Apple QuickTake 150

24-Bit Color Digital Camera for Windows

The Apple QuickTake 150 is a high-performance digital camera for Windows software-based computers that provides the fastest and most affordable way to add images to your documents. Just pick it up and you can start capturing high-quality color images instantly. And when you're done, you can load them into your Windows software-based PC in seconds.

This affordable digital camera needs no film. Use it like your favorite point and shoot camera to capture 32 standard-quality images or 16 high-quality images-all with impressive 640 by 480 pixel resolution in more than 16 million colors. You can change from standard to high quality at will using the intuitive LCD control panel on the back of the camera.

Designed to go anywhere, the QuickTake 150 digital camera weighs just a pound, including its batteries. The built-in automatic flash gives you perfect pictures indoors or out. The included QuickTake 1.5 software provides a host of image-enhancement tools, as well as making it easy to transfer images into your PC. Also included is PhotoNow! from PictureWorks, a TWAIN driver that supports the QuickTake 150. Using PhotoNow! with any TWAIN-compliant Windows application makes acquiring images from the camera a quick and easy process.

To load images into your PC, just connect the supplied serial cable into the camera and plug the other end into a serial port on your computer. Run the included software, or PhotoNow! and your favorite TWAIN-compliant application, and your images are transferred to your PC quickly and easily.

The QuickTake 150 affords nearly unlimited possibilities for adding impact to your communications. Once images are loaded into your PC, you can select and view multiple thumbnails; delete any images you don't want; then rotate, crop, scale, and zoom in on them individually. You can even adjust the lightness or darkness of the image, or adjust for fluorescent lighting, in one easy step. Then the included QuickTake 1.5 application lets you save your images in several file formats, and paste them into the application of your choice to create impressive presentations, appealing reports, attractive memos, and more.

The QuickTake 150. Imagine the possibilities.

Features

High quality

• Provides high-quality color images (in more than 16 million colors)
• Offers resolution of 640 by 480 pixels for all images

High performance

• Stores 32 standard-quality images, 16 high-quality images, or a combination in internal memory
• Provides a close-up lens (accurate from 10 to 14 inches) with built-in features designed to make close-up work easy
• Features automatic exposure with computer-controlled shutter speeds from 1/30 to 1/175 of a second and apertures from f2.8 to f16
• Offers a focus range from 4 feet to infinity
• Includes an automatic flash

Convenience

• Comes with QuickTake 1.5 software, which offers a host of advanced capabilities for controlling the camera from the computer; downloading images; and cropping, enlarging, and saving images in various formats
• Includes PhotoNow! TWAIN driver from PictureWorks, which makes the QuickTake 150 compatible with any TWAIN-compliant Windows application
• Lets you store images in the camera for up to one year before loading them into your computer, even if the batteries are removed
• Features a battery life of more than 200 pictures, including download time and flash use for more than 100 pictures

Compatibility

• Offers a standard serial connection for high-speed data transfer
• Supports popular file formats: TIFF, JPEG, PCX, BMP, or QuickTake

Technical Specifications

Image

• 24-bit color

Resolution

• 640 by 480 pixels (all images)

Memory

• 1MB of Flash EPROM stores up to 32 standard-quality images, 16 high-quality images, or a combination
• Storage time: up to one year, even without batteries

Focus-free and close-up lens

• Focus-free lens: 4 feet to infinity; equivalent to a 50-mm lens on a 35mm camera
• Close-up lens: accurate from 10 to 14 inches; includes parallax error correction, flash diffusion, and rangefinder

Built-in flash

• Three modes: Off, Fill, Automatic
• Range: 4 to 9 feet (10 to 14 inches with close-up lens)
• Cycle time: 7 seconds

Power

• Includes three AA lithium batteries
• Battery life: over 200 images (100 flash, 100 no flash, download and erase all images)
• Supports three 1.5 volt AA, R6P, LR-6, or SUM-3 NiCad or lithium batteries
• Optional AC adapter

Other features

• Self-timer: electronically controlled with a 10-second delay
• Shutter speed: from 1/30 to 1/175 of a second
• Aperture: from f2.8 to f16
• ISO equivalent: 85
• Viewfinder: gives 92 percent coverage of actual image area

User controls

• Shutter release, image quality, flash, self-timer, and Erase All Images

LCD display

• Number of images that have been taken
• Number of images remaining
• Image quality, flash, and self-timer settings
• Erase All Images
• Battery level

QuickTake 1.5 application

• Display thumbnails of images
• Select, process, and view images
• Rotate images by ±90 degrees
• Crop, scale, and zoom in on images
• Lighten/darken image
• Correct for fluorescent light
• Cut, copy, and paste images into other applications
• Erase images in camera
• File formats: TIFF, JPEG, PCS, BMP, and QuickTake
• Transform images to 16 bit, 8 bit, and 1 bit
• Control all features of the QuickTake camera from the software, including taking pictures and downloading all images

PictureWorks PhotoNow! TWAIN driver

• The same easy-to-use slide table and camera controls found in the QuickTake 1.5 software
• TWAIN driver provides direct access, control, and downloading of images from within popular Windows software, including WordPerfect, Photoshop, PhotoStyler, Microsoft Publisher, Aldus PageMaker, and more

Size and weight

• Height: 2.2 in. (55 cm)
• Width: 5.3 in. (135 cm)
• Depth: 6.1 in. (155 cm)
• Weight: 1 lb. (0.5 kg)

System requirements

• An IBM or IBM-compatible PC with an 80386 or later processor, 2MB of available RAM, and 10MB of available space on the hard disk drive
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or later
• MS-DOS 3.3 or later

Ordering Information

Apple QuickTake 150 Digital Camera for Windows

• QuickTake 150 digital camera for Windows
• QuickTake close up lens system
• QuickTake 1.5 software
• PhotoNow! TWAIN driver from PictureWorks
• Serial cable for connecting camera to your computer
• Three AA lithium batteries
• Battery recharger
• Neck strap
• QuickTake 150 User's Guide

QuickTake Battery Booster Pack

• Lets you take thousands of pictures with your QuickTake 150 digital camera
• Eight AA lithium batteries included

QuickTake Travel Case

• Includes leather camera grip and protective carrying case

QuickTake AC Adapter

• Lets you power your QuickTake 150 digital camera using AC power

QuickTake Connection Kit for Macintosh

• Allows you to connect your QuickTake 150 digital camera to an Apple Macintosh personal computer

Product specifications are subject to change. Check with your Apple reseller for the most current information about product specifications and configurations.

© 1995 Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, ColorSync, Macintosh, PowerBook, and QuickTime are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. A. and other countries. QuickTake is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. MS-DOS is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Mention of non-Apple products is for informational purposes only and constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation. Apple assumes no responsibility with regard to the selection, performance, or use of these products. All understandings, agreements, or warranties, if any, take place directly between the vendors and the prospective users. March 1995. Product specifications are subject to change without notice.