• Closethebattery/cardandterminalcoversproperlyuntiltheyclick.
Otherwisewatermaygetinanddamagethecamera.
• Avoidopeningthebattery/cardandterminalcoverswhennearthe
watersideorwithwethands.Waituntilthecameraiscompletelydrybefore
changingthebatteryortheSDMemoryCard.Avoidchangingthebattery
orcardwherethecameraislikelytogetwetordirty,andmakesurethat
yourhandsaredry.
• Thecamerawillsinkifdroppedinwater,sobesuretoattachthestrapand
slipthestrapoveryourwristwhenusingthecamerainornearwater.
• Toenhancethewaterproofperformanceofthecamera,thefrontofthelens
isprotectedbyglass.Asanydirtorwaterontheglasswillaffectthequality
ofpicturestaken,theglassshouldbekeptcleanatalltimes.
• Donotusethecameradeeperthan10metersunderwater.Donotusethe
cameraunderwaterformorethan120minutesconsecutively.
• Donotopenthebattery/cardandterminalcoversunderwater.
• Donotuseinhotwaterorinahotspring.
• Donotapplyexcessiveforcetothecamera,forexampledivingintowater
withit.Doingsomaycompromisethewaterproofperformanceofthe
cameraorcausethecoverstoopen.
• Leavingthecameraonthesandatthebeachmaycausethecamerato
exceeditsoperatingtemperatureorcausethespeakerormicrophoneto
becomeblockedwithsand.
• Avoidsubjectingthecameratosubstantialvibrations,shocks,orpressure
asthismaycausealossinwaterproofperformance.Ifthecamerais
subjectedtosubstantialvibrations,shocksorpressure,takeyourcamera
toyournearestPENTAXServiceCenterandhaveitchecked.
• Avoidgettingsunscreenorsunoilonthecameraasitmaycause
discolorationofthesurface.Ifanyoilgetsonthecamera,washitoff
immediatelywithwarmwater.
• Suddenandextremechangesintemperaturemaycausecondensationto
forminandonthecamera.Keepthecamerainabagorcasetoreducethe
differenceintemperature.
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