Nauticam NA-D800 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-D800 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
Spare silico
ne ru er o
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ring
Lu ricant
Set of Allen keys
CR2032 attery
O
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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 12
Opening and Closing the Housing 15
Installing the Camera 16
Flash Operation 19
ounting the Port 20
Connecting the Strobe System 22
Changing the Viewfinder 26
Care and aintenance 28

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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: 351 mm
Height: 194 mm
Depth: 134 mm
Weight 2.81 kg (without camera)
Buoyancy Slightly negative
Depth rating 100 metres
Features
Moisture alarm: Blinking LED and audi le alarm
Viewfinder: 0.66X viewfinder
TTL capa ility:
Single Nikonos 5-pin ulkhead (optional)
2 optical ulkheads utilising on camera
pop-up flash as commmander
Port mount: Patented port locking lever for easy port
installation.
Multi selector: Allows diagonal movement in addition to
the up/ down/ left/ right functions.
ISO sensitivity
lever:
Allows easy ISO adjustments from the left
handle.
Exposure
compensation
lever:
Allows easy exposure adjustments from
the right handle.

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1 On/Off control kno 8 Movie-record lever
2 Grip handle x 2 9 AF-ON lever
3 Port lock/release lever 10 Exposure mode utton
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Optical ulkhead
for stro e
connections x 2 11 Exposure compensation lever
5 Port alignment index 12 Shutter release lever
6 Metering selector kno 13 Su -command dial
7 Main command dial
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14 Delete utton 25 Info utton
15 Menu utton 26 Housing lock (R)
16 Protect/Help utton 27 Housing lock safety utton (R)
17 Housing lock (L) 28 Live view selector lever
18 Housing lock safety utton (L) 29 Multi selector
19 Play ack zoom in utton 30 Up selection utton
20 Thum nail/Play ack zoom out
utton 31 Left selection utton
21 OK utton 32 OK utton
22 Moisture alarm window 33 Right selection utton
23 AE-L/ AF-L utton 34 Down selection utton
24 LV utton
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35 M16 optional accessory port 42 AF-mode utton
36 Lens release utton 43 Image quality/size utton
37 Release mode kno 44 White alance utton
38 ISO sensitivity lever 45 Bracketing utton
39 Play ack lever 46 Flash Off lever
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Flash pop
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compensation utton 47
Zoom/ focus gear disengagemen
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41 Focus mode selection kno 48 Zoom/focus kno
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