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4. Humidity and temperature extremes should be
avoided. Keep your camera out of direct sunlight,
car trunks, and glove compartments. Shooting
outdoors in winter presents a problem since
batteries won't function if they get too cold. In
cold weather carry your camera under your coat
or jacket to keep the batteries warm. The
temperatures at which this camera should
function properly are approx. 50°-10 C.
Sudden changes in temperature will often cause
moisture to condense inside or outside your
camera. This is a possible source of rust, which
may be extremely harmful to the mechanism.
Furthermore, if the camera is taken from a warm
temperature to a sub-freezing one, further
damage may result from the formation of icelets.
Thus, sudden temperature changes should be
avoided as much as possible. As a guide,
a temperature change of 10°C should be allowed
to take place gradually over a period of at least
30 minutes. If this is not possible, keeping the
camera in its case or bag will help somewhat in
minimizing the effects of a rapid temperature
change.
5. Vibration experienced when you are traveling
in a car, plane, or ship, can cause screws to
loosen. To minimize this problem use foam-
rubber padding about one inch thick to line the
bottom of your camera bag.
6. When mounting your camera on a tripod, make
sure the tripod screw is no longer than 5.5mm,
which is the depth of your camera's tripod socket.
If you use a longer screw, you will possibly
puncture the tripod socket, after which the
camera will not function properly.
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