Chapter 12
Top Ten Maintenance and Emergency Care Tips
IN THIS CHAPTER
Maximizing battery power
Protecting the memory card
Safeguarding your camera and lens
Cleaning the image sensor
Keeping records of your equipment purchases
Recovering accidentally deleted photos
Nothing is more frustrating to a photographer than missing a shot because of an equipment malfunction. To help you avoid that disappointment, this chapter discusses critical maintenance steps and offers tips for dealing with unexpected emergencies.
Conserve Battery Power
Your camera won't even turn on, let alone take a picture, without adequate battery power. So check the user guide to find out where to locate battery-status information; usually, it's indicated by a symbol similar to the one shown in Figure 12-1. A full battery symbol like the one in the figure means the battery is charged; bars inside the icon disappear as the battery drains.
FIGURE 12-1: Check the battery-status symbol frequently to make sure you don't run out of power during a shoot.
When the battery level approaches the danger zone, use these strategies to make the most of the remaining power:
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Disable or limit the use of energy-hogging features. Two big energy consumers are the monitor and the flash, assuming that the latter is of the built-in ...
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