Newton QuickTake 200 Camera Manuel utilisateur

The QuickTake 200 is an easy-to-use digital camera that produces high-

quality images you can quickly transfer to your Macintosh Operating System

(Mac OS)–based computer. Using your computer you can manipulate and

modify the images to suit your purposes. The QuickTake 200 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.

This chapter contains information about system requirements; installing the

QuickTake software, the storage card, and the batteries; and setting the date

and time.

Getting Started With

the QuickTake 200 Camera

Do you have what you need?

Be sure you have all the items shown here:

System requirements

To use the QuickTake 200 camera with your computer, you need

ma Mac OS–based 68040 computer or a Power Macintosh computer

mMac OS version 7.5 or later

mQuickTime version 2.0 or later

mApple recommends that you have at least 16 megabytes (MB) of random-

access memory (RAM) with at least an 8-MB RAM partition available

ma hard drive with at least 10 MB available

ma CD-ROM drive

QuickTake 200 camera

Storage card AA batteries

Mac OS–based

computer cable

QuickTake CD-ROM discs

Optical viewfinder

Carrying strap

TV video cable

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Your camera at a glance

+ (Date) button Action button– (Time) button

Camera lens

Aperture selector

Focus selector

Terminal door

Carrying strap mount

Storage card door

Iø

Power switch

Front view

Back view

Shutter release

Timer/sleep light

Mode dial

LCD screen

(liquid-crystal

display)

Bottom view

Storage card slot

Battery door

release button

LCD brightness

dial

Tripod mount

Battery door

Iø

CAUTION

ATTENTION

Getting Started With the QuickTake 200 Camera

The camera mode dial

Use the camera mode dial to select modes; for example, turn to Computer

mode to use the camera with your computer. This section describes the modes

available. See Chapter 2 for information on how to use each mode.

Icon Mode Description

Computer mode Use this mode, along with the included Mac–OS based computer

cable, to transfer images from the camera to your computer.

(

PC-Mode

appears on your LCD screen.)

Self-Timer mode Use this mode to set the camera to take a picture after 10 seconds.

Record mode Use this mode to take good-quality pictures.

Record-Fine mode Use this mode when you want the highest picture quality. You can

also change the date and time in this mode.

Play mode Use this mode to view single or multiple camera images on the

LCD screen.

Auto-Playback mode Use this mode to automatically play back consecutive frames

on the LCD screen. You also use this mode to view images on

your television.

Protect mode Use this mode to prevent images from being erased.

Erase mode Use this mode to erase a single image, erase all images on the

storage card, or to format the storage card.

Mode dial

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Installing the QuickTake software

Before you can transfer images from your camera to your computer, you need

to install the QuickTake software on your computer.

1Insert the

Apple QuickTake 200 Software

CD-ROM disc into the CD-ROM drive of your

computer.

Note: For information about the second CD that contains other applications,

see Chapter 3.

2Double-click the folder called QuickTake 200 Software to open it.

3Double-click the Installer icon to begin the installation process.

IMPORTANT

Do not install the QuickTake software by dragging its icons to

your hard disk. You must use the Installer to install the software on your

computer correctly.

4In the Welcome dialog box that appears, click Continue.

5In the Installer dialog box, click Install.

Easy Install is already selected to ensure that all the necessary software is

installed. Make sure that you install the software on your startup disk.

A software license agreement appears.

6Read the agreement.

7If you agree with the terms of the license, click Agree to continue with installation.

You may also print the license agreement or save it to your hard disk. If you

click Disagree, the software will not be installed.

8When you see a message reporting that the installation was successful, click Restart.

The Installer restarts your computer, and a new folder called QuickTake 200

appears on your hard disk. This folder contains the Camera Access software.

Getting Started With the QuickTake 200 Camera

Installing the batteries

Before you begin using your camera, you need to install the batteries. Use

the four lithium batteries (AA size) that came with your camera. To obtain

maximum use from your batteries, turn off the camera whenever you are not

using it.

1Press down on the Push button and slide and open the battery door.

2Insert the batteries into the camera as shown.

3Close the battery door by sliding it into place.

See also: Appendix B, “Battery Information.”

Push button

Battery door

WARNING

Installing the batteries incorrectly may cause an

explosion. Follow the instructions in this manual to replace the

batteries. Use only the same type of batteries or an equivalent

batteries recommended by the manufacturer of the original

batteries. Do not mix different types of batteries in the camera.

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Lithium

(Li)

Replacing the batteries

When the batteries are low, the battery warning flashes on the liquid-crystal

display (LCD) screen to remind you to replace the batteries. The camera turns

itself off when the batteries get too low to use.

IMPORTANT

Do not use old and new batteries together or batteries of different

types together.

IMPORTANT

Batteries contain chemicals, some of which may be harmful to

the environment. Please dispose of used batteries according to your local

environmental guidelines.

Installing the storage card

Before you can use your QuickTake 200 camera, you must install the storage

card that you received with the camera. After you install the card, you need to

format it using the Erase mode Format function. (You format the card the first

time that you use it in the camera.)

If the card is not in the camera, a NO CARD message flashes on

the LCD screen when you turn on the camera. You cannot take pictures

without a card.

WARNING

The use of storage cards other than that specified for use with

your camera may result in damage to your camera.

Lithium

(Li)

Getting Started With the QuickTake 200 Camera

1Open the storage card door.

IMPORTANT

Opening the storage card door always turns off the camera.

2Hold the card as shown, and gently push it all the way into the card slot.

3Close the card door.

IMPORTANT

When storing the camera, you should remove the card and store it

in its plastic case.

Storage card

Storage card door

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Formatting the storage card

1Turn on the camera by sliding the power switch (

‰

) (above the LCD screen) in the

direction indicated by the arrow and then releasing it.

2To format the storage card, turn the mode dial to Erase (

) mode.

3Use the plus (+) and minus (–) buttons (next to the mode dial) to select

FORMAT

the screen.

4Press the action button (next to the + and – buttons).

OK? appears blinking on your screen.

5Press the action button again to format the card.

Write-protecting the storage card

To prevent erasing important data from your storage card, place a write-

protect seal over the write-protect circle on the card. You receive 4 seals with

every card you buy. (You cannot reuse seals.)

This seal makes it impossible to record data to or erase data from the card.

To agai n use the card to record or erase data, remove the seal.

IMPORTANT

Write-protection might not function if the seal becomes dirty. Use

a dry, lint-free cloth to wipe the seal clean.

WARNING

When you format a card, all the data on the card is removed,

including any protected images.

Getting Started With the QuickTake 200 Camera

Attaching the carrying strap

Always use the carrying strap to avoid dropping the camera.

1Pass the end of the strap through the strap mount on the camera.

2Pull the strap through the strap fastener.

Loop the carrying strap over your wrist before grasping the camera.

Strap

Strap mount

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