Nauticam NA-A6000 User manual

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Thank you for your purchase of a NAUTICAM 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-A6000 housing
2. Instruction manual
3. Spare silicone ru er housing o-ring
4. O-ring remover
5. CR2450 attery (for moisture alarm)
6. Lu ricant
7. Set of Allen keys
Spare silicone ru er o-ring
Lu ricant Set of Allen keys
CR2450 attery
O-ring remover

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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
Preparation of the Housing 10
Opening and Locking the Housing 13
Installing the Camera 1
Mounting the Port 15
Care and Maintenance 17
Optional Accessories 18

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Construction
Housing ody: Aluminium alloy
Surface treatment: Hard anodised
Display window: A rasion resistant polycar onate
Dimensions
Width: 192mm
Height: 124mm
Depth: 93mm
Weight Approx. 1.01kg (without camera)
Buoyancy Slightly negative
Depth rating 100 metres
Features
Moisture alarm: Blinking LED and audi le alarm
TTL capa ility:
Optical fi re mount included for
external stro es connection,
utilising the camera’s pop-up flash
as trigger.
Port mount: Patented easy port installation
system.
Control dial: Easily reached y thum .
EVF/LCD switch: Switch etween EVF and LCD with
the flick of a switch.

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1 Flash up/off lever 6 Housing lock safety utton
2 Mode dial 7 Housing lock
3 Control dial 8 M10 stro e mounting ase
4 C1 utton 9 ON/OFF switch
5 Shutter release lever 10 Lens release utton
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11 Accessory coldshoe 15 Zoom/Focus kno
12 Optical fi re mount 16 Port release safety utton
13 Port alignment index 17 Port lock/release lever
14 M16 accessory port 18 1/4”–20UNC tripod socket x 2*
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* The maximum length of screws that can e
used with the tripod sockets is 4mm
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19 Viewfinder/LCD lever 26 Up selection/Display utton
20 Moisture alarm window 27 Right selection/ISO utton
21 Menu utton 28 Set utton
22 AEL utton 29 Left selection/Drive mode
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23 Movie utton 30 Down selection/Exposure
comp./Image index utton
24 Fn utton 31 C2/Delete utton
25 Control wheel 32 Play ack utton
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