Sea & Sea RDX-D60 User manual

UNDERWATER HOUSING for
Nikon D60
RDX-D60
日本語 English
取扱説明書
Instruction Manual
06143

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Note:
Pressure-resistance inspection sticker
Products bearing this sticker are those that have passed SEA&SEA’s
criteria-based inspection for pressure resistance.
Introduction
Contents
Thank you for purchasing SEA&SEA products.
Please read this instruction manual carefully prior to using this product.
Only with a thorough understanding of this manual’s content will you
be able to use the housing correctly. After reading the manual, please
be sure to keep it in a place where you can easily come back to it at
any time.
Safety Precautions .................................................................... E-2
Precautions on Handling the O-ring .......................................... E-4
Identification of Parts ................................................................ E-6
Pressure balance control valve ........................................... E-7
Finder .................................................................................. E-8
Opening and Closing the Housing ............................................ E-9
Attaching and Detaching the Port ........................................... E-10
Mounting the Camera in the Housing ..................................... E-12
When using the fiber-optic cable ....................................... E-12
When using the YS converter ............................................ E-15
Connecting the Strobe ............................................................ E-17
With the fiber-optic cable ................................................... E-17
With the YS converter ........................................................E-18
Attaching the Hand Strap ........................................................E-19
External Controls ....................................................................E-20
Attaching the Optional Accessories ........................................E-21
Maintenance and Storage .......................................................E-23
Specifications ..........................................................................E-24

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For safe handling of the product, please read the following precautions
carefully before use.
WARNING
CAUTION
Safety Precautions
WARNING Situations that could result in severe injury or death.
CAUTION
Failure to heed the precautions listed below could result in serious
consequences. To prevent injury or damage to yourself and/or others,
please observe the precautions as they contain highly important
information related to personal and product safety.
Situations that could result in property damage or
personal injury.
=Keep out of reach of children to prevent accidental ingestion. If swallowed, seek
medical advice immediately.
=Carefully observe the instruction manual for the compatible camera for this product
before use.
=Unauthorized disassembling and/or modification could result in malfunction or flooding,
and void product warranty. Take the product to a SEA&SEA authorized service center
for repair or inspection.
=Should you notice smoke or an unusual smell coming from the product, turn it off and
remove the batteries immediately, taking care to avoid burns. Continued operation
could result in injury. After removing the battery, take the product to a SEA&SEA
authorized service center for inspection.
=Discontinue use and turn the product off immediately should you notice flooding or
leakage.
=When the product is flooding, interior pressure may build up. Please be careful when
opening the product as water may spurt out or the cap may open explosively and cause
injuries.
=The product has been constructed with an airtight seal. When packing the product
for airplane travel, do not seal-up the product to alleviate pressure build up due to
atmospheric changes.
=Do not open the product in a wet or sandy environment. Protect the interior from
moisture and debris in order to prevent malfunction or flooding.
=Avoid strong shocks/impacts or excess stress to prevent malfunction, damage or
breakdown. Make sure that the product has been securely mounted to other products
in order to prevent injury, fall or missing.
=Do not rest heavy weight on the product. It might deform the outer casing, damage
internal parts, make the waterproofing fail, or result in fire or electric shock.
=Please note that some marks may be left on the camera scraping against the dials
or gears of the housing.
=Handle the product carefully so as not to scratch the front port, the lens, the flash
window or the finder.

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Safety Precautions
=Always dry the front port, the lens, the flash window or the finder using a soft cloth
to prevent stain or salt residue from marring the glass surface.
=Rinse the product with fresh water, after underwater use. Ensure that the product is
waterproofed before rinsing. Refer to [Maintenance and Storage] (P.E-23) for details.
=Make sure that the connectors have been secured with the connector caps before
rinsing the product with fresh water, after removal from other products.
=Never use chemicals, cosmetics, any petroleum solvents such as paint thinner, or
neutral detergent on the product. They may deform and damage the product.
=Do not leave the product in places with hot temperatures such as inside of a car or
in a car trunk in summer. The heat may deform plastic parts of the product, damaging
internal parts and resulting in potential fire or electric shock. If the product is sealed
tight in hot conditions, heated air expanding inside the product may deform the casing
and ruin the waterproofing.
=Do not store the product in wet or high humidity place, to avoid mold, rust, corrosion
or malfunction.
=Do not store the product with naphthalene or camphor mothballs, or in locations such
as a laboratory where chemicals are used. This environment can cause mold, rust,
corrosion or malfunction.
=SEA&SEA SUNPAK Co., Ltd. assumes no liability for compensation of loss of
captured images or expenses caused by loss of images, even if you are unable to
shoot due to a product defect or malfunction.
=SEA&SEA SUNPAK Co., Ltd. will not be responsible for the replacement or
compensation for cameras, lenses or those accessories damaged due to your
invalid operation.
=SEA&SEA SUNPAK Co., Ltd. assumes no liability for errors or discrepancies in
this manual.
=Carefully observe the O-ring maintenance manual for the handling of O-rings
before .use.

