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Sunday, March 6, 2011

Use Your Camera For Years

By Victor Joseph


When buying your first digital camera or deciding an upgrade would be good for you, remember that it all boils down to caring for your gear to keep the quality performance it was meant to achieve. Most buyers focus too much on the technical specifications like the zoom capacity and the mega pixels loaded into the camera. However, one must remember that a digital camera can only live up to its expectations with proper handling and some tender loving care.

Research any camera that you are going to get before you buy it. You will save yourself a lot of headaches if you get the one that you really need. By following some simple steps you will be able to keep your camera around for quite a while.

Maintain your lens properly. A rule that is often over looked is to make sure that at time you aren't using the camera you should keep the lens cap on it. There are a lot of small cracks and crevices on a camera so make sure that you have the right cleaning tools around for it. You don't want to damage the camera while you are cleaning it.

Your camera can become damaged if kept in direct sunlight. When storing your camera make sure that the place is not to hot or cold. You will damage the camera when it is not stored correctly. Corrosion damage is something that can happen when you keep the batteries in for to long. Avoiding condensation is what you want to do. Since the camera has sensitive and small internal parts you should use silica gels to help remove condensation.

You would be surprise to know how easily sand and or water can damage a camera. Keeping particles and liquids out is still something that you want to do even though cameras have gotten more waterproof over the years. The camera can stop working all together when small particles get inside of the camera.

Not caring for the camera will lead to it not lasting as long. Anyone can really follow these examples since they are simple. To keep your camera around and document your life, make sure that you practice a little tender loving care.




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