Nauticam NA-5dsr User manual

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Thank you for your purchase of a NAUTICAM digital camera housing.
At NAUTICAM, we pride ourselves in the a ility to recognise 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 y allowing stress-free installation and easy operation of all
important functions of the camera.
Each housing is individually inspected and water pressure tested to ensure
optimum quality.
Please read this manual carefully efore using the housing, this will maximise its
performance as well as its lifetime.

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1.
All NAUTICAM Products are warranted against any material and
manufacturing defects for two years from the date of purchase for consumer
use. Please fill in the warranty cards shipped with our housings and
viewfinders at the time of sale and return them to your point of purchase
within a month. If we do not receive the completed warranty card for a
particular product, the warranty period would e assumed to egin from the
day that the product is shipped from our facility. This warranty only applies to
products purchased from authorised NAUTICAM dealers and does not extend
eyond the original retail purchaser.
2.
To return your product for service, please contact your regional authorized
service centre(s). Please note that this warranty only applies when the
product is purchased in the territory where the service centre is located.
3.
NAUTICAM accepts no lia ility for any damage to and defects in the housing
caused y improper use and/or poor maintenance; it is the responsi ility of
the owner to carefully follow the instructions in our manuals.
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NAUTICAM does not hold responsi ility for damage, of any nature, to any
equipment used with and/or placed within our products.
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NAUTICAM accepts no lia ility for any loss of captured images or the ina ility
to capture images even if it is due to the malfunctioning of our products.
6.
Unauthorised modifications and/or repairs of our products will automatically
invalidate the warranty.

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1. NA-5DSR housing
2. Instruction manual
3. Spare silicone ru er main o-ring
4. O-ring remover
5. CR2032 attery (for moisture alarm)
6. Lu ricant
7. Set of Allen keys
8. M10 plastic plug removal tool
9. Canon hotshoe plug to dual Nikonos connectors* (x and ground connection only)
10. Two M14 plug and one M16 plug
CR2032 attery
M10 plastic plug removal tool M14 plugs and M16 plug
Lu ricant
O-ring remover
Canon hotshoe plug

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1. A water-tight test without the camera inside the housing is highly
recommended when using the system for the first time and after the changing
of port and O-ring(s).
2. Do not use lu ricants from other rands with the silicone ru er O-ring on this
housing, only use the lu ricant provided y NAUTICAM.
3. Discontinue use immediately should you notice any leakage.
4. Store the housing in a ro ust, shock-proof container during transportation;
avoid transporting with any equipment, such as a camera, inside the housing.
5. When travelling y air, do not close the housing if the port is installed, as this
may lead to a pressure difference etween the atmosphere and inside the
housing.
6. Care must e taken when opening the housing, as pressure may uild up inside
the housing which increases the opening force.
7. Do not open the product in a wet or sandy environment. Protect the interior
from moisture and de ris in order to prevent malfunction or leakage.
8. Do not store the product in an environment of high humidity.
9. Do not leave the housing and the camera in direct sunlight for prolonged
periods.
10. Keep out of reach of children, failure to do so could result in injury.
11. Defective products should e shipped to our distri utors for service,
unauthorized disassem ling and/or modifications could result in malfunction
or leakage.

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Specifications 6
Identification of Parts 7
Opening and Closing the Housing 10
Preparation of the Housing 11
Installing the Camera 16
Mounting the Port 18
Changing the Vie finder 20
Care and Maintenance 21

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Construction
Housing ody: Aluminium alloy
Surface treatment: Hard anodised
Display window: A rasion resistant polycar onate
Grip handles: Polycar onate and ru er
Dimensions
(with handles)
Width: 358mm
Height: 187mm
Depth: 135mm
Weight Approx. 2.84kg (without camera)
Buoyancy Slightly negative
Depth rating 100 metres
Features
Moisture alarm: Blinking LED and audi le alarm
Viewfinder: 0.66X viewfinder
Flash capa ility:
Two Nikonos 5-pin ulkheads (Trigger and
Ground connected only)
Two optical ulkheads utilising Nauticam
Flash Trigger (optional)
Port mount: Patented port locking lever for easy port
installation.
Multi-controller
pad:
Allows easy control to the up/ down/ left/
right functions.
Piano keys: Specially designed for ease of access to the
SET and Quick Control uttons

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1 Grip handle x 2 8 Zoom/ focus gear disengagement
lever
2 Port lock/release lever 9 Zoom/focus kno
3 Optical ulkhead for stro e
connections x 2 10 Lens release utton
4 Port alignment index 11 On/off lever
5 Mode dial 12 Index/Magnify/Reduce lever
6 M5/ M10 threaded hole 13 Play ack lever
7 Nikonos 5-pin ulkhead with
M16 to M14 step down adaptor
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14 Menu utton 22 AF point selection utton
15 Info utton 23 Quick control utton
16 Creative Photo utton 24 SET utton
17 Rating utton 25 Multi-controller
18 Housing lock safety utton (L) 26 Housing lock (R)
19 Housing lock (L) 27 Housing lock safety utton (R)
20 Erase utton 28 Moisture alarm window
21 AE lock utton
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29 M16 optional accessory port 36 Nikonos 5-pin ulkhead
30 Live view shooting/Movie
shooting selector 37 M5/ M10 threaded hole
31 Start/stop lever 38 AF area selection/ Multi-function
lever
32 AF-ON lever 39 Shutter release lever
33 Quick control dial 40 Flash compensation/ ISO speed
setting lever
34 White alance/ Metering mode
selection utton 41 Main dial
35 Drive mode/ AF operation/ AF
method selection utton
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