Pentax PC 330 PC-330 Manual - Page 14

TAKING CARE OF YOUR CAMERA If you care for and handle this camera properly, you are going to be satisfied by its excellent and elegant design. The following careless handling may cause major damages: 1. Dropping and/or banging the camera, which may damage it many ways. (Fig. 13) 2. Dropping into water or water damage. Your camera is not water-proof, particularly when it is submerged in salt water. It must be protected from salty breezes or sprays at the beach, any kind of splashing and rain. If your camera gets wet, please wipe it dry immediately and have it examined at an assigned service center. (Fig. 14) 3. Temperature and humidity. You have to avoid subjecting the camera to extreme high or low 13 temperature and humidity, since the battery will not function properly in extreme temperature conditions. Extreme temperatures and humidity may cause serious damage of rusting to your camera. (Fig. 15) 4. The shutter mechanism and moving parts of this camera could be damaged by dirt as well as sand, so your camera has to be cleaned periodically to keep it operation property. (Fig. 16) 5. Make sure the tripod screw fits your camera when mounting it on a tripod. Please be reminded that a longer tripod screw might puncture and damage the camera. 6. Please never try to disassemble the camera, since the circuit of this camera has a high working voltage. (Fig. 17)