The Aquatica Digital AD800 Digital Pro housing is issued from the
world’s most technologically advanced underwater housing lineage,
it is ergonomically designed to place all the essential camera
controls under your finger tips and features the following:
A.
A port locking mechanism to prevent accidental rotation
of the port or extension mounted on the housing
B.
A Lens Lock Release control that will activate the lens
release button of camera from the outside of the housing.
C.
A quick release tray, allowing fast and easy removal of
camera with lens and gear attached to the camera body.
D.
Large ergonomic and easy to operate controls for the
manual and computerized camera functions.
E.
The industry most flexible strobes connector selection;
options includes standard Nikonos, Classic Ikelite
electrical connections, optical connections for the
Inon and Sea & Sea optical sync cord. An internal
switchboard allows full manual or TTL exposure with
electrical sync cord when a compliant TTL converter is
attached; S-TTL is available when using the proper
strobes
F.
The Aquatica AD800 Pro Digital is the only housing to
offer exclusive access to all controls and buttons found
on the camera. Special emphasis was made to give the
user easy access to the following controls underwater:
- Mechanical shutter release.
- Movie Record via a dedicated lever
- Shutter speed through the Main-Command Dial
- Aperture through the Sub-Command Dial
- ISO sensitivity value via a dedicated lever
- Fn & Depth of Field buttons via a dedicated toggle lever
- Live View mode
- Multi Selector array
- Focus / Zoom
- AE-L/AF-L & AF-ON access
- LCD panel illumination & information display.
- Metering pattern selector
- Exposures Compensation
- Focus Area Selector
- Delete button access
- Live view access
G.
A comprehensive selection of bayonet mounted ports
including the 4”, 6”, 8” and 9.25 diameter domes, three
flat ports and various extension rings. These are of
manufactured from the finest optical material in order
to preserve the image quality of your Nikon Mount AF
lenses. Adapter rings also allows other brands of ports
to be used with an Aquatica port adapter.
H.
A large selection of lens gears and related accessories.
PREPARATION OF THE HOUSING
1. Attaching Grip to the housing:
The housing comes with two Grips for both right and left hand
grips which should be installed on the sides of the housing with
the supplied bolts and hexagonal key wrench. It is strongly
recommended to occasionally remove the grips and lubricate the
screws (see Care and Maintenance: of the housing.)
¼”-20 threaded holes are located on the top of the hand grips
(# 55) to accept bracket for most popular strobe arm system
you are using. The Technical Lighting System strobe arm system
which has been developed exclusively for the Aquatica hous
-
ings is highly recommended as it integrates seamlessly with the
AD800 housing.
Additionally, there are three ¼”-20 threaded holes on the bottom
of the housing (# 56) that can be used for various mounting ap-
plication including a tripod. And a ¼”-20 threaded hole on the top
rear half of the housing (# 54) for mounting accessories such as
a focus assist light or TTL converter bracket.
Mount your strobe arm on the housing and connect the sync cord
to the housing’s strobe connectors as per your strobe manufac-
turer. If using eletrical sync cord, be sure to read the section re-
garding the care and maintenance of the O-rings.
2. Lubricating the Main O-ring Seal:
Before use, carefully inspect the Main O-ring seal in the groove on
the front half of the housing to confirm that it is free from scratches
or foreign material. Lubricate the O-ring with a light coat of Aquatica
O-ring lubricant.
When replacing a Main O-ring, first place this one over the O-ring
groove and start by pushing the O-ring in the corners. Work your
way around the O-ring making sure the O-ring is snugly sitting in
the groove.
For proper handling and maintenance of O-rings please refer to
the section titled “Care and Maintenance: of the O-rings.”
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