Nauticam 26308 User manual

Current as of 2021-07-20
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8 TTL Converter for Nikon
TTL Converter for Nikon TTL Converter for Nikon
TTL Converter for Nikon
Instruction Manual
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Thank you for your purchase of a NAUTICAM product.
At NAUTICAM, we pride ourselves in the ability to recogni e the
requirements of professional as well as amateur underwater
photographers and fulfill them through the innovative designs of our
products. We strive to achieve a high level of user-friendliness by
allowing stress-free installation and easy operation of all important
functions of the camera.
Please read this manual carefully before using the product, this will
maximi e its performance as well as its lifetime.
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ARRANTY
ARRANTYARRANTY
ARRANTY
All NAUTICAM Products are warranted against any material and
manufacturing defects for two years from the date of purchase for
consumer use. This warranty only applies to products purchased from
authori ed NAUTICAM dealers and does not extend beyond the original
retail purchaser.
To return your product for service, please contact your regional
authori ed service center(s). Please note that this warranty only applies
when the product is purchased in the territory where the service center is
located.
NAUTICAM does not hold responsibility for damage, of any nature, to any
equipment used with and/or placed within our products.
NAUTICAM accepts no liability for any loss of captured images or the
inability to capture images even if it is due to the malfunctioning of our
products.
Unauthori ed modifications and/or repairs of our products will
automatically invalidate the warranty.
Product photos may differ from actual products.
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RECAUTIONS
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RECAUTIONS
•Use only batteries approved for use in this product, do not mix old and
new batteries.
•Check the battery terminals before installing into the product.
•Remove batteries for storage, do not store the product in an
environment of high humidity.
•Do not leave the product in direct sunlight for prolonged periods.
•Keep out of reach of children, failure to do so could result in injury.
•Defective products should be shipped to our distributors for service,
unauthori ed disassembling and/or modifications could result in mal-
function.
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NSTALLATION
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Remove the original LED flash trigger from the housing by unscrewing
the two screws as indicated above.
Install the TTL converter and simultaneously insert both LEDs into the
optical bulkheads.
ATTENTION: Using any thin long tool (for example a small allen key) to
push both LE s as deep inside the optical bulkheads as possible. The LE
must be close to the transparent optical element inside the bulkhead to get
normal quality of TTL work, otherwise you will get a wrong exposure of
underwater shots.
Insert CR2032 batteries into battery holders. Before installation check
that “plus” terminal of each battery is in Up position.
Carefully check fiber optical cables. Recommended to use only original
NAUTICAM fiber optical cables. In case of using bad quality or damaged
cables you will get a wrong exposure of underwater shots.
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ONNECTIONS
ONNECTIONSONNECTIONS
ONNECTIONS
TTL-Converter maintains synchroni ation for underwater strobes by
Fiber Optical cable connection and by electric cable connection as
well.
Maximum 2 pcs Nauticam Fiber Optic cables can be connected (via
housing optical bulkheads).
IMPORTANT!
IMPORTANT!IMPORTANT!
IMPORTANT! Nauticam Dual fiber optic cables cannot support
reliable TTL operation at optical bulkheads in this system, because of
their connector construction. Please use only single fiber optic cables.
Maximum 2 pcs Electric cables can be connected (via housing
electric bulkheads).
Dual electric cables (“Sea&Sea”, “Ikelite”) are supported by system at
each electric bulkhead as well.
TTL
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converter switch
Battery compartment
LED
Socket for electric
bulkhead
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Socket for electric
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Remove
Trigger connector
TTL on off
connector
connector
TTL Data
connector
connector
Ready Clock
connector
Ground connector

Current as of 2021-07-20
Scheme of available cable connections:
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•Set and check camera settings before underwater shooting:
-Set appropriate camera’s Exposure Meter Type (“Matrix”,
“Central-weighted, “Point”) according your shooting tasks. Right
type of exposure metering is the key setting for accurate TTL
work. In case of wrong setting, the shot may be overlighted, or
underlighted.
-For TTL operation user can set desired sync speed by camera
menu, excluding sync speeds marked as “Auto FP”. According
the construction underwater strobes cannot work in FP
synchroni ation, that is why “Auto FP” camera command is free
for them, and it is assigned in TTL Converter firmware for
switching system to “Controlled Manual Mode”. Photographer
should use it to switch TTL / M underwater.
