Introduction Thank you for purchasing SEA&SEA products. Please read this instruction manual carefully prior to using your underwater housing. 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 For safe handling of the product, please read the following precautions carefully before use. 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.
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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.
Precautions on Handling the O-ring This model 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. CAUTION SEA&SEA products use blue O-rings. These O-rings are impregnated with silicone oil through a special process.
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Precautions on Handling the O-ring Coat with silicone grease 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.
Identification of Parts Front case Sync connector Quick shoe Quick lock Leak Sensor The leak sensor lights up in red if water Leak sensor leakage is detected while underwater. If the leak sensor lights up, surface as soon as you safely can and remove the camera from the housing.
Identification of Parts Finder This model comes equipped with a standard finder (0.66x). The finder is replaceable; if you replace it with an optional finder unit, you can change the finder magnification to match your shooting conditions. Replacing the finder Rotate the finder unit mounted on the rear case in a counterclockwise direction to...
Opening and Closing the Housing Opening and closing the housing is done with the locking latches. Here we will explain how to open and close the locking latches. Opening the locking latches With the surface of the rear case facing up, press and hold the right and left locks (1) and remove the locking latches from the hooks (2) CAUTION...
Attaching and Detaching the Port Set the port lock on the bottom of the front case to the OPEN position OPEN LOCK Align the positioning mark on the front case with the OPEN mark on the port, insert the port into the front case, and then rotate the port in a clockwise direction until it stops...
Mounting the Camera in the Housing CAUTION Before mounting the camera in the housing, make sure the O-ring is not sticking out of its groove. Make sure to remove the eyecup from the camera. If used with the eyecup in place, it could cause flooding.
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Mounting the Camera in the Housing Align the quick lock with the LOCK position to fix the camera in place Insert the sync connector into the camera’s accessory shoe CAUTION When inserting or removing the sync connector, be sure to hold the connector part.
Attaching the TTL Converter You can attach the optional TTL converter to this model. If you attach the TTL converter, you can use TTL flash compensation with YS series strobes. Remove the two screws from the grip, and then remove the parts (bracket shoe/lanyard hook) Fit the TTL converter attachment plate in between the grip and the...
Connecting the Strobe This model comes equipped with a strobe bulkhead (black: 1) and a TTL converter bulkhead (red: 2). CAUTION If you connect the YS series strobe sync cord to the bulkhead for TTL converter (red: 2), it could damage the pins on the bulkhead connector; so make sure never to do that.
External Controls Power switch When turning the power ON/OFF, rotate the dial Power switch in the direction of the arrows. Focus / Zoom dial When shooting with a focus / zoom gear: Pull the focus / zoom dial out and rotate it so that Spacer the convex part of the dial is set in the deep groove on the spacer.
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External Controls AF start / AE lock / FE lock lever When shipped from the factory, the lever is set to the position for operating the AF start button. To operate the AE lock button or the FE lock button, follow the procedures below to change the position of the lever.
Maintenance and Storage CAUTION Never use chemicals, cosmetics, any petroleum solvents such as paint thinner, or neutral detergent on the product. They may deform and damage the product. After each use in salt water, make sure it's watertight, then soak it sufficiently in fresh water.
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