Apple QuickTake 100: 1994 Digital Camera Experience

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  • Unboxing and testing the Quick Take 100, Apple's first digital camera! It may only shoot in 0.31 megapixel 640x480, but at least it had 24-bit color when certain competitors were still doing black and white.
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  • @LGR
    @LGR  6 ปีที่แล้ว +425

    If you'd like to directly check out the photos I took for this video, here's an album for ya:
    imgur.com/a/5zYQ2

    • @eddiemuller3157
      @eddiemuller3157 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      You got the "can't put a time-frame on it" aesthetic perfectly on the last receiver picture!

    • @olik136
      @olik136 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      nice Time Machine- looks like an early episode of Roseanne to me!

    • @CommodoreFan64
      @CommodoreFan64 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Beyond the first image you for sure nailed the can't tell when this was taken photo style, and man that Ingles logo takes me back in time to the 90's of visiting family up your way. :-)

    • @333jetpack
      @333jetpack 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      these photos are my a e s t h e t i c

    • @AwlrightProductions
      @AwlrightProductions 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      These look very cool

  • @EPMTUNES
    @EPMTUNES 6 ปีที่แล้ว +468

    I appreciate that the first reason that the camera won't take pictures is because it's not on.

    • @LGR
      @LGR  6 ปีที่แล้ว +132

      "Did ya turn it on, ya moron?" -Apple, 1994

    • @Kalvinjj
      @Kalvinjj 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      "You're X it wrong" meme - since 1994

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      I would have hated being in tech support during the early days of computers. My mom worked for a tech support company that repaired computers for big companies and the government. This was in the early days of computers and before outsourcing took alot of the "grunt work" to Asia. They had people, especially in the government, who didn't know even the basics of computers beyond how to use a few programs, so they'd get it filled with viruses and porn. They had even upper management people in the state capital who'd try to illegally download stuff and brick their computers and they had people in the military who'd have sensitive stuff on their computers and it'd all be protected with a password like "password" or "123456". It was pretty funny hearing some of those stories.

    • @kingjohn6519
      @kingjohn6519 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Nowadays the only difference is that "high profile" users should know better about misuse but misuse anyway lol

    • @leocomerford
      @leocomerford 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That's really pretty typical of the troubleshooting list that used to be published in manuals (and probably still is).

  • @BaronVonQuiply
    @BaronVonQuiply 6 ปีที่แล้ว +470

    It'll never catch on.
    Your money is better invested in this hot new energy company out of Houston.

    • @diegoscopia
      @diegoscopia 6 ปีที่แล้ว +119

      Agreed, Enron and Kodak are the future.

    • @Sam-lr9oi
      @Sam-lr9oi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +119

      Surely Blockbuster is the safe bet? People will always need to rent movies.

    • @michelvanbriemen3459
      @michelvanbriemen3459 6 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Anything but Apple is a safe bet. Seen their Pippin? Apple will tank so hard, that they will never recover. Fact.

    • @LuisMorales-xv7yy
      @LuisMorales-xv7yy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      also i heard something called Yahoo, what a name

    • @OcrimBob
      @OcrimBob 6 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Google? Pah! I am still not convinced this "internet" thing will go anywhere.

  • @Johnny2Starz
    @Johnny2Starz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Clint, I love your videos. I enjoy finding this old tech and experimenting and exploring. Keep it up.

    • @LGR
      @LGR  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you!

  • @kmotin2412
    @kmotin2412 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    The suzuki samurai looks cool, still looks cool

    • @cyberrednec
      @cyberrednec 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It was clean👌👌

  • @SPEEDTRIBESAKURA
    @SPEEDTRIBESAKURA 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That picture of the Samurai has to be my favorite. I LOVE those little things!

  • @mattcintosh2
    @mattcintosh2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The PowerMac stuff is really important. Using the 68k decompression software takes about a minute to open a picture, the PowerMac version takes like 5 seconds on a Powermac 6100. Not sure if it was mentioned, there is an extension that can be installed that you can open the pictures directly in any program that supports QuickTime formats. I could open the photos directly in PhotoShop with that. Also, when I got pictures off the camera, the camera just showed up like a drive icon on the desktop that you could open it and drag the pictures off it, and then drag them to the trash to delete them off the camera.

  • @rediculousman
    @rediculousman 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I grew up in outback Australia and did School of the Air (like homeschool on a two way radio). My teacher used to visit a few times a year and she used to bring one of these out.

