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Appendices
• This product was manufac tured for use in the country in which it was
purchased. The warranty is only valid in the country in which the camera
was purchased.
• Should the produc t fail or malfunction while you are abroad, the
manufacturer assumes no responsibility for servicing the product locally or
bearing the expenditure incurred therefore.
• Be sure not to drop o r apply any sudden force to the camera.
• While you are carryin g the camera, be careful not to hit it against other
objects. Take special care to not hit the lens and picture display .
• Firing the flash consecu tively may heat the firing unit. Do not fire it
consecutively more than necessary.
• Do not touch the flash and keep foreign objects away from the firing unit.
Doing so can cause burns and fires.
• Do not fire the flash near eyes. It could cause visual impairment (particu larly
for infants).
• Do not fire the flash near the driver of a vehicle to avoid causing accidents.
• The battery may becom e hot after extended use. Touching the battery
immediately after use could result in burns to your fingers.
• If the picture display or panel is exposed to sunlight, they may become
washed out and images may become hard to view.
• The picture display and p anel may contain some pixels that do not remain
lit up continually in part or at all. Also, the brightness may become uneven
because of the characteristics of LCDs. These are not failures.
• Do not forcefully press t he surface of the picture display.
• In an environment where the temperature cha nges suddenly, condensation
may occur in the camera, resulting in troubles such as fogging of th e glass
surface or malfunctions of the camera. If this occurs, place the camera in a
bag to slow the temperature change as much as possible . Take it out of the
bag after the temperature difference from the atmosphere has decrease d to
a fairly small amount. If condensation occurs, remove the batter y and
memory card, and wait until the moisture has dried before using the
camera.
• To avoid damaging the connectors, do not put any objects into the camera’s
microphone or speaker holes.
Conditions in which condensation may easily occur: --------------------------
•When the camera is moved to an environment where the temperature differs greatly.
•In humid places.
•In a room immediately after being heated, or when the camera is exposed directly to
cooled air from an air-conditioner or another similar appliance.