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Make sure to remove the battery after use.
Completelyremovethebatteryfromthecamera.
(Evenifyouturnthecameraoff,leavingthe
batteryattachedstillconsumesasmallamountof
electricity.)Thebatterywillover-dischargeifyou
leaveitinthecameraforlongperiodsoftimeand
maybecomeimpossibletorecharge.
DonotremovethebatterywhenthePOWER
switchisON.
TurnthePOWERswitchOFFandmakesurethat
themodelampiscompletelyoffbeforeremoving
thebattery.
Protect the battery terminals.
Donotallowdustorforeignsubstancestoclingto
thebatteryterminals.
Ifyouaccidentallydropthebattery,checkthebody
andterminalsiftheyhavebeendeformed.
Insertingadeformedbatteryintothecameraor
theACadaptor(batterycharger)maydamagethe
cameraortheACadaptor(batterycharger).
Reminders when discarding memory cards or
transferring them to others
Formattingmemorycardsordeletingdatausing
thefunctionsofthiscameraoracomputerwill
merelychangethelemanagementinformation
andwillnotcompletelyerasethedatastored
inthememorycards.Itisrecommendedthat
youphysicallydestroymemorycardswhen
discardingthem,orusedatadeletionsoftwarefor
commerciallyavailableforcomputerstocompletely
erasethedatawhentransferringthemtoothers.
Usersareresponsibleformanagingthedatastored
intheirmemorycards.
Liquid crystal displays
•
Imagesorcharacterscanlingeronthescreenof
theLCDorviewnderiftheyareleftdisplayed
foralongtime,butyoucanxthisbyleavingthe
cameraoffforseveralhours.
•
TheLCDmonitorismanagedwithhighprecision
toensurethat99.99%ofthepixelsareeffective
leavingonly0.01%ofpixelsthatareeitherdead
orremainonallthetime.Thisisnormalandwill
havenoeffectonrecordedimages.
•
DewmayformontheLCDmonitorifyouuse
thecamerainlocationsofintenselyvarying
temperatures.Wipeitdrywithasoft,drycloth.
•
TheLCDmonitormayappearalittledimmerright
afterturningonacoldcamera.Thebrightnesswill
gobacktonormalwhentheinternaltemperature
increases.
Do not point the eyepiece of the lens or
viewnder at the sun.
Doingsomaydamagetheinternalparts.
Protective caps for the terminals
Keepprotectivecapsttedoverconnecting
terminalsthatarenotbeingused.
Mosaic-like noise may appear on the playback
images in the following shooting conditions.
•
Whenthereisacomplexpatterninthe
background
•
Whenmovingthecameraalongdistanceor
movingquickly
•
Whenthesubjectismovingquickly
(EspeciallywhenshootinginHEmode)
Depending on the signal reading system of the
pickup devices (MOS sensor), the following
problems may occur.
•
Asubjectthatquicklycrossesthescreenmay
appeardistortedinsomeshootingconditions.
•
Whenasubjectislitbytheash,thescreenmay
appearsplithorizontally.
(Thepossibilityoftheoccurrencemaybe
reducedbysettingtheshutterspeedlower.)