  • @bobulele
    @bobulele 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    1995 I was the editorial technology liaison for a local newspaper. We had a bureau in a city 120 miles away. I delivered and trained the reporter on how to use the camera and transmit a photo back to the newsroom for publishing. I took a picture of a random vehicle accident and we ended up transmitting the story and photo and it was published! This seems like it all happened a lot longer ago than 23 years ago. 640 x 480, I hope that was printed very small.

  • @darkhelmet169
    @darkhelmet169 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    My elementary school had one of these that we used to take photos for the school paper, but I only remember it taking black and white photos. They might have had an old Mac II with a grayscale monitor in the newspaper room and no color printer.

  • @emilia4637
    @emilia4637 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    That old Mac startup sound though. AH THE NOSTALGIA

  • @RetroJackal
    @RetroJackal 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    So I'm guessing you're covering Digi cams as well now? Not complaining, really like your vids.

    • @LGR
      @LGR  6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I do when I find ones interesting enough to make a video about, at least ;)

    • @23Scadu
      @23Scadu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      As a photo geek as well as a retro tech geek, I hope you'll keep it up! :D

  •  6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I would absolutely love it if this guy made a new technology documentary on a history channel.

  • @RudhinMenon
    @RudhinMenon 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved the comparison, note 8 was quite a match 😄

  • @traxonwax
    @traxonwax 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    At that point digital cameras were used by newspaper reporters who valued instant pics. As for Color quality, newspapers were still mostly black and white. So, this was a big deal to them.

  • @DigitalizeDeath
    @DigitalizeDeath 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I actually have one of these still. And a Quicktake 200.

  • @Pro1er
    @Pro1er 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    You have unbelievable luck finding this stuff at you Salvation Army store. Mine has nothing but junk that people don't feel like driving to the recycle center to dispose of.
    I don't know if I have commented on this video before but just to clarify, you could indeed use the QuickTake 100 with a Windows machine. Pretty much everyone states that it was a Mac only camera but that is not true. Apple later offered a firmware upgrade that allowed the QT-100 to take 16 high-res pictures on the same 1MB of RAM. You had to send the camera to Apple where they applied the firmware and you got the camera back with a sticker on the bottom indicating that you now had a QuickTake 100-Plus - essentially the same camera as the latter released QuickTake 150.
    One of the oddest camera accessories that Apple offered was an external battery pack. This made absolutely no sense for a camera that could only take 8 pictures!
    As far as the QT-200, that camera was actually made you Fujifilm, not Kodak. Fujifilm sold their own version, the DS-7 that had slightly tweaked firmware which produced marginally better images. The only advantage it had over the QT-1XX was its removable memory card. The biggest drawback was the lack of a flash which made taking indoor pictures difficult to impossible.

  • @majorstinky
    @majorstinky 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    My company bought 5-6 of the Windows compatible 150 models around 1996. They were used to take photos for company ID badges. They put them on tripods positioned in front of a chair and wired into the computer and the HR worker would just hit the "Take Picture" button in the QuickTake software and the image would be saved to C:\QTAKE. Grainy, low res and a bit washed out yes, but when printed the picture on the badge was the size of a postage stamp, so you really couldn't tell.
    I retired the last of these in.....2013.... late 2013 if I recall. The only reason it had to go was I gave her a new PC and the QuickTake software wouldn't work on Windows 7 64-bit (Damn you Apple and your planned obsolescence!!!). Also the new PC didn't have a serial port. It was replaced with a ~$50 Microsoft Webcam and the QuickTake + accessories are currently stowed in a drawer behind my desk, still working so far as I know. I pull it out from time to time to show people that no, your 2 year old laptop is not the oldest piece of equipment in the company...
    Funnily enough our in-house built badge printing software still needs the files to be saved in C:\QTAKE because we can't be bothered to change that.
    It's a neat example of an early technology finding a niche that it could do even if it wasn't as good as it's competing technologies. No, you wouldn't want your family album shot in a washed out 0.3MP and printed from a mid 90s inkjet. But this device allowed them to make a new employee's badge in 3 minutes instead of sending a roll of film off and waiting a week. There are lots of examples of where speed and digital capture clearly outweigh quality, though that's a niche with only so many slots to fill. 8-bit Guy had a great video on floppy based digital cameras that gave some examples.

  • @AmstradExin
    @AmstradExin 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I still have mine :O

  • @jackkraken3888
    @jackkraken3888 6 ปีที่แล้ว +575

    Now take a photo of an iphone X and post it on those conspiracy sites.

