Ta King Care Of Your Camera - Pentax ESPIO 928 QUARTZ DATE Operating Manual

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TA KING CARE OF YOUR CAMERA
Your Penta x camera is a sophisticated,
high-precision, and reHablc mechanism.
Handle
it
with great care.
• D o no l use the ca mera in a p la ce w her c th e
ca me ra m ay co m e in co n tac t w iih rain or
water bc c a use the ca m era is not weather ­
re sist a nt. Should th e ca me ra get wet rai n o r
sp las h ing w a lc r, wip c it off irnmcdi at cl y with
a dry soft clo th o
• D o not d ro p th e ca m e ra or a llo w il to hi t a
solid abject. If th e ca m er a sufTer s a severe
sho ck or im pa c t, tak e il la a P entax ser vi ce
ce nt e r for insp ecti on .
• Be car eful nol la subject the product ta str ong
v ib ra tio ns, shock or pressure. Use a c ush ion la
prorect th e ea m era wh en ca r ry ing it in a mo­
tor cycle, car , bo a t, etc .
• Use a hl ow e r a nd lens brush
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re m ove dust
a cc u rnu la red on th e Jens or v iewfin der.
• D o nol stor e th e came ra in a clos et with
m othballs or in a case where ch em ica ls a re
han d led . Store it in a plac e w ith good a ir
c irc ula t ion la prevent fungu s gr owrh,
• A void lea vin g th e ca me ra for ex te nd e d pe ri ­
ods in pl a ces whe re temperature a nd hurnidi ­
t y a re high, s uch as in a c a r.
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• Conde nsa li on on the inl e r ior or th e ex re rior of
the camera m ay he extrc rne ly har mful
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th e
ca me ra me ch an ism as it may ca use ru st a nd /
or co rr osio n. Furrh crmor e, if the ca me ra is
ta ken from w a rm temper ature
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a su bfreez­
in g one or vi ce versa , the for ma tio n o f icc lcts
m ay ca use d am age. In su ch a ca se, pu t th e
ca m era int o a case or pl ast ic bag sa th ar a ny
cha nges in tem perat ure will be as gr adual as
possibl e. Afi er th e te m pe ra t ur e di fferenc e is
mini mi zed, tak e it OUl o f th e ba g.
• The temper at ure r an gc at wh ich thi s ca me ra
funct ion properly is
sooe
to - lOOC (1 22°F
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l'l OF) .
• E lec t ri ca l problem s m ay ofrcn be ca used by
wa le r, dirt o r d ust a l po in ts o f e lee lri ea J COn­
tact. Ai so chec k for ba rrery lca ka ge, tr a ces of
d ir t or gr cas c, o r corro sion duc la sa linity or
g as. If ynu ca nne t cor rec t th e problc m , hav e
yo u r ca mera inspect ed a t a Penr a x se rvi ce
ce n te r. R cp a ir of d ama ge of a ny kind a re nol
cove re d und cr the terrns of th e warranty a nd
charges ma y be asscssed .
• Do not a pp ly for ce to th e zoom lens as doing
so cause s d a m ag c ta th e ca me ra. Nev er pl a ce
the zoo m Je ns with th e Iront sid e fa c ing d own ­
ward .
• R egula r size color pr ints ma y e u t ofT wh at
ap pc a rs on the cxt r cme edges of the film
frame. C om pose you r p ic turc with a ma rgi n of
safety a l the edges .
• Ta rnainr ain op t im um performan ce, a ca me r a
w h ich has nol bccn uscd for a n extende d
period, o r is be ing p rep ared for an im po r ta n t
p ho tog ra p hi e sessio n, il is rccomm endcd th at
you hav e t he ca me r a insp cct cd or te st shoot
with it.
• R ep ai rs ma de ne cessary duc
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usa ge of this
p rod uct in a n ind ust r ial or com m e rc ia l appli­
ca tion m ay not be covered unde r th e term.s of
th e Pcntax warra nt y.
Red-eye ph enomen on in flash ph ot ogra­
ph y
When a pi cture is tak en using a flash , a suhj ect's
eyes m ay a ppea r rcd in th e prim. This phenorn­
cnon is caus ed b y th e refle ction of the ele ctron ic
flash in the ret ina . It c a n be red uced wh en the
surroundings of th e subject a re brighten ed, or
shooti ng distance is sho rte ned or by em pl oying
th e red -eyc reducr ion flash feature.
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