- Set “exposure compensation” and “flash exposure compensation”
to “0ev”, as initial settings.
- Set appropriate ISO. TTL-Converter can work in ISO range
50….25600. Recommended to use ISO 50….400 for best
resolution and TTL accuracy underwater. For Macro shooting
recommended ISO 50-100.
Be careful choosing extremely high ISO or “Auto-ISO” mode, it
may cause overlighting by underwater strobes.
- Set camera aperture and shutter speed according real
underwater conditions and shooting task.
- Set recommended apertures F8-F16 for wide angle photo, and
F16-F22 for Macro photo, as initial settings.
- Use other settings recommended by your camera User’s Manual.
•For normal TTL accuracy the minimum distance from strobe to an
underwater subject must be no closer than 0.35 m.
•Set underwater strobe dial switch to desired TTL mode. Please refer
to strobe User’s Manual to choose appropriate mode. Usually it
marked “S-TTL” (“TTL”, “DS-TTL”) on the strobe’s body.
•Set (+/-Ev) dial switch on the strobe body to “0ev” position, as initial
setting for Optical TTL usage.
•For Z-240 electric wire TTL usage set (+/-Ev) dial switch to position
“TTL” (another words “9 o’clock” position)
•Set TTL-Converter rotary switch according your strobes type:
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1 – Inon Z-240 / Z330
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2 – Sea&Sea YS-D1
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3 - Sea&Sea YS-D2 / YS-D2J
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4 - Sea&Sea YS-250
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5 - IkeliteDS-161/160
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6 - Inon D200/S2000
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7 - Seacam Seaflash 150/160 (electrical only)
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8 – Sea&Sea YS-D3 (electrical only)
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•Slide Hot Shoe connector into the camera Hot Shoe socket.
•Camera recogni es Nikon compatible TTL device on its HotShoe
and confirms it by appropriate symbol “Flash” on the service screen.
•Dive and make TTL underwater photo, checking image quality and
histogram via camera LCD.
•Dependently of concrete underwater subject type, strobes condition,
ambient light underwater and etc., photographer should use +/- TTL
correction (“Flash Exposure Compensation”) to reach balanced TTL
lighting.
•Photographer can adjust +/-TTL correction by 2 ways:
- Use optical +/- TTL correction (+/-Ev) dial switch on the
underwater strobe body (available for Fiber-optical connection
only).
- Use camera’s “flash exposure compensation” function for +/-
TTL correction (available for both Fiber-optical TTL and
Electric Wire TTL connections). Available range for Nikon
cameras “Flash exposure compensation”: -3ev…0...+1ev. User
can adjust it by steps 0.3ev or 0.5ev (set by camera menu),
viewing +/-Ev value on the camera screen.
•TTL-Converter maintains normal accuracy TTL lighting control only
for underwater conditions. Land tests may give little bit different
results.
•Continuous shooting in CL/CH camera modes are available for all
modes of TTL Converter. But, underwater strobe usually recycles a
significant time, so the shots in series will have different lighting. To
reach a constant lighting for few shots in series, user should shoot
in Manual mode at minimum strobe powers.
•TTL-Converter activates automatically (switch ON) when user
pushes camera’s Shutter Release Button for focusing or shooting.
Device goes to standby mode (switch OFF) also automatically few
seconds later, according the camera command, or after
disconnection of camera’s HotShoe.
•IMPORTANT!
IMPORTANT!IMPORTANT!
IMPORTANT! In some shooting conditions TTL may be not
effective or out of working range. This case please use Manual
modes.
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•Switching to Controlled Manual mode during the dive (underwater)
is a useful feature. It gives possibility to set strobe power manually
by the camera controls. User need not to set power manually on
underwater strobe body, he can keep hands on the housing.
•Underwater strobes must be set in “S-TTL” (“DS-TTL II”) mode.
Strobe’s dial (+/-Ev) corrector set to “0” position.
•Switch TTL-Converter to Controlled Manual Mode using the camera
menu:
Bracketing/flash >> Flash sync speed >>
Bracketing/flash >> Flash sync speed >>Bracketing/flash >> Flash sync speed >>
Bracketing/flash >> Flash sync speed >> 1/200 (Auto FP)
1/200 (Auto FP)1/200 (Auto FP)
1/200 (Auto FP).
