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12
SafetyPrecautions
Caution
Denotesthepossibilityofdamagetotheequipment.
•Donotaimthecameraatbrightlightsources(suchasthesunona
clearday).
Doingsomaydamagetheimagesensor.
•Whenusingthecameraonabeachoratawindylocation,becareful
nottoallowdustorsandtoenterthecamera.
•Donotpushdownontheash,orpryitopen.
Thismaycausetheproducttomalfunction.
•Inregularuse,smallamountsofsmokemaybeemittedfromtheash.
Thisisduetothehighintensityoftheashburningdustandforeignmaterials
stucktothefrontoftheunit.Pleaseuseacottonswabtoremovedirt,dustorother
foreignmatterfromtheashtopreventheatbuild-upanddamagetotheunit.
•Removeandstorethebatterywhenyouarenotusingthecamera.
Ifthebatteryisleftinsidethecamera,damagecausedbyleakagemayoccur.
•Beforeyoudiscardthebattery,covertheterminalswithtapeorother
insulators.
Contactingothermetalmaterialsmayleadtoreorexplosions.
•Unplugthebatterychargerfromthepoweroutletafterchargingis
complete,orwhenyouarenotusingit.
•Donotplaceanything,suchascloth,ontopofthebatterycharger
whileitischarging.
Leavingtheunitpluggedinforalongperiodoftimemaycauseitto
overheatanddistort,resultinginre.
•Donotplacethebatterynearpets.
Petsbitingthebatterycouldcauseleakage,overheatingorexplosion,
resultinginreordamage.
•Donotsitdownwiththecamerainyourpocket.
Doingsomaycausemalfunctionsordamagethescreen.
•Whenputtingthecamerainyourbag,ensurethathardobjectsdo
notcomeintocontactwiththescreen.
•Donotattachanyhardobjectstothecamera.
Doingsomaycausemalfunctionsordamagethescreen.