Apple QuickTake 150 User Manual

Apple

QuickTake150

User’s Guide for Windows

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Contents

Communications regulation information vi

1 Getting Started With the QuickTake 150 Camera					1
Do you have what you need?			2
System requirements		2
Your camera at a glance		3
Installing the batteries		5
Installing the QuickTake software				6
What’s next?	7

2 Using the Camera to Capture Images					9
Turning on the camera			10
Capturing images		11
Focal range and flash range				11
Using the closeup lens			12
Using the controls		14
Flash settings		14
Image quality settings			15
Images captured and images available					16
Battery level		16
Timer	17

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Waking the camera	18
Using the camera with a power adapter			19
Traveling with the camera		20
Using the battery booster pack with the camera				20

3 Using the Camera With Your Computer						21
Connecting the camera to your computer						22
Looking at the images in the camera				24
Transferring images to your computer				25
Opening images on your computer				26
Opening an image in the image window						26
Opening a slide table		27
Working with your images			28
Editing slide names		29
Getting information about a slide				29
Opening an image from the slide table						30
Zoom views in the image window				31
Changing the printed size of an image						31
Cropping an image		32
Changing the bit depth of an image				33
Adjusting the brightness of an image					33
Adjusting an image taken under fluorescent light							33
Copying an image to another application						34
Rotating an image		34
Saving an image	35
Printing your images		37
Printing a slide table		37
Printing a single image			37

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	Naming the camera		38
	Setting the clock in the camera			38
	Capturing images from the computer				39
	Erasing images from the camera			40
4	QuickTake Software Menu Commands 41
	The File menu	42
	The Edit menu	44
	The Image menu	45
	The Camera menu		47
	The Window menu		48
5	Maintenance and Troubleshooting				49
	Caring for your camera and closeup lens				49
	Solving problems	50
Appendix A	Specifications	55
Appendix B	Battery Information		57
Appendix C Using the Camera With a Macintosh					59
	Index 61

Contents v

Communications regulation information

Radio and television interference

The equipment described in this manual generates, uses, and can radiate radio-frequency energy. If it is not installed and used properly—that is, in strict accordance with Apple’s instructions—it may cause interference with radio and television reception.

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device in accordance with the specifications in Part 15 of FCC rules. These specifications are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference in a residential installation. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation.

You can determine whether your computer system is causing interference by turning it off. If the interference stops, it was probably caused by the computer or one of the peripheral devices.

If your computer system does cause interference to radio or television reception, try to correct the interference by using one or more of the following measures:

mTurn the television or radio antenna until the interference stops.

mMove the computer to one side or the other of the television or radio.

mMove the computer farther away from the television or radio.

mPlug the computer into an outlet that is on a different circuit from the television or radio. (That is, make certain the computer and the television or radio are on circuits controlled by different circuit breakers or fuses.)

If necessary, consult an Apple-authorized service provider or Apple. See the service and support information that came with your Apple product. Or, consult an experienced radio/television technician for additional suggestions. You may find the following booklet helpful: Interference Handbook (stock number 004-000-00493-1). This booklet, prepared by the Federal Communications Commission, is available from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402.

Important

Changes or modifications to this product not authorized by Apple Computer, Inc., could void the FCC Certification and negate your authority to operate the product.

This product was tested for FCC compliance under conditions that included the use of Apple peripheral devices and Apple shielded cables and connectors between system components. It is important that you use Apple peripheral devices and shielded cables and connectors between system components to reduce the possibility of causing interference to radios, television sets, and other electronic devices. You can obtain Apple peripheral devices and the proper shielded cables and connectors through an Apple-authorized dealer. For non-Apple peripheral devices, contact the manufacturer or dealer for assistance.

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FCC statement

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

(1)this device may not cause harmful interference, and

(2)this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device in accordance with the specifications in Part 15 of FCC rules. See instructions if interference to radio or television reception is suspected.

DOC statement

DOC Class B Compliance This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus as set out in the interference-causing equipment standard entitled “Digital Apparatus,” ICES-003 of the Department of Communications.

