New Camera Brilliance

We got a new fancy dancy camera last weekend. Boy am I excited. We're finally going to be able to take some better (faster) pictures. Also, I dropped our camera about a month ago and to get it to work now you have to hold the batteries in while you are taking a picture. Not cool.
While you're waiting in breathless anticipation for my new pictures, I thought I'd share some of the brilliant advice listed in the manual of said new camera. These were reason enough to read it!

• Caution: Do not aim the camera at bright light sources such as the sun. Doing so may cause malfunctions or damage the image sensor. um, and your eyes.


• Do not sit in a chair with the camera in your pocket (Aaron would like it noted that it says nothing about riding a train with it in your pocket, but it's not exactly a paper thin camera, so this still seems uncomfortable.)


• Do not trigger the flash in close proximity to human eyes. It could damage eyesight. Keep 39 inches away from infants.


• When using the flash, do not cover with fingers or clothing. This could result in burns. Apparently my flash is actually a laser


• Putting the [6 inch long] strap around a child's neck could result in asphyxiation. Gosh, ya think?


• Stop operatin camera immediately if it emits smoke or a strange smell.


• Do not use solvents such as alcohol, benzine, or thinner to clean camera.


• Do not place the batteries in a direct flame


• Do not play the CD-Rom in a CD music player. It is possible to suffer hearing loss from listening with headphones to the loud sounds of a CD-Rom played on a music CD player.

I love our sue-happy culture. Can't blame Canon for not covering their bases!