    • @sethmoneygetter
      @sethmoneygetter 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      lmao

    • @deviceatt2605
      @deviceatt2605 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Jack Kraken no sir the Eye camera does not support anything gayer than iPhone 8 or otherwise it will self-destruct.

    • @jaydock1
      @jaydock1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Device ATT boooo

    • @sakariaskarlsson634
      @sakariaskarlsson634 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Device ATT lol

    • @sakariaskarlsson634
      @sakariaskarlsson634 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Device ATT it will do that seppuku thing

  • @catsdgs
    @catsdgs 6 ปีที่แล้ว +810

    It looks like a projector.

    • @chriswatson2407
      @chriswatson2407 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      LGR is no good, he forgot to mention that function

    • @EVRLYNMedia
      @EVRLYNMedia 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Chris Watson wait, it can be a projector?

    • @evknucklehead
      @evknucklehead 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      CalculatinGenius - Please tell me you're being as sarcastic as Chris Watson is...

    • @lindamainwaring9688
      @lindamainwaring9688 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LIAR CHRIS WATSON that was the most compact camera in its time

    • @deviceatt2605
      @deviceatt2605 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      catsdgs I'm sure that they would eventually have added a projector in the i camera 5 the Steve Jobs was not pleased because if you wanted an overpriced camera built into a Mac itself.

  • @porklaser
    @porklaser 6 ปีที่แล้ว +320

    This camera was positioned at an amazing time for desktop publishing. Being able to take pictures and insert them in to your publication in minutes was a real game changer. Used these with pagemaker for an all-digital yearbook and school paper back in '95!

    • @sinephase
      @sinephase 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      For sure it was really useful but man you'd have to control all the conditions so much to get a decent shot :P

    • @paulrippcord506
      @paulrippcord506 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      For a school year book it makes sense because the kids are used to posing for school pictures, all the indoor lighting is the same florescent bulbs, and there's enough space so that the photo distance isn't a problem.

    • @karenelizabeth1590
      @karenelizabeth1590 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's exactly what I thought it would work for! When hooked up to a computer, its 8 picture limit would be solved.

    • @YouTubeSupportTeams
      @YouTubeSupportTeams 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      clearly you went to a school with plenty of cash to blow

    • @evknucklehead
      @evknucklehead 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Apple used to give schools steep discounts on stuff. Still do, to a certain degree, but not nearly to the degree they did back then. I wouldn't be surprised if Apple flat out gave a few of these away to various schools to try to get them to buy more of them.

  • @donaldklopper
    @donaldklopper 6 ปีที่แล้ว +188

    I actually used this camera at the free ads paper I worked for around 1996. Was mostly used to take photos of used vehicles for sale, to then publish a small photo with description of said vehicle in print. Quality was good enough, and there was no film development step needed. It was a great little business enabler at the time. Even the 8 shot limitation wasn't an issue since clients would drive in to our premises and we'd take two shots.and quickly download, or our consultants would drive to the client and get a couple of shots of the item for sale and get back to the office to download photos. How far we've come.

    • @somefuckstolemynick
      @somefuckstolemynick 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Must have felt like science fiction at the time! :D

    • @BaronVonQuiply
      @BaronVonQuiply 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      In early 2003 I caught a scene from a spy-thriller type movie with a guy dressed in black stalking around the middle of nowhere with a case full of gear. He opens it up and starts connecting wires, adjusting equipment, and furiously pounding on a keyboard. Minutes later... he's sent a text message over his cell phone.

    • @Khunark
      @Khunark 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      guy is too adhd for a government job

    • @ModMINI
      @ModMINI 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We had one of those at our university. They just took pictures directly to the computer. Never used the 1mb internal storage.

  • @ADVChina
    @ADVChina 6 ปีที่แล้ว +761

    Love this stuff. I'm scared you will inspire me to start hoarding useless crap. Thanks.

    • @cpufreak101
      @cpufreak101 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Didn't think you were an LGR fan lol, I do wonder some of the interesting tech you'd get over in China though

    • @LGR
      @LGR  6 ปีที่แล้ว +125

      Thank you! And yes, unless you somehow make all the stuff become your livelihood, let my collection be a cautionary tale :P

    • @rambo8wradio
      @rambo8wradio 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      My gut says Winston, but phrasing says C-Milk. Hmm. Since I don't trust myself anymore, I'll say - Hi C-Milk! :D

    • @drift180x
      @drift180x 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Winston! I love your videos!

