instruction Manual Orion® DSLR Camera Cooler #52095 Providing Exceptional Consumer Optical Products Since 1975 OrionTelescopes.com Customer Support (800) 676-1343 • E-mail: support@telescope.com Corporate Offices (831) 763-7000 • 89 Hangar Way, Watsonville, CA 95076 © 2012 Orion Telescopes & Binoculars IN 440 Rev.
Inside/Outside temperature guage DC power cable On/Off button DSLR Cooler Desiccant packets (2) Figure 1. The DSLR Cooler comes with a DC power cable and two desiccant packets. Congratulations on your purchase of the Orion DSLR Camera Cooler. It’s the first affordable commercially produced “cold box” for DSLR cameras, which unlike most astronomical CCD cameras do not have internal cooling systems to reduce thermal noise.
DC coupler (replaces battery) Cable collar a. Shutter control b. USB Figure 3. a) With the plastic cable collar removed, run your camera cables through the hole in the side of the housing, b) plug DC coupler and other cables into the camera before installing the camera in the cooling chamber Next, familiarize yourself with the features and components of the DSLR Cooler in Figure 2.
Open cable collar Figure 6. Lay the camera cables in the open cable collar, then close it and re-insert it in the housing. Do not set the DSLR Cooler down on the flash housing! Figure 5. The protruding flash housing could crack if it contacts a hard surface! into the camera by turning the knob clockwise until secure. CAUTION: Do not set the DSLR Cooler down on the protruding flash housing (Figure 5)! Doing so could damage the flash housing. 6.
Figure 7. Here, a Canon 350D is installed in the DSLR Cooler, with cables passing through the cable collar. The cable plugs are a tight fit! Temperature sensor Figure 9. The DSLR Cooler in place and ready to chill! Inside temperature Figure 8. The interior temperature sensor should not be removed from the ceiling of the housing. After turning the Cooler on, you should see a temperature drop of 17°C to 20°C (30.
Specifications Compatibility Canon EOS 350D (XT), 400D (XTi), 450D (XSi), 500D (T1i), 550D (T2i), 1000D (XS), 1100D (T3) Peltier cooler 51 watts Voltage 12-volts DC, 5.5mm/2.