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Camera setting for any sync speed marked as “Auto FP”, points TTL-
Converter to Controlled Manual Mode without pre-flashes. Then
underwater strobe light power can be adjusted by camera controls,
using “flash exposure compensation” function.
•Available adjustment range for underwater strobe: from Minimum
strobe’s power (displays as “-3ev” on camera screen) to Maximum
strobe’s power (displays as “+1ev” on camera screen). Possible to
set step 0.3ev or 0.5ev, by menu.
•TTL-Converter does not make pre-flashes in this mode.
•Pay attention, that “Auto FP” function also makes available to set
very fast shutter speeds on the camera. To avoid mistakes for
lighting using underwater strobes, set shutter speeds not faster
than speed of synchronization for your camera. Most Nikon
cameras with mechanical shutter have maximum sync speed 1/200
or 1/250 (without Auto FP). Some old Nikon cameras have
electronic shutter and maximum synchroni ation speed up to 1/500
(without Auto FP).
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Switch system to “M” mode by setting TTL-Converter onboard
rotary switch to “0” position. This operation can be done only
before submerging, when the housing is open. The constant
Manual mode will be set in the system.
TTL protocol is totally disabled. In this mode TTL-Converter makes
fixed pulse at each shutter release of the camera.
Such mode is recommended for creative shooting with long fiber
optic cables (up to 40 m length).
In this Manual mode all Pre-flashes are disabled in system. User
should set “M mode without Pre-flashes” by the dial switch on the
strobe body, and adjust strobe light intensity by the second dial
switch on the strobe body.
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•Photographer can easy set Manual mode using the main dial switch
on the strobe body, independently of TTL-Converter current mode.
This is simple classic way to switch for shooting in Manual mode.
•Set appropriate type of M mode on the strobe body:

Current as of 2021-07-20
If TTL-Converter is in TTL mode, then set “Manual mode with
pre-flashes” by the switches on the strobe body.
If TTL-Converter is in “Controlled Manual Mode” or “Simple
Manual Mode”, then set “Manual mode without pre-flashes” by
the switches on the strobe body.
•Adjust strobe light power by the second dial switch on the strobe
body.
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•Photographer can assign “Fn“ button to option “flash off” (by camera
menu).
•Pushing the “Fn” button, user can shoot with flash off.
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The status indicator will display the battery status as well as modes
selected. It will flash GREEN/BLUE/RED when shutter release is triggered.
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GREEN – In TTL mode, battery OK.
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LUE – In Manual mode, battery OK.
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RED – Battery low, replace battery.
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After shooting please switch off the camera.
Slide off TTL-Converter’s connector from the camera’s Hot Shoe
socket. This way you defend the TTL-Converter from any accidents.
Also, you save TTL-Converter’s battery, because its current
consumption is minimum then.
For a long time storage remove batteries from TTL-Converter.
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CCESSORIES
CCESSORIESCCESSORIES
CCESSORIES
26074 M14 Nikonos 5-pin Bulkhead with Micro Connector for Nikon TTL
Converter
26075 M14 Ikelite Style Bulkhead with Micro Connector for Nikon TTL
Converter
26216 Universal Optical Fiber Cable
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PECIFICATIONS
PECIFICATIONSPECIFICATIONS
PECIFICATIONS
Compatible Cameras:
All Nikon DSLR
Compatible Housings:
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D6 / D5 /
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D850
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D780
/ Z7 / Z7II / Z50
Compatible TTL
Strobes:
INON: Z
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240 type4
, Z330,
D200/S2000
Sea&Sea: YS-D1, YS-D2, YS-D2J, YS-D3,
YS-250
Ikelite: DS-161, DS-160
Seacam Seaflash 150/160 (F1-SF150-
SF160)
TTL Outputs:
2 Optical, 2 Electric wire
Camera ISO range:
50 ~ 25600
Continuous Shooting:
Compatible
Rear Curtain Sync:
Compatible
Switching TTL/M
modes underwater: Yes, by camera menu
TTL Flash
Exposure
compensation: Yes, by camera controls
Maximum Fiber optic
cable length for “TTL”
operation:
3meters
On/Off switch:
Automatic
Battery Type:
CR 2032
x2pcs
Battery Capacity:
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7 years or 75000 flashes
Dimensions:
85mm x 45mm x 13mm
Weight:
Approx. 25g (without batteries)