Observation des normes—Classe B Cet appareil numérique respecte les limites de bruits radioélectriques applicables aux appareils numériques de Classe B prescrites dans la norme sur le matériel brouilleur : “Appareils Numériques”, NMB-003 édictée par le ministre des Communications.

VCCI statement

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1	Getting Started With
	the QuickTake 150 Camera

The QuickTake 150 is an easy-to-use digital camera that produces highquality images you can quickly transfer to your computer. With the QuickTake 150 you can capture images, and with your computer you can manipulate and modify those images to suit your purposes. The QuickTake 150 is a valuable tool for graphic artists, publishing professionals, and anyone who wants to use images to communicate.

IMPORTANT Save this manual. It contains important safety and operating instructions.

In this chapter

mAn inventory of items you need

mSystem requirements

mFeatures of the camera

mInstalling batteries in the camera

mInstalling the QuickTake software

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Do you have what you need?

Before you begin, unpack the QuickTake 150 package. Be sure you have the items shown here:

QuickTake 150 camera

Closeup lens

Serial cable

QuickTake software

Neck strap

Batteries

System requirements

To use the QuickTake 150 camera with your computer, you need

man IBM or IBM-compatible personal computer with an 80386 or later processor

mWindows versions 3.1, 3.1.1 for WorkGroups, or Windows NT 3.5

mMS-DOS version 3.3 or a later version

m2 MB of available RAM

ma 3.5-inch, 1.44 MB floppy disk drive

ma hard drive with at least 10 MB available

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Your camera at a glance

This illustration shows the front and back of the camera.

Front view
Sliding lens cover		Shutter release
(opened)
Timer light
Camera lens		Serial port and
Viewfinder lens (with light sensors		power adapter port
above and below, for the light meter)	Built-in flash	(behind the cover)

Rear view

Control panel display

Viewfinder

Battery compartment

Control buttons

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This illustration shows the closeup lens and the bottom of the camera.

Closeup lens

Viewfinder parallax correction

Closeup lens

Flash diffuser

Bottom view

Adjustable neck strap

Tripod mounting hole Neck strap attachment points

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Installing the batteries

Use the three lithium batteries that came with your camera.

WARNING Installing the batteries incorrectly may cause an explosion. Follow the instructions in this manual to replace the batteries. Use only three lithium batteries or three NiCad (nickel-cadmium) batteries. Do not mix different types of batteries in the camera. Mixing batteries may cause a fire or a small explosion.

1Flip open the door to the battery compartment.

2Insert the batteries into the camera.

1

Position the – and + ends of each

battery as indicated on the door.

2

3

Arrange the ribbon under the batteries so you can use it to pull them out when you need to replace them.

3Close the battery compartment door.

See also: Appendix B, “Battery Information.”

Getting Started With the QuickTake 150 Camera

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Installing the QuickTake software

Before you can transfer images from your camera to your computer, you need to install the necessary software on your computer. You’ll need the QuickTake disk that came with your camera. The disk contains

mthe Setup program that installs everything you need

mQuickTake, a program that transfers images from the camera to your computer

mother files needed by the QuickTake 150 camera

1Turn on your personal computer.

2Insert QuickTake for Windows Install Disk into a floppy disk drive.

3Choose Run from the Windows Program Manager File menu.

4In the dialog box that appears, type a:\setup or b:\setup depending on the drive where you inserted the disk in step 2.

5Click OK.

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6In the QuickTake Setup dialog box, click Install to begin installing QuickTake for Windows.

If there is an older version of QuickTake on your computer that you would like to replace, click Set Location. Provide the path to where the old version is installed, then click the Install button. The old files will be overwritten with the new version of QuickTake. (If you do not set a different location, the QuickTake files are placed in a directory called QTAKE in the root directory.)

Click here to install QuickTake in a different location.

Click Install to begin installing the

software. Click here to see helpful information.

Click here to close this dialog box without installing the software.

A status box keeps you informed of progress during installation.

7When you see a message reporting that the installation was successful, click OK.

A program group called Apple QuickTake appears in the Program Manager.

