Nauticam NA-70D User manual

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Thank you for your purchase of a NAUTICAM digital camera housing.
At NAUTICAM, we pride ourselves on 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 one year from the date of purchase for consumer use.
2. 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 this manual.
3. NAUTICAM does not hold responsi ility for damage, of any nature, to any
equipment used with and/or placed within the housing.
4. 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 or leakage of the
housing.
5. This warranty only applies to products purchased from authorised NAUTICAM
dealers and does not extend eyond the original retail purchaser.
6. Unauthorised modifications and/or repairs of the housing will automatically
invalidate this warranty.
7. To return products for service, please contact our regional distri utor,
normally you would need to notify them y email first and ship them the
product y registered mail, along with your contact details and a rief
description of the defect.

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1. NA-70D housing
2. Instruction manual
3. Spare silicone ru er main o-ring
4. O-ring remover
5. CR2450 attery (for moisture alarm)
6. Lu ricant
7. Set of Allen keys
8. M10 plastic plug removal tool
Spare silicone ru er o-ring
Lu ricant Set of Allen keys
CR2450 attery
O-ring remover
M10 plastic plug removal
tool

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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 15
Mounting the Port 17
Changing the Vie finder 19
Care and Maintenance 20

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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: 348mm
Height: 185mm
Depth: 135mm
Weight 3.17kg (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:
Opitional Nikonos 5-pin ulkheads (Trigger
and Ground connected only)
Two optical ulkheads utilising camera's
pop-up flash as commander
Port mount: Patented port locking lever for easy port
installation.
Multi-controller
pad:
Allows diagonal movement in addition to
the up/ down/ left/ right functions.
Live view/Movie
shooting lever: Ena le easy access from the right handle.

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1 Grip handle x 2 7 Zoom/focus kno
2 Port lock/release lever 8 Lens release utton
3 Optical ulkhead for stro e
connections x 2 9 Mode dial
4 Port alignment index 10 On/off lever
5 M16 optional accessory port 11 Quick control lever
6 Zoom/ focus gear
disengagement lever 12 Play ack lever
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13 Info utton 21 SET utton
14 Menu utton 22 Right selection utton
15 Housing lock safety utton (L) 23 Down selection utton
16 Housing lock (L) 24 AE lock/ FE lock/ Index/ Reduce
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17 Moisture alarm window 25 AF point selection/ Magnify
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18 Multi-controller 26 Housing lock safety utton (R)
19 Up selection utton 27 Housing lock (R)
20 Left selection utton 28 Erase utton
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29 M16 optional accessory port 36 AF area selection mode utton
30 Start/Stop lever 37 Metering mode selection utton
31 AF-ON lever 38 M14 optional accessory port
32 Live view shooting/Movie
shooting selector 39 Shutter release lever
33 Quick control dial 40 ISO speed setting lever
34 AF operation selection utton 41 Main dial
35 Drive mode selection utton 42 Depth-of-field preview utton
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