Caring for Digital Cameras

Module: Caring for Digital Cameras
School: SMK Kartika IT Purworejo Scholar
Category: Computers & Electronics
Product Type: Digital Cameras
Manufacturer: How to Take Care of Your Digital Camera

Who is not familiar with digicam digital camera? For most people may already be familiar or even really need to support the daily work, like the need for communication devices. Although already very adept at running or operate it, but not all of the users that the camera knows how to treat the camera properly to avoid damage and longevity.

Here are some tips for camera maintenance, so the camera can function well and live a long life and maximum:

a. Keep away from Kapur Barus

Camphor including objects of destruction a very 'powerful' to the camera, which can partition off-nyekat cameras and other camera parts, rubber-based. In an electronic camera, camphor can damage the track on the PCB (printed circuit board), that is where the chip-chip camera is mounted and some elements of the chip itself. Bahka camphor vapors can also stain and create a 'plaque' on the lens.

Instead, keep the camera in a hermetically sealed, cool and dry. If the price of a special cabinet for storage of the camera is too expensive for you, you can find an alternative storage medium as a replacement. Like for example, you can store the camera in a sealed jar and in it were given silica gel to absorb humidity.

Or, you can also save them in a closet that has governed air circulation and humidity. How, by installing a powerful 5-watt lamp and placed at a distance of approximately 40 cm above the camera and other equipment. Do not forget to open the wrapper the camera and clean it of dust before storing.

Remember, the damage caused by camera camphor usually not beyond repair. So, never store any camera in the closet that has been filled camphor or camphor fragrances, clothing.

b. Avoid Direct Contact with Sun Rays

Take care not to get sunburnt camera or direct sunlight, and excessive. High heat can damage camera parts made of plastic and rubber, and other electronic components.

c. Take care of the Over-Shock

Do not forget to put them in a special bag camera, in order to avoid excessive shocks to the external environment and the clash of the equipment. Put the camera in a secure and resilient to shocks.

d. Camera and Lens Clean

Camera should be cleaned once a week or regularly and periodically. To the outside of the physical camera, use a clean dry cloth and not abusive. While for the inside and small elements, use a blower or blowers sold in camera stores. In addition to the blower, can also be used in soft fibrous brush, which had never been used on other objects.

To clean the lens of the affected spots, such as a greasy finger exposed to water or perspiration from the user, use the special tissue sold in stores

e. Avoid Scratches on the Lens

To avoid scratches, the lens should have a permanently installed filters that screw on the front. A protective filter is a common type of UV filter (Ultra Violet) or skylight filter. Meanwhile, to avoid scratches on the back of the lens, try to always put 'bodycup' when the lens cover is removed from the camera body.

f. Avoid Sea Water

If you use the camera on the beach, keep the camera was not exposed to sea water or even falling into it. Sea water is very bad and cause corrosion potential of the camera or other electronic devices. except that it is designed to adapt to it.

After use in coastal areas, cleaning of cameras shall be done as soon as possible. Sea water vapor often leave salt crystals that cause rust on the camera. When one point, your camera is accidentally splashed into the sea water, soak your camera directly to the fresh water, then rinse several times to remove traces of sea water.

The process of destruction by seawater take place very quickly and within minutes after falling, so that when the rinsing water is not carried out as soon as possible, a camera that fell into the sea water will not be saved. After rinsed clean of sea water, take immediately to a specialist camera service to clean and dry the camera.

g. Service at Trusted Places or the Official

Periodically, in a certain period of time, a digital camera should be serviced to a special place, and even better trusted official. Do not wait for the new camera is broken then fix it. Service in question is 'great service', which includes cleaning the inside of the camera, such as cleaning the lens of fungi or adjustments also suits the main camera.

Do not be too frequent washing or cleaning the inside of the lens when moldy. Glass lenses are so sensitive. Cleaned more frequently, can result in image quality will decline. To maintain and care for him, should not be stored in your closet, because it would potentially invite fungus clinging to the inside of the camera lens.