Amaya Toman If you'd like to take photos on an Apple device these days, you have quite a few options. You can take photos on iPhones, iPads, some types of iPods, with the help of your Mac's webcam, and you can also use the Apple Watch to control the shutter remotely. But there were times when people overwhelmingly used analog or digital cameras to take pictures. Back when digital photography was still in its infancy for the general public, Apple introduced its own digital camera called the Apple QuickTake.
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You could say that the roots of the Apple QuickTake camera go back to 1992, when Apple began to speak more strongly about its plans for a digital camera, which at the time was codenamed Venus. Already a year later, it was rumored that the Cupertino company had entered into a partnership with Canon and Chinon for these purposes, and at the beginning of 1994, Apple presented its QuickTake 100 camera at the MacWorld fair in Tokyo. The official launch of sales of this model took place in June of the same year. The price of the QuickTake 100 camera was $749 at the time, and the product won the Product Design Award the following year, among other things. Customers could purchase this camera in a Mac or Windows version, and the QuickTake 100 won praise not only for its design, but also for its ease of use.
The QuickTake camera had a built-in flash, but lacked focus or zoom controls. The QuickTake 100 model could hold eight photos at 640 x 480 pixels or 32 photos at 320 x 240 pixels, the camera lacked the ability to preview captured images. In April 1995, Apple introduced the QuickTake 150 camera, which was available with a case, cable and accessories. This model has improved compression technology, thanks to which QuickTake can hold 16 high-quality images with a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels.
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In 1996, users saw the arrival of the QuickTake 200 model. It offered the possibility of taking pictures in a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels, was equipped with a 2MB SmartMedia flashRAM card, and it was also possible to purchase a 4MB card from Apple. The QuickTake 200 camera was equipped with a 1,8” color LCD screen for previewing captured images, and offered the ability to control focus and shutter.
QuickTake cameras were quite successful and recorded relatively good sales, but Apple could hardly compete with big names such as Kodak, Fujifilm or Canon. In the digital photography market, well-known brands, focused almost exclusively on this area, soon began to establish themselves. The final nail in the coffin of Apple's digital cameras was driven by Steve Jobs upon his return to the company.