    • @kaguraschimizu4609
      @kaguraschimizu4609 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Take a pic with that camera, and stay AWESOME

  • @dav2462
    @dav2462 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Thank you Clint. My father passed a week ago, and your videos help me get my mind off my troubles. Thanks for making me laugh.

  • @mrmerhtin3625
    @mrmerhtin3625 6 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    I feel that one of these days LGR will find a pot of gold for just a dollar at one his GoodWills

    • @bigshrekhorner
      @bigshrekhorner 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Mr Merhtin or he will find the magical leprechaun that will give him all the gold

    • @triangleofdeath6246
      @triangleofdeath6246 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It's amazing what you can find at thrift stores and auctions! In 2015, I found a Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer in the original box and a Tandy 1000 PC compatible at an auction, both for $1.00!

    • @adenowirus
      @adenowirus 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm looking forward to the LGR video on the Amber Room.

  • @Khanemis
    @Khanemis 6 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    You have a rare talent of being really genuine in what you are doing. Many people who are into the same stuff as you often appear as being in a forced pose to appear interesting. But you, my good sir, are a rare exception. For example those "new old" photos of yours are such a treat. Capturing such timeless sceneries with a period appropriate technology is something completely different than just slapping silly filter on a selfie.
    Anyway a great review, as always. Those first digital cameras are such a fascinating topic. Thank you.

    • @lucasRem-ku6eb
      @lucasRem-ku6eb ปีที่แล้ว

      He is still crying i'm too cheap for a good apple book !
      he is too nerdy non social guy.

  • @Productions-rf5he
    @Productions-rf5he 6 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    A quick take on the Quick Take 100.

  • @anythingbuttypical1800
    @anythingbuttypical1800 6 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    It looks like a mini projector. 😆

    • @TheWesLesley
      @TheWesLesley 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      it looks like a set of sci fi binoculars

  • @khhnator
    @khhnator 6 ปีที่แล้ว +293

    those colors, is like a camera made for Asthetics

    • @SproutyPottedPlant
      @SproutyPottedPlant 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      khhnator I was thinking the same thing, vaporwave imaging camera.

    • @JustWasted3HoursHere
      @JustWasted3HoursHere 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hey, khhnator, how do you get those double-wide characters?

    • @kz1000ps
      @kz1000ps 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      fsymbols.com/generators/wide/

    • @uphilliceskater
      @uphilliceskater 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The 80s didn't look like that.

    • @Redhotsmasher
      @Redhotsmasher 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Dee Vaporwave is 90s.

  • @grantking2880
    @grantking2880 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I could smell my elementary school's computer lab when you turned on that mac.

  • @tfangel
    @tfangel 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I still have mine, but it was the Sony Mavica that had removable media that made me really enjoy digital photography. I carried a box of floppies around when using it. Good times.

    • @LaineBaker
      @LaineBaker 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Andrew Iverson I had the Mavica that stored in tiny Mini CD-Rs! Great little thing

    • @joojoojeejee6058
      @joojoojeejee6058 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I wonder why Sony didn't use their MiniDisc media in digital cameras... MiniDisc in general was a lost opportunity in digital storage. Could've given ZIP drives a run for their money. Empty media was readily available and relatively cheap.

    • @raekane
      @raekane 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Believe it or not Sony did release a version of the MiniDisc as a data format called MD-Data. You could buy an MD-Data drive and use the discs that were not compatible with regular MiniDiscs. Sony also released a camera the used the discs, CyberShot DSC-MD1.

    • @joojoojeejee6058
      @joojoojeejee6058 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sony should've released a camera that could use regular MiniDiscs and also allow users to use the camera as an external MiniDisc drive for data storage! Those would've sold like hotcakes...

    • @jamesslick4790
      @jamesslick4790 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I eventually got the (probably collectible now) FD to Memory Stick adapter for my Mavica. You (with the right Sony software,natch..) read the Memory Stick by putting the adapter right in to a PC FDD!

  • @RetroGamePlayers
    @RetroGamePlayers 6 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Say Cheese! It looks like a spec ops rangefinder with night vision.

  • @Sam-lr9oi
    @Sam-lr9oi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Man, Goodwills in your area are so dope. I see interesting things that make me go "hmmm" but my only real awesome buy was the Model M I'm typing this on for $3. How often do you go thrifting? My closest thrift stores are all about 10 miles from my house all in their own different directions, which is slightly tedious.

