2This Guarantee does not cover the following and the customer will be required to pay repair charge, even for defects occurring within the Guarantee period referred to above.

(a)Any defect that occurs due to mishandling (such as an operation performed that is not mentioned in the Handling Care or other sections of the instructions, etc.)

(b)Any defect that occurs due to repair, modification, cleaning, etc. performed by anyone other than Olympus or an Olympus authorized service station.

(c)Any defect or damage that occurs due to transport, a fall, shock, etc. after purchase of the product.

(d)Any defect or damage that occurs due to fire, earthquake, flood damage, thunderbolt, other natural disasters, environmental pollution and irregular voltage sources.

(e)Any defect that occurs due to careless or improper storage (such as keeping the product under conditions of high temperature and humidity, near insect repellents such as naphthalene or harmful drugs, etc.), improper maintenance, etc.

(f)Any defect that occurs due to exhausted batteries, etc.

(g)Any defect that occurs due to sand, mud, etc. entering the inside of the product casing.

(h)When the Guarantee Certificate is not returned with the product.

(i)When any alterations whatsoever are made to the Guarantee Certificate regarding the year, month and date of purchase, the customer's name, the dealer's name, and the serial number.

(j)When proof of purchase is not presented with this Guarantee Certificate.

3This Guarantee applies to the product only; the Guarantee does not apply to any other accessory equipment, such as the case, strap, lens cap and batteries.

4Olympus's sole liability under this Guarantee shall be limited to repairing or replacing the product. Any liability under the Guarantee for indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind incurred or suffered by the customer due to a defect of the product, and in particular any loss or damage caused to any lenses, films, other equipment or accessories used with the product or for any loss resulting from a delay in repair or loss of data, is excluded. Compelling regulations by law remain unaffected by this.

Notes regarding Guarantee maintenance

1This Guarantee will only be valid if the Guarantee Certificate is duly completed by Olympus or an authorized dealer or other documents contain sufficient proof. Therefore, please make sure that your name, the name of the dealer, the serial number and the year, month and date of purchase are all completed or the original invoice or the sales receipt (indicating the dealer's name, the date of purchase and product type) is attached to this Guarantee Certificate. Olympus reserves the right to refuse free-of-charge service if neither Guarantee Certificate is completed nor the above document is attached or if the information contained in it is incomplete or illegible.

2Since this Guarantee Certificate will not be re-issued, keep it in a safe place.

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Please refer to the list on the website: http:// www.olympus.com for the authorized international

 

Olympus service network.

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•IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.

•Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

•Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Inc.

•The SDHC and SDXC logos are trademarks.

•Eye-Fi is a trademark of Eye-Fi, Inc.

•“Shadow Adjustment Technology” function contains patented technologies from Apical Limited.

• AVCHD and the AVCHD logo are trademarks of the Sony and Panasonic corporations.

•Manufactured with an implementation license from Dolby Laboratories. Dolby and the double-D logo are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.

•Slideshow transition technology supplied by HI Corporation.

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