Nauticam Zoom Gear for Nikon 24-50mm Z-mount lens

Nikon 24-50Z Zoom Gear for Nauticam Underwater Housing

This lens is typically used in combo with the Nauticam WWL-C wet lens.

The gear works well, and it all fits very cleanly, turns easily. I used a PLA+ hard plastic for the gear and a TPU sleeve for the lens. Remove the rubber grip from the lens and put the sleeve on in its place. It should slip on with a little effort and grips well. If the grip is too loose, you can add a strip of black electrical tape to the outside of the TPU ring for a more snug fit. Place the rim down on the sleeve toward the camera. The gear slides over the sleeve, rim first with gear side away from the camera.

The 24-50 lens has a sort of "twist to lock" feature as the element telescopes out of the body when in use. The gear has enough grip to lock/unlock it, and then turns easily from 24-50 when in the housing.

Print Settings

• Supports:

  No

• Infill:

  100%

• Filament material:

  PLA of PETG for the Gear and TPU for the rubber sleeve

• Notes:

  Set your slicer to use 10mm walls when printing the gear. This will ensure that it prints the base of the gear in rings rather than lines. This makes for a cleaner top surface of the print, but does not change the functionality.

   

  The design uses a hard material like PLA for the gear, but PETG works well too. The sleeve should be TPU as the rubber is needed to grip the lens collar and gear.