    • @LGR
      @LGR  6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      This has the answers you're looking for
      th-cam.com/video/dSAkiNnHljI/w-d-xo.html

    • @Sam-lr9oi
      @Sam-lr9oi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think I've seen it, but isn't that how the internet works? I ask a question in a public forum to which I already know the answer or could easily find it. It's an in-the-moment emotional reaction. It's poetry, really. (disregard basically all these words)
      But I'll watch that video again anyway and totally not because you told me to.

    • @Sam-lr9oi
      @Sam-lr9oi 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also, great pictures you got there

    • @SlamdogX
      @SlamdogX 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I live in rural Bumfucknowhere Iowa and I never find cool shit aside from the one time I found a working PS4 controller for $1.50. If I found a model m keyboard or a full (working or not) vintage computer of any kind I think I'd faint.

    • @JustWasted3HoursHere
      @JustWasted3HoursHere 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I needed to convert some old VHS tapes to digital some years ago and needed a VCR, so I went to my local Goodwill and they had one UNOPEN in the box for only $7! It worked perfectly (and I've never needed it again...)

  • @harrisarts
    @harrisarts 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I remember these. I helped my neighbor take his business completely digital in about 1994... he was a Real Estate Appraiser. He was buying a roll of film shooting a handful of photo for each property and then spending a few hours at the local quick print store waiting to do each report. To go from that to one of these cameras and basically instant pictures (for the 1990’s). It was amazing...

  • @slinkyfpv
    @slinkyfpv 6 ปีที่แล้ว +170

    I just can't understand why someone would dislike this video.

    • @user-dx8br5vb3n
      @user-dx8br5vb3n 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      An irrational hatred for a computer company.

    • @triangleofdeath6246
      @triangleofdeath6246 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I'm not an Apple fan, and I still like the video!

    • @DaVince21
      @DaVince21 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The video probably just wasn't interesting to those few people. But there could be dozens of reasons, really, considering how incredibly diverse human kind is and everyone has different tastes and opinions. Let's not limit the reasons to it necessarily being just hatred towards one company.

    • @clairevoyant4494
      @clairevoyant4494 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It could be people disliking it, to get it out of their feed? With 6T/69 like/dislike ratio, I think it would be a reasonable cause for the dislikes.

    • @Blood-PawWerewolf
      @Blood-PawWerewolf 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Some people are literally triggered when they see the Apple logo on something. It’s like “the hate for Apple stuff are going beyond stupid”.

  • @steve_ire321
    @steve_ire321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    "Too far ahead of its time and no one knew what to do with it"
    Always the way with technology. I get the impression that VR is currently going through that phase.

  • @T4silly
    @T4silly 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Mmmmn. Time for a Quickie with LGR.

  • @Nitro_0999
    @Nitro_0999 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    What great timing!! I was just in the mood!!

  • @wilburt6131
    @wilburt6131 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Vendor Lock-in is Apples middle name.
    Also those odd colours are because theres no IR-Cut filter infront of the CCD, But you could illuminate something in IR and get a B&W pic in the dark

    • @HebaruSan
      @HebaruSan 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      For someone who doesn't know cameras, is that a problem with the device, or something the user was supposed to add on? Because I think if I was in the market for a camera, that much extra purple would be a dealbreaker no matter what year it was.

    • @jasondoe2596
      @jasondoe2596 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      HebaruSan, I think it's a flaw - a big one. You could add such an IR filter yourself in front of the lens if it had proper threading, but it doesn't seem to.

    • @jeffkardosjr.3825
      @jeffkardosjr.3825 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jasondoe2596 Just use adhesive tape.

    • @jasondoe2596
      @jasondoe2596 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jeff Kardos Jr. : Glass filters have threads, and come in very specific, standardized diameters. The bezel is thin enough that you couldn't use tape reliably. If the filter falls off, it may break - and they are expensive!
      Gel-type filters exist, but are finicky and offer significantly worse image quality. Not that it would matter much...
      Anyway, modern cameras integrate the IR filter in their sensor module, so the user doesn't have to worry about it.

  • @AlexS0700
    @AlexS0700 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I can remember these early digital cameras, especially from Casio, Canon and Apple. Amazing new technology that everyone was curious about, but no one could actually use for anything useful. no proper photo printers yet and pictures stuck on the computer and you couldn't share them. Unless you carried floppy disks around and hoped the other person has software to view the images ;) Everyone still preferred physical pictures. These days though....

