Before Use

■Care for the camera

•Do not strongly shake or bump the camera. The camera may not be operated normally, recording of pictures may be disabled or the lens and the LCD monitor may be damaged.

•Sand or dust may cause the camera to malfunction. Make sure that sand or dust does not get into the lens, the flash or the terminals when using the camera on a beach etc.

•Make sure that water does not get into the camera when using it on a rainy day or on a beach.

•This camera is not waterproof.

In case the camera comes into contact with water, wipe it off with a dry cloth. When the camera does not operate normally, contact your dealer or your nearest servicentre.

■About the LCD monitor

•Do not press the LCD monitor with excessive force. Uneven colours may appear on the LCD monitor and it may malfunction.

•Condensation may form on the LCD monitor in places with large temperature differences. Wipe the condensation with a soft, dry cloth.

•If the camera is cold when you turn it on, the picture on the LCD monitor will be slightly darker than usual at first.

However, the picture will return to normal brightness when the internal temperature of the camera increases.

Extremely high precision technology is employed to produce the LCD monitor screen. However there may be some dark or bright spots (red, blue or green) on the screen. This is not a malfunction. The LCD monitor screen has more than 99.99% effective pixels with a mere 0.01% of the pixels inactive or always lit.

The spots will not be recorded in pictures stored in the built-in memory or a card.

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