Re: NTLK apple quicktake 200 digital camera & newton/tibet compatibility?

From: Chris Ruprecht (chrup@earthlink.net)
Date: Mon Aug 28 2000 - 22:10:16 CDT


>on 8/28/00 6:32 PM, Chris Ruprecht at chrup@earthlink.net wrote:
>
> > I used to own a QT150 camera, but the software for both of them is

[snip]

> > for about $20 or so (for shipping & handling).
> WRONG!!!
>
>The QuickTake 200 uses JPEG format. It is based off a FUJI camera. And I
>know this because I use a FlashPath floppy adatar with my QT200.
>
>You are also wrong on about statement. Only the 100 did this. The 150 and
>100 with the QT150 software mounted the camera on the desktop and the files
>were standard PICT images that any app could open up.

as long as you had the QT software installed, yes. But did you ever
try to copy one of the PICT images to another machine where the QT
software was not installed? All of a sudden, you could no longer open
the file.

>As for reverse engineering there is an App for the QT200 and many other
>cameras called "Cameraid" [Mac app] that lets you download the images. I
>don't have a serial cable nor Tibet to try using them together.
>
>But I do want to set the record straight - the QT100 & 150 use normal PICT
>images (with the 150's software installed mounting the camera to the
>desktop), and the 200 stores in raw JPEG format.

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Chris Ruprecht
Network grunt and bit pusher extraordinaíre
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