Nauticam NA-A7II 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 one year 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.
4.
NAUTICAM does not hold responsi ility for damage, of any nature, to any
equipment used with and/or placed within our products.
5.
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-A7II 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
9. M16 plug*
10. Universal hotshoe plug*
*Not included for 17414NB NA-A7II housing (No electrical bulkhead)
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 14
Mounting the Port 16
Changing the Vie finder 18
Care and Maintenance 19
Optional Accessories 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: 335mm
Height: 165mm
Depth: 110mm
Weight Approx. 2.35kg (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:
One Nikonos 5-pin ulkhead (Trigger and
Ground connected only)
Two optical ulkheads utilising LED flash
trigger as commander
Port mount: Patented port locking lever for easy port
installation.
AEL lever: Ena le easy access from the right handle.
Movie shooting
lever: Ena le easy access from the right handle.

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1 Grip handle x 2 6** M10 plastic plug (M5 on top, M10
on housing)
2 Port lock/release lever 7 Zoom/focus kno with
disengagement control
3 Optical ulkhead for stro e
connections x 2 8 Lens release utton
4 Port alignment index 9 M14 optional accessory port
5* Nikonos 5-pin ulkhead with
M16 to M14 step down adaptor 10 Play ack lever
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*Not included for 17414NB NA-A7II housing (No electrical bulkhead)
** Remo e with the tool supplied
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11 VF/ LCD switch lever 19 Housing lock (R)
12 Menu utton 20 C4/ Delete utton
13 Housing lock safety utton (L) 21 Moisture alarm window
14 Housing lock (L) 22 Display/ Up selection utton
15 C3/ Enlarge utton 23 Drive mode/ Left selection utton
16 AF/MF/AEL switch lever 24 Set utton
17 Fn utton 25 White Balance/ Right selection
utton
18 Housing lock safety utton (R) 26 Down selection utton
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27 Rear dial 33 On/off lever
28 Exposure compensation dial 34 C1 utton
29 Movie lever 35* M10 plastic plug (M5 on top, M10
on housing)
30 AF/MF/AEL lever 36 Shutter release lever
31 Mode dial 37 Front dial
32 C2 utton 38 1/4"-20UNC tripod socket x3
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* Remo e with the tool supplied