INTRODUCTION
■Battery Life
•The battery lives noted in the User’s Guide are
approximate values until power fails, based on use of batteries of recommended brands at temperature 23°C (73°F), and do not guarantee you will be able to achieve operation for the life noted. Actual battery life is greatly affected by the battery brand, battery production date, and ambient temperature.
•Leaving the camera on can run down batteries and cause the low battery warning to appear. Turn off the camera whenever you are not using it.
•Sometimes, the camera may shutdown after the low battery warning appears. If this happens, immediately replace both of the batteries. Leaving low or dead batteries in the camera can lead to battery leakage and data corruption.
•Though you could use alkaline batteries when there are no other types of batteries available, note that the life of alkaline batteries will be very short. Use of rechargeable
Data Error Precautions
•Your digital camera is manufactured using precision digital components. Any of the following creates the risk of corruption of data in file memory.
—Removing the batteries or memory card from the camera, or connecting the USB cable to the camera while the camera is performing a record or memory access operation
—Removing the batteries or memory card from the camera, or connecting the USB cable to the camera while the operation lamp is still flashing after you turn off the camera
—Disconnecting the USB cable or disconnecting the AC adaptor from the camera while a USB data communication operation is being performed
—Low battery power
*Note that continued use of weak batteries can lead to malfunction of the camera. Charge the batteries or replace the batteries with new ones as soon as possible after signs of low power appear.
—Other abnormal operations
Any of the above conditions can cause an error message to appear on the monitor screen (page 204). Follow the instructions provided by the message to eliminate the cause of the error.
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