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Page 3: Safety Precautions
Thank you for having selected the AQUATICA Digital Camera Housing System for your underwater photography. The AQUATICA AD7100 Digital Housing is the result of a long and continuing relationship with the most demanding underwater pho- tographers in the world. Each housing is machined from solid aluminum on the best 5 axis computerized machine for the highest level precision, it is then hand finished, quality checked and pressure tested to a 90 meters/300 feet equivalent by a small group of specially trained individuals, each of whom takes the utmost pride and satisfaction in offering the best underwater camera housing in the world. - Page 4 Page 2 Page 2...
- Page 5 Shutter Release lever Sub-Command Dial knob Main Command Dial knob Power Switch/Illuminator lever Internal Flash lowering lever 0.5” Accessory access hole 0.5” Strobe connector/Accessory entry point 0.5” Strobe connector/Accessory entry point Release Mode access knob 16mm Accessory access point Internal Flash up/ Flash Mode & Compensation button Focus/Zoom pinion gear release disk Focus/Zoom Control knob Focus/Zoom Control pinion gear...
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Page 6: Controls In Detail
CONTROLS IN DETAIL 1-SHUTTER RELEASE LEVER: Pulling the shutter release lever 16- LENS RELEASE INTERNAL KNOB LEVER: Applies pressure back part way activates the camera meter and auto focus. Pulling on the camera lens lock button the lever back all the way fires the camera. 17- AF FOCUS MODE SELECTOR BUTTON: Press to select be- 2) SUB-COMMAND INPUT / APERTURE KNOB: Rotates clock- tween AF-A, AF-C and AF-S or for 3D, Auto, single or multiple point... - Page 7 CONTROLS IN DETAIL, CONTINUED 32- LIVE VIEW BUTTON: push to activate the Live View function 47- REMOVABLE PICK UP FINDER: A full view of the illuminated of the camera. camera viewfinder displays all necessary information. This viewfinder can be removed and replaced with the optional Aqua View 180 33- INFO BUTTON: This button will activate the rear LCD and Finder (# 20054) or Aqua View 45 Finder (# 20059) for a larger display all pertinent shooting information.
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Page 8: Preparation Of The Housing
FEATURES The Aquatica Digital AD7100 housing is issued from the world’s most technologically advanced underwater housing lineage, it is PREPARATION OF THE HOUSING ergonomically designed to place all the essential camera controls at your fingers tips and features the following: 1. -
Page 9: Preparation Of The Ports
PREPARATION OF THE PORTS PREPARATION OF THE LENS 1. Select the correct port: There is a large number of gears and lens options available. Using Once you have selected a type of photography for the upcoming dive, the right gear and correctly mounting it on the lens is primordial you will be installing either a flat Macro Port (product # 18426, for a smooth housing operation. -
Page 10: Camera Preparation And Installation
CAMERA PREPARATION AND INSTALLATION Important Note: Prior to installing the camera in the housing, remove the rubber eye cup (illustration #1), the rear LCD plastic protector from the camera as well as the camera strap and clips and/or any object that might obstruct installation, third party camera strap hookup should be removed or tucked away. It is advisable, in order to save valuable time underwater, to preset your camera preferences in advance, before inserting the camera in the housing. - Page 11 CLOSING PROCEDURE OF THE HOUSING Once the camera is secure on To close the housing simply: the saddle inside the front half of the housing, simply: a) Join the front and rear halves of the housing using the two dowel pins at the bottom of the housing as a guide. 1- If using wired connection for the strobes, slide the hous- b) Hold the housing with both hands and look around the sealing...
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Page 12: Lens Installation
The AQUATICA AD7100 Digital Housing System features a bayonet mount (# 27) equipped with a locking mechanism (# 28). If there is already a port or extension mounted on the housing and you wish to remove it, simply pull the lock lever (# 28) until it stop, rotate the port counter clockwise and carefully pull out, and put it aside in a safe place with the port lens delicate surface protected. - Page 13 USING WIRED CONNECTORS If using an Aquatica AD7100 Pro Digital housing setup with electrical strobe connections, these will be connected to a switch board circuit that gives the users the option to choose between full manual exposure or TTL (an exter- nal converter or single housed flash is required).
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Page 14: Taking A Picture
TAKING A PICTURE: SHOOTING TIPS: Following are the basic techniques. For more information and advanced photography please study the Nikon® D7100 instruction manual. The Nikon D7100 Digital camera is loaded with interesting options in its Custom Setting Menu section, some of them have proven to be very NOTE TO THE USER: * Refer to the shooting tips section for useful tips helpful to the underwater photographer, listed below as a sample of useful on custom settings of the Nikon®... -
Page 15: Using The Housing
(air side) must be avoided as they do not fill in with water and will affect the quality of the image. Store the AQUATICA Digital housing in a sturdy, shock proof container. When travelling by air, remove the port or the view finder. This allows for... - Page 16 (these service centers are listed on our Of the O-Rings: website www.aquatica.ca). The optional internal moisture alarm for your AQUATICA Digital housing The O-rings needing regular maintenance are the main housing the lens (Product # 20023) is powered by a CR 2032 battery. Please read the port O-rings.
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Page 19: Warranty
WARRANTY PLEASE READ CAREFULLY One year Limited Warranty. Thank you for purchasing an AQUATICA manufactured product! Your AQUATICA housing is handcrafted by a small group of specially trained individuals - each of whom takes the most pride and satisfaction in offering you the best underwater camera housings in the world.
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