it has been out for awhile, or if it gets dirty or sandy. Again, I'm not sure that this is what yours is, but you can tell by looking at it and seeing whether you can see the O-ring and the clips.
John
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Post by nemrod on Apr 21, 2008 17:55:32 GMT -8
Thanks SeaRat, the slr houisng are that way but the little digi snap houising have some other sort of port installation that I don't clearly understand yet.
Nem
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Post by SeaRat on Apr 22, 2008 13:50:28 GMT -8
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Post by JES on Apr 22, 2008 17:20:12 GMT -8
SeaRat, Here's a link to the Ikelite website so you can see the housing that James is talking about. Ikelite Canon A570 IS HousingThe Digital P&S housings have what is considered a permanent port. The SLR housings have removable ports.
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Post by SeaRat on Apr 22, 2008 17:32:25 GMT -8
Joe,
Thanks for the link. From the link to the PDF for the manual, it appears that this lens port is "factory sealed," and cannot be removed.
Nem, I'd send it back to Ikelite so that they can take it apart, put what you want on it, again "factory seal" it, and send it back again to you.
Good luck,
John
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