  • @EdgyShooter
    @EdgyShooter 6 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    Haha Apple making something with inbuilt non upgradable storage? Some things never change 😂

    • @NLS87
      @NLS87 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      There were no memory card at the time, dumbass!

    • @thekenmatax18
      @thekenmatax18 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      DB There were CD's and Floppy Disks, dumbass!

    • @laynesamba
      @laynesamba 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      The quicktake 200 added a compact flash card slot. In 1994 there was no commercially available memory card standard available for them to even consider including. Educate yourself.

    • @jasondoe2596
      @jasondoe2596 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      thekenmatax, yeap, there was a series of Sony models in the '90s ("Digital Mavica") that had a floppy disk drive, which made the cameras rather large. Later the "CD Mavica" came out that used 8cm optical disks (2000 to 2003).
      This Apple camera predates both of those model series. I'm sure they had the technology to use a floppy drive, but floppies really sucked, so staying with embedded Flash memory made sense IMO.

    • @user-dx8br5vb3n
      @user-dx8br5vb3n 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This was a rebranded Kodak. Apple leadership hardly resembled that of today.

  • @thejackofclubs
    @thejackofclubs 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    i remember using this camera in highschool in 2004 in my multimedia class. we used it to learn how to use photoshop. a school of 4000 students in a rich suburb and one 10 year old digital camera to share between everybody. the schools millions in budget clearly went to the football team.

    • @gur262
      @gur262 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      thejackofclubs wow someone at the decision making really had no idea of anything apparently. Would have been better to use 35mm Film With whatever lens(50mm f2:) ) and basic cheap Film and just learn photography

  • @chartle1
    @chartle1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    As I recall they used to say "if it runs out of memory you just have to buy more digital film." :)
    Yes during the early transition they called memory card digital film.

    • @CariHere
      @CariHere 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I remember how when the original Samsung Notes came out, everyone had to call them "phablets" for some reason.
      History repeats itself often, I bet we'll see repeats of this trend in the future.

    • @stigrabbid589
      @stigrabbid589 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@CariHere Phablets were called that because they were sized between Smartphones and Tablets, people still occasionally use the term but not anywhere near as often as a few years ago.

    • @stigrabbid589
      @stigrabbid589 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I remember that when my parents first bought a DVD player i called DVDs "tapes", and i was around 12-13 years old back then

    • @hahaiseewhatyouredoing9086
      @hahaiseewhatyouredoing9086 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@stigrabbid589 Well every smartphone in these days is phablet.

  • @scottjanssen65
    @scottjanssen65 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was the QA lead at Apple on this project! What memories. Like the CIA employee who approached our booth at MacWorld and asked if it would be possible to hook up the camera's output to some sort of radio transmitter so the photos could be uploaded in real time to an overhead aircraft or satellite. Not very practical and it made us wonder what they were planning on using it for! More fun was the guy from Penthouse magazine who was interested in it for test shots. Several of us guys from the Apple booth volunteered to come to a Penthouse shoot with a prototype so they could check it out. Of course that didn't end up happening, but the prospect of it did inject some energy into our booth. Some interesting bugs occurred with both the software that ran on your Mac and in the firmware that ran on the camera. For example, early prototypes of the camera could be bricked by shooting a picture with every pixel having a value of zero (totally black). Then there was the bug shortly before we shipped whereby using the software would eventually corrupt your boot volume. That was due to the software issuing a "close" command on a file twice, which caused corruption back in those days. One correction; the camera software was available from Apple for both the Mac and for Windows. That's actually how the corruption bug occurred; the programmer was writing in Windows and cross-compiling for Macintosh and wasn't a native Mac programmer. So he didn't realize that closing a file twice on the Mac could be so catastrophic; apparently it wasn't so dangerous a mistake in Windows. Great memories; thank you for posting this video!

  • @tiagotiagot
    @tiagotiagot 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Maybe the color issue might indicate it is missing an IR-blocking filter?

    • @electronash
      @electronash 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      TiagoTiago
      Yep - it definitely seems to have that IR "look" about it, like the colour of the brick buildings etc.
      Could be the CCD as well, but it looks like they didn't bother adding an IR filter at all.
      A quick test is to point an IR remote at it (or at the desk etc.) - if it looks fairly bright, like a mini LED torch (flashlight), then it would confirