Nauticam NA-D500 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 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-D500 housing
2. USB Instruction manual
3. Spare silicone ru er main o-ring
4. O-ring remover
5. CR2450 attery (for moisture alarm)
6. Two CR2032 atteries (for LED flash trigger)
7. Lu ricant
8. Set of Allen keys
Spare silicone ru er o-ring
Lu ricant
CR2032 attery
O-ring remover
CR2450 attery Set of Allen keys

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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 12
Preparation of the Housing 13
Installing the Camera 18
Mounting the Port 2
Changing the Viewfinder 22
Care and Maintenance 23
Optional Accessories 24

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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: 357mm
Height: 188mm
Depth: 134mm
Weight 3.02kg (without camera)
Buoyancy A out neutral
Depth rating 100 metres
Features
Camera
compati ility: Nikon D500 camera
Moisture alarm: Blinking LED and audi le alarm
Viewfinder: 0.66X viewfinder
Flash capa ility:
Integrated LED flash trigger
Optional: 26307 TTL Converter for Nikon
(Compati le with NA-D5/D500, Sea & Sea
YS-D and Inon Stro es)
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.
ISO sensitivity
lever:
Allows easy ISO adjustments from the right
handle.

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1 Grip handle x 2 4 Optical ulkhead for stro e
connections x 2
2 Port lock/release safety utton 5 Port alignment index
3 Port lock/release lever
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6 M16 accessory port 13 On/Off control kno
7 Main command kno 14 M10 plastic plug (M5 on top, M10
on housing)
8 Movie-record lever 15 ISO lever
9 AF-ON lever 16 Shutter release lever
10 Info Lever 17 Su -command kno
11 M14 accessory port 18 Fn1 lever
12 Exposure compensation utton
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19 Delete utton 29 LV utton
20 Menu utton 30 i utton
21 Protect/Help lever 31 Photo/Movie Live view selector
22 Housing lock safety utton (L) 32 Housing lock safety utton (R)
23 Housing lock (L) 33 Housing lock (R)
24 Play ack zoom in utton 34 Up selection utton
25 Thum nail/Play ack zoom out
utton 35 Left selection utton
26 OK utton 36 SET utton
27 Moisture alarm window 37 Right selection utton
28 Su selector center utton 38 Down selection utton
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