What’s next?

To begin capturing images, go on to Chapter 2.

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2 Using the Camera to Capture Images

Because the QuickTake 150 camera is small and light and runs on batteries, you can capture images with it anywhere.

In this chapter

mTurning on the camera

mCapturing images

mUsing the closeup lens

mUsing the controls

mWaking the camera from sleep

mUsing the camera with a power adapter

mTraveling with the camera

mUsing the battery booster pack with the camera

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Turning on the camera

To turn the camera on, slide open the lens cover.

Lens cover	Be careful not to touch
	the camera lens.

When the camera is on, the control panel display appears. If the camera does not turn on, check to make sure you’ve installed the batteries correctly (see “Installing the Batteries” in Chapter1).

Control panel display

A

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Capturing images

Look straight through the viewfinder and take time to frame the subject you want to photograph. Hold the camera steady, and press the shutter release. Because the camera delays briefly before capturing the image, be sure to hold it still until you hear the shutter click. When the camera is ready for the next image (in a few seconds), a green light glows in the viewfinder. The images can remain in the camera’s memory up to 1 year (or until you erase them).

Press the shutter release.

Viewfinder

You can hold the camera horizontally or vertically.

Focal range and flash range

Unless you are using the closeup lens, try to keep a distance of at least 4 feet between you and the object you want to photograph. Without the closeup lens, the camera can focus on objects as close as 4 feet and as far away as infinity. Objects closer than 4 feet may be out of focus, but objects in the range between 4 feet and infinity will be properly focused.

The flash can illuminate objects as close as 4 feet and as far away as 9 feet.

Focus

Flash

4'

9'

(Distance)

Infinity

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Using the closeup lens

With the closeup lens attached, objects from 10 to 14 inches away will be properly focused. The special viewfinder adjusts the field of view so that the image appears just as it will in the photograph. (With other closeup lenses, the viewfinder images are offset.) The flash is balanced to avoid uneven lighting of the subject you’re photographing.

Insert the tab and rotate the lens downward until it snaps into place.

Press here to snap into place.

Lift this tab to remove the closeup lens.

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Judging the distance from your subject with the closeup lens

You can use the range finder triangles that are superimposed on the closeup lens to estimate your distance from the object you want to photograph.

1Find some object or part of the object you are photographing to use as a guide. The object must be approximately 3 3/8 inches (9 cm) long or wide, about the width of a credit card.

You can also use the distance between two objects as a guide.

2While looking through the viewfinder, move forward and backward until your guide just fills the space between the triangles.

When the space between the triangles is just filled with the object you’ve selected as your guide, you are 1 foot (30 cm) away from the object and the image will be properly focused.

1 foot (30 cm)

Your guide should fill the space

between the two triangles in the viewfinder.

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Using the controls

When the camera is on, the control panel display appears.

Flash button

Control panel display

Image quality button

A

Erase All button							Timer button
(explained in Chapter 3)

Flash settings

There are three possible settings for the flash. Each time you press the flash button, you cycle from one setting to the next.

To let the camera’s light sensor determine when to flash, press the button until you see this icon.

For a flash with every image, press the button

until you see this icon.

To turn off the flash, press the button until you see this icon.

A

A stands for automatic.

When your subject is in

When you turn on or

shadow, and the background

wake the camera, this

is brighter, use this setting.

setting always appears.

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Image quality settings

There are two possible settings for image quality. Each time you press the image quality button, you switch from one setting to the other.

For standard quality, press the button until you see this icon.

For high quality, press the button until you see this icon.

A

A

mStandard-quality images are 640 x 480 pixels. You can capture up to 32 standard-quality images. Use standard image quality when you plan to print or display the captured image in a small size and you don’t need to show as much detail.

mHigh-quality images are 640 x 480 pixels. You can capture up to 16 highquality images. High-quality images take more space in memory than standard-quality images. Use high image quality when you plan to print or display the captured image in a larger size and you want to preserve the details of the image.

mYou can mix highand standard-quality images on the camera, all in 16 million colors (24-bit color).

Using the Camera to Capture Images

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