Aquatica Digital A7D Mk II, Operating Manual

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FOREWORD
Thank you for having selected the AQUATICA Digital Camera System for your underwater photography needs.
The AQUATICA Digital Housing is the result of a long and continuing relationship with the most demanding underwater photographers in
the world. Each housings is handcrafted, tightly quality controlled and pressure tested to a 300 feet/90m equivalent by a small group of
specially trained individuals, each of whom takes the utmost pride and satisfaction in offering you the best underwater camera housing
in the world.
The Aquatica Digital Housing was designed for optimum technical and optical performance and to provide easy and efficient underwater
access to the essentials functions and controls of the
Canon 7D Mk II
DSLR. This operating manual assumes that the user is already
familiar with the Canon 7D Mk II camera and its operation. If not, please read your Nikon instruction manual before attempting to use the
housing.
With basic care and a regular maintenance schedule, your AQUATICA housing will provide years of enjoyment and satisfaction in producing
spectacular underwater images.
Please take the time to carefully read this manual before attempting to use your housing for the first time and note that: whenever cited
the right hand is your right when using the housing.
This Aquatica Digital housing is issued from the world’s most technologically advanced underwater housings lineage, ergonomically
designed to place all the essential camera controls under your finger tips and features the following:
- Large ergonomic and easy to operate controls for most of the manual and computerized camera
functions, including the following controls:
- Extended Mechanical Shutter Release Lever.
- Large knurled knob for accessing Shutter speed control.
- Large knurled knob for accessing Aperture control.
- Oversized knurled knob for accessing the Focus or Zoom feature of the lens
- Dual positions lever for accessing the AF-ON and STAR functions
- Easy access knob for Exposure mode control (Mode)
- Exposure Compensation
- Focus Area Selector
- Extended ISO sensitivity lever
- Info & Playback
- Menu and controls
- Delete button access
- Live view & Video recording access
- A quick release camera tray (saddle), for fast and easy removal of camera.
- A flexible strobes connector circuitry to suit your personal needs (see page 11&12).
- A new redesigned moisture alarm with integrated vacuum sensor
- A port locking mechanism to prevent accidental rotation of the port or extension mounted on the housing
- A complete selection of bayonet mounted ports including dome ports of 4”, 6”, 8” and 9.25” diameter, three flat ports and a
large selection of extension rings to preserve the image quality of your lenses.
- A Lens Lock Release control that will activate the lens release button of the camera from the outside of the
housing, this lever can be pulled out to allow the camera/lens/gear to be removed together for easy replacement
of the camera battery.
- A comprehensive selection of focus and zoom gears to access all popular lenses useful for underwater photography,
- A choice of standard eye piece finder (included), Aqua View 180 finder (# 20054) and Aqua View 45 Finder (# 20059).
- Bulkhead entry point for external Monitors, Surveyor vacuum monitoring system or remote triggering accessories, including
the pole mounted RCS remote camera system.