Minolta XG-A - Care and Storage

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CARE AND STORAGE
• As with all high-precision instruments, no
part of your XG-A should ever be forced at
any time. If operation is not as you think it
should be, carefully restudy the applicable
instructions or consult an authorized
Minolta service representative.
•
Always keep your camera in its case with
the lens capped when not in use.
• Never subject
your camera to shock, high
heat
and/or humidity, water, or harmful
chem icals or gases.
• Never lubricate any part of the body or lens.
•
Always use a body cap when a lens is not
installed on the body. Keep lenses, properly
capped front and rear, in their cases when
not in use.
• Never
touch the shutter curtains or anything
inside the front of the body with the
fingers. These parts and the inside of the
back shou Id be dusted with a soft brush
from time to time as necessary, with parti-
cular care never to exert pressure on the
shutter curtains.
• Never
touch lens or other glass surfaces with
the fingers. If necessary, remove loose mat-
ter from them with a blower lens brush. Use
special photographic lens tissue or a soft
clean cloth to remove smudges or finger-
prints with a gentle circular motion. Only if
absolutely necessary, the tissue may be
moistened very
slightly with not more than
one drop of a satisfactory quick-evaporating
fluid cleaner specially compounded for
photographic lenses. Such fluids must never
be
dropped directly on the glass surface.
• Smudges
or fingerprints on the mirror may
be removed with lens tissue slightly mois-
tened
with lens-cleaning fluid as above.
•
External camera and lens-barrel - but not
glass - surfaces may be wiped with a soft,
si licone-treated cloth.
• Never leave the shutter cocked when the
camera is to be stored overnight or longer. It
is advisable to operate the film advance and
release
the shutter once or twice from time
to time du ri ng extended storage.