Digital Camera Battery Maintenance

Charge
1. when first use (or a battery have not used for a long time) the lithium digital battery charging time must be over 6 hours, Ni-MH battery must be more than 14 hours.
2. it normally takes a few charge / discharge process to achieve the optimum efficiency.
3. try not to repeat charge to ensure battery life when battery still with residual electricity.
4. fully charged battery is very hot, it should be cooled and then loaded into the camera.

Use
1. in order to extend the shooting time, you'd better not to use the LCD viewfinder when shooting.
2. reducing the times of optical zoom (suggest to get the same zoom effect by changing the location of cameras).
3. reducing the use times of flash.
4. pay attention to the integrity of the camera battery insulation, you should cement it with transparent glue if damaged.
5. turn the camera off when not in use.

Clean
1. keep the camera battery contact points and internal cover's clean.
2. if necessary, use a soft, clean, dry cloth to gently wipe it. Do not use chemical or other cleaning soluble detergent, such as thinner or solvent with alcohol, to clean your digital camera battery or charger.
3. before charging, use a soft dry cloth to clean the camera battery contact points at both ends, keep the battery points clean as far as possible.
4. If the battery electrodes have emerged oxide, you need to wipe it out, if it is a serious oxidation case or even drop off, you should immediately replace the digital camera battery.

storage
1. when using digital cameras, ordinary users had better with a dedicated camera battery case.
2. store in a clean and wet place, avoid contact with metal.
3. for Ni-MH digital camera battery, keep with electricity is reasonable.