Battery characteristics

This camera-recorder uses a rechargeable lithium- ion battery that uses its internal chemical reaction to generate electrical energy. This reaction is easily influenced by the ambient temperature and humidity, and the battery’s effective operating time is reduced as the temperature rises or falls. In very low temperatures, the battery may last only 5 minutes.

Protective circuitry functions if you use the battery where it is very hot and you will have to wait before you can use it again.

Remove the battery after use

Completely remove the battery. (The battery continues to be used even if you have turned the camera off.) The battery can over discharge if you leave it in the camera and it may become impossible to recharge it.

Disposing of spent batteries

•The battery will become unchargeable.

Rather than throwing the battery into the garbage, take it to a store that can assist in recycling it.

Protect the battery terminals.

Keep the battery’s terminal area free of dust and other foreign matter.

If you accidentally drop the battery, check that the battery and its terminals have not been damaged. You can damage the camera and AC adapter if you try to use or recharge a damaged battery.

Liquid crystal displays

 

use

• Images or letters can get burned onto the screen of

 

the LCD or viewfinder if they are displayed for a long

Before

time, but you can fix this by leaving the camera off for

several hours.

• The liquid crystal parts are highly precise with

 

 

99.99% of the pixels effective

 

This leaves less than 0.01% of pixels that may not

 

light or may remain on all the time. These

 

phenomena are normal and will have no effect on the

 

images you shoot.

 

• Condensation may form if you use the camera where

 

temperatures fluctuate. Wipe dry with a soft, dry

 

cloth.

 

• The LCD may appear dim after immediately turning

 

on a cold camera, but will brighten as the camera

 

warms up.

 

Do not point the lens or viewfinder at the sun.

 

Doing so may damage the parts inside.

 

Protective caps for the connectors

 

Keep the protective caps fitted over any connectors

 

that are not being used.

 

Mounting the camera-recorder on a tripod

 

The tripod mounting hole is 5.5 mm deep. Do not

 

force the tripod screw beyond this depth.

 

You can damage the camera-recorder if you use

 

any screw other than 1/4-20UNC.

 

Attach the tripod to the tripod hole

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