Help Quicktake 150 external power?

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5 total messages Started by David. E. Goble Tue, 12 Sep 2000 05:39

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Author: David. E. Goble
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 05:39

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Hi all;

I just got a QuickTake 150, I put some (just bought) Everready super
heavy duty batteries in it. After opening and closing the lens cover,
the battery indicator finally showed full charge and I took some test
pics.

I then tried the connection to my mac (powerbook 1400) but when I
opened the lens cover, the lcd was blank. After disconnecting and
trying to check the number of pics in the camera, the battery
indiactor showed empty again.

No I do not have a vot meter etc...

I do have a Powerbook 1400 power brick, can this be used?

It has an output of 24v = 1.87A, output power 45W Max.

I also have a power brick for a scanner, it says its output is +15v =
1.25A

 Or are these tooo high.....?

While the QuickTake 150 manual says

external power 4.5 V DC/1.75 A to 8.0 V DC/1.0 A
and the QuickTake has on the back Rated 7.5v = 2.0A
--Regards       David. E. Goble
             goble [AT] kin.net.au
          http://www.kin.net.au/goble
Po Box 648 Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA 5223

Re: Help Quicktake 150 external power?

#185

Author: Imran Anwar
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 12:56

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I have the 150 also, and I would suggest not using those adaptors.  I believe 
I had found a multivoltage adaptor at home and set it for 4.5 Volts and it 
worked fine. I do not have the camera in front of me right now, but it 
probably has a positive/negativ sign to show which pin should be connected to 
the positive and which one to the negative line from the power adaptor.

Imran

A lot of QuickTake taken pictures (and then sharpened in Photoshop) are at 
http://www.imran.com 


On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 1:39:03 -0400, David. E. Goble wrote
(in message <39bc634f.15933093@news.adelaide.on.net>):

> Hi all;
> 
> I just got a QuickTake 150, I put some (just bought) Everready super
> heavy duty batteries in it. After opening and closing the lens cover,
> the battery indicator finally showed full charge and I took some test
> pics.
> 
> I then tried the connection to my mac (powerbook 1400) but when I
> opened the lens cover, the lcd was blank. After disconnecting and
> trying to check the number of pics in the camera, the battery
> indiactor showed empty again.
> 
> No I do not have a vot meter etc...
> 
> I do have a Powerbook 1400 power brick, can this be used?
> 
> It has an output of 24v = 1.87A, output power 45W Max.
> 
> I also have a power brick for a scanner, it says its output is +15v =
> 1.25A
> 
>  Or are these tooo high.....?
> 
> While the QuickTake 150 manual says
> 
> external power 4.5 V DC/1.75 A to 8.0 V DC/1.0 A
> and the QuickTake has on the back Rated 7.5v = 2.0A
> --Regards       David. E. Goble
>              goble [AT] kin.net.au
>           http://www.kin.net.au/goble
> Po Box 648 Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA 5223

Re: Help Quicktake 150 external power?

#186

Author: James Ashton
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 01:54

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In article <39bc634f.15933093@news.adelaide.on.net>, goble@gtech wrote:

> Hi all;
> 
> I just got a QuickTake 150, I put some (just bought) Everready super
> heavy duty batteries in it. After opening and closing the lens cover,
> the battery indicator finally showed full charge and I took some test
> pics.
> 
> I then tried the connection to my mac (powerbook 1400) but when I
> opened the lens cover, the lcd was blank. After disconnecting and
> trying to check the number of pics in the camera, the battery
> indiactor showed empty again.

You must use AA Lithium batteries.  The camera uses so much current that
normal batteries, including Alkalines, won't work for any useful period of
time.
-- 
James Ashton                    VK1XJA                    System Administrator
http://wwwsyseng.anu.edu.au/~jaa             Department of Systems Engineering
Voice +61 2 6279 8675  Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering
FAX   +61 2 6279 8688                           Australian National University
Email James.Ashton@anu.edu.au                      Canberra ACT 0200 Australia

Re: Help Quicktake 150 external power?

#187

Author: Matthew Kirkcaldie
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 03:28

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The power supply for any PowerBook 1xx (i.e. 100, 140, 150, 180) can be 
used with the QuickTakes.

         Matthew.

Re: Help Quicktake 150 external power?

#183

Author: David. E. Goble
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 00:00

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On Wed, 13 Sep 2000 14:28:02 +1100, Matthew Kirkcaldie
<Matthew.Kirkcaldie@utas.edu.au> wrote:
>
>The power supply for any PowerBook 1xx (i.e. 100, 140, 150, 180) can be 
>used with the QuickTakes.
>
Hi Matthew;

Where can I get a Powerboob 1xx power brick in Aus and how much???

--Regards       David. E. Goble
             goble [AT] kin.net.au
          http://www.kin.net.au/goble
Po Box 648 Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA 5223

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