Apple QuickTake 150 Documentation
Apple's documentation for the Apple QuickTake 150: the owner's guides for Macintosh and for Windows, the QuickTake 150 Service Source and the March 1995 data sheet, all embedded below as PDFs.
User's guide for Macintosh
[edit | edit source]The Apple QuickTake 150 User's Guide for Macintosh is Apple Computer's owner's manual for the Macintosh camera, copyright 1995, 73 pages with a text layer.
Contents
[edit | edit source]- Preface, How to Use Your Manuals (p. ix): the QuickTake guide and the PhotoFlash manuals
- Chapter 1, Getting Started (p. 1): package contents and system requirements (p. 2), the camera and close-up lens at a glance (p. 3-4), installing the software (p. 5-6), installing the batteries (p. 7), upgrading the system software (p. 8)
- Chapter 2, Using the Camera to Capture Images (p. 9): the close-up lens and rangefinder (p. 12-13), flash and image quality settings (p. 14-15), battery level (p. 16), timer (p. 17), waking the camera (p. 18), power adapter (p. 19), travel case (p. 20), battery booster pack (p. 21)
- Chapter 3, Using the Camera With Your Macintosh (p. 23): QuickTake Image Access (p. 26-32), PhotoFlash (p. 33-37), sharing images (p. 38-39), erasing (p. 40)
- Chapter 4, Maintenance and Troubleshooting (p. 43-47)
- Appendix A, Specifications and accessories (p. 49-50); Appendix B, Battery Information (p. 51-52); Appendix C, Using the Camera with a Windows-Based PC (p. 53-55); index
What this document does not contain
[edit | edit source]No service information. Page 21 (PDF page 31), on the battery booster pack, is damaged in this copy and its text stops mid-sentence; the same text is complete in the Windows guide, page 20.
Download: Apple QuickTake 150 Users Guide for Macintosh 1995.pdf
User's guide for Windows
[edit | edit source]The Apple QuickTake 150 User's Guide for Windows is the Windows edition of the owner's manual, copyright 1995, 76 pages with a text layer. It covers the same camera with the QuickTake for Windows software.
Contents
[edit | edit source]- Chapter 1, Getting Started (p. 1): system requirements (p. 2), batteries (p. 5), installing the software (p. 6)
- Chapter 2, Using the Camera to Capture Images (p. 9): close-up lens (p. 12), power adapter (p. 19), travel case and battery booster pack (p. 20)
- Chapter 3, Using the Camera With Your Computer (p. 21): connecting, serial port settings and the 9-to-25-pin adapter (p. 22-23), working with images (p. 24-37), naming the camera, the clock, capturing and erasing (p. 38-40)
- Chapter 4, QuickTake Software Menu Commands (p. 41-48)
- Chapter 5, Maintenance and Troubleshooting (p. 49-54)
- Appendix A, Specifications (p. 55-56); Appendix B, Battery Information (p. 57); Appendix C, Using the Camera With a Macintosh (p. 59); index
What this document does not contain
[edit | edit source]No service information.
Download: Apple QuickTake 150 Users Guide for Windows 1995.pdf
Service Source
[edit | edit source]The QuickTake 150 Service Source is Apple's service document for the camera, 28 pages, from the Service Manuals folder of the Apple Service Source 2.0 CD (1996). The PDF was created in November 1995 and revised in January 1996.
Contents
[edit | edit source]- Specifications: Characteristics, Environmental, Electrical, Physical (p. 1-4)
- Parts (Parts 1 to 20): accessory kits 601-1030 (Macintosh) and 601-1031 (Windows); battery booster pack 922-0751; battery rechargers 922-0661 and regional versions; DIN-8 to DB-9 cable 922-0676; Macintosh DIN-8 to DIN-8 cable 922-0671; PC adaptor DB-9/DB-25 922-0675; battery cover 922-0673; warranty reimbursement code 011-0083; close-up lens 922-1371; power adapters 922-0043, X922-0043, B922-0043, Z922-0043 and 922-0376; whole unit 661-0909
What this document does not contain
[edit | edit source]No take-apart procedure, troubleshooting chart, exploded view or schematic. Its Characteristics page repeats the QuickTake 100's 320 × 240 standard image size and GeoPort interface; the user's guides and the data sheet give 640 × 480 for both settings and RS-422 for the Macintosh.
Download: Apple QuickTake 150 Service Source.pdf
Data sheet
[edit | edit source]Apple QuickTake 150: 24-Bit Color Digital Camera for Macintosh is Apple's two-page product data sheet, dated March 1995, literature number L00578B. It gives features, technical specifications (image, memory, lens, flash, power, controls, PhotoFlash 2.0 and QuickTake Image Access, size and weight, system requirements) and ordering information for the camera (M3790) and its accessories (M2655, M2848, M2851, M3793). Its metric sizes are misprinted in centimetres.
Download: Apple QuickTake 150 Data Sheet 1995.pdf
Pages that cite these documents
[edit | edit source]- Apple QuickTake 150: specifications, differences from the 100, package and service parts
- Apple QuickTake 100 General Maintenance: batteries, the close-up lens and power adapters
- Apple QuickTake 100 Troubleshooting Guide: Apple's problem list, the serial switch setting and Windows port settings
- Apple QuickTake accessories: close-up lens, booster pack, travel case and part numbers
- Apple QuickTake Software: PhotoFlash 2.0 and QuickTake Image Access