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Precautions on Handling the O-ring
CAUTION
Are there any scratches or cracks in the O-ring?
Be careful about dust, sand, and hair
This product is kept watertight by the O-ring. To keep the O-ring functioning
properly, please observe the following. Improper handling of the O-ring could
cause flooding.
=SEA&SEA products use blue O-rings. These O-rings are impregnated with
silicone oil through a special process. The lubricating effect of the O-ring lasts
as long as the silicone oil is gradually seeping out from within.
=For the maintenance of these blue O-rings, make sure to use genuine SEA&SEA
silicone grease (O-ring grease for use with the blue O-rings that comes in tubes
with blue lettering and blue caps). If you use silicone grease from other companies
or SEA&SEA’s own silicone grease that comes in tubes with black lettering and
black caps, the grease you apply will be sucked into the blue O-rings due to
their special characteristics, which will result in insufficient grease. If this happens
even once, the O-ring will not revert to its normal state and must be replaced.
=If the grease is insufficient, the O-ring will not slide, and it will become harder
to open and close the waterproof parts. Because of this, it could become
impossible to open or close the housing or it could cause flooding, so please
refrain from using the housing with insufficient grease.
Check the O-ring to make sure there are no
scratches or cracks. If there are, replace the
O-ring with a new one immediately. When
handling the O-ring, do not use pointed metal
objects, which could damage the O-ring. Use
of the included O-ring remover is recommended.
Check the O-ring to make sure that there is no dust, sand, or hair on the O-ring,
in the O-ring’s grooves, or on the O-ring’s contact surfaces. If any of these things
are attached, remove them completely. If used as is, these things could cause
flooding.
O-ring remover

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Precautions on Handling the O-ring
Silicone grease protects the O-ring from chafing.
After checking the O-ring to make sure that there
are no scratches, dust, or debris, apply a light
coating of silicone grease to the entire O-ring with
your finger. Applying too much grease will make
it easier for dust and debris to adhere to the O-
ring, and could cause flooding.
When fitting the O-ring into the O-ring groove,
insert it straight into the groove; do not bend or
twist it.
Coat with silicone grease
Do not twist the O-ring
Remove the O-ring for inspection before each use
Be careful about how you store O-rings
O-rings last for one year
Although it depends on how well they are maintained, how often they are used,
and how they are stored, O-rings generally last for one year. It is advisable to
inspect them before use, and replace them early.
When storing spare O-rings or O-rings that you have removed from the housing,
keep them in a cool place out of direct sunlight. Also, when storing O-rings, do
not place heavy objects on them or twist them.
In principle, the O-ring should be removed before each use so that the O-ring,
O-ring groove, and O-ring contact surfaces can be checked. This is because
you cannot find any sand or debris that may have gotten into the O-ring groove
if the O-ring is not removed. For routine maintenance prior to each use, it is
advisable to make sure to remove the O-ring.

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Identification of Parts
Power switch
Shutter lever
Buckle
Hand strap eyelet
YS converter
connector
Buckle
Playback zoom in / Information
display / Quick settings display /
Reset button
Thumbnail / Playback zoom out /
Help button MENU button
Playback button
OK button
Hand strap eyelet
Command dial
L-hook
Viewfinder
Pressure balance
control valve
Rear case
Delete button
Tripod socket (bottom)
Multi selector
Front case
Port lock
Port mount ring
Focus/
Zoom dial
Fiber-optic cable socket
Fiber-optic cable socket
Exposure compensation /
Aperture / Flash
compensation button
Active D-lighting /
Reset button
Mode dial
Accessory shoe
Buckle lock
lever
Buckle lock lever

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PUSH
Identification of Parts
Sync connector bracket
Sync connector
Front case Camera tray
Camera base
Fixing screw
Knob
Pressure balance control valve
This product comes equipped with a pressure balance control valve.
Pushing the valve counterbalances the pressure difference that occurs
due to temperature or atmospheric changes, and makes it possible to
open the housing.
CAUTION
Push the pressure balance control
valve using a stick or other thin
object.
How to use
=The product has been constructed
with an airtight seal. When packing
the product for airplane travel, do
not seal-up the product to alleviate
pressure build up due to atmospheric
changes.

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Finder
Identification of Parts
Replacing the finder
1
=The screw areas are coated in grease,
so be careful not to touch them.
2Rotate the replacement finder unit
in a clockwise direction to attach it
CAUTION
=Before attaching the finder, check to make sure that there is no dust,
dirt, or debris inside it.
=When replacing the finder, do not touch the surface of the finder lens.
This product comes equipped with a standard finder (0.5x). The finder is
replaceable; if you replace it with an optional finder unit, you can change
the finder magnification to match your shooting conditions.
Rotate the finder unit mounted on
the rear case in a counterclockwise
direction to remove it

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Opening and Closing the Housing
1
1
2
Attach the L-hook to the front case
Attach the buckles to the rear
case (①), and close the right and
left buckles simultaneously (②)
2Remove the L-hook from the front case
Opening and closing the housing is done with the buckles. Here we will
explain how to open and close the buckles.
Opening the buckle
CAUTION
=When removing the buckle,be sure to use
the tips of your fingers, not your fingernails.
Closing the buckle
CAUTION
=Before aligning the rear case and front case, make sure there are no
specks of dust, scratches, or deformities on the O-ring and the O-ring
contact surfaces.
=Check to make sure that the locking latches are securely locked.
Press and hold the buckle lock lever
(①), and remove the right and left
buckles simultaneously (②)
L-hook
Buckle lock lever