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Introduction
Fantasea has upgraded the housing for the Nikon D-50 and the FD-50N is the
result. Improved features include, embedded optical view finder, enhanced
trigger/shutter control system, new port mounting system, zoom lens capability
and separate button for On-Off control.
Included with housing:
Welcome to the exciting world of underwater digital SLR photography. Your
purchase of the FD-50N housing for the Nikon D-50 digital camera will set
you apart from other photographers. With this system, you will enjoy the best
chance of capturing the widest variety of superior underwater images. The FD-
50N offers you the opportunity to use the exact Nikon lenses for the best
circumstances, including a choice of macro, wide angle, fisheye, and zoom
lenses. You will find the housing to be easy and instinctive to use and handle
and will have countless dives in which to experiment with the D-50's advanced
imaging capabilities. Fantasea Line Photo is pleased to offer our help with any
of your photographic needs.
The purpose of this manual to is to provide you with the basic introduction to
your FD-50N, which should get you comfortable with the housing and allow
you to get started taking great underwater images right away. We strongly urge
you to thoroughly read the Nikon D-50 instruction manual as well, to familiarize
yourself with the most common controls and settings that you will use for your
underwater photography. The FD-50N housing will permit access to most of
the important controls on the camera. To take full advantage of these features,
it is best to have a good command of what each option can do for you, so you
will know when you should use each specific control.
The FD-50N housing consists of a front and back shell that latch together
to form the housing body.
A screw in standard flat port is included. This port will accommodate the
18-55mm lens. Other optional ports are available for different lenses ( 5
inch super wide angle Dome Port, 60 mm macro/close up port and 105
mm super macro port)
Two housing handles are attached to the camera body and the base plate.
These handles are made with the standard Fantasea strobe arm mounting
shoe on the top of each one for attaching a Fantasea (or other company)
Flex arm or Ball and Joint arm for the accessory flash and/or underwater
light.
Base plate for mounting other tray and arm systems.
Zoom Control Guide Band that is attached to the camera lens.
Optical viewfinder eyepiece built into the back cover of the housing to
assist the photographer in viewing and focusing.
A five-pin TTL flash sync port to connect with the D-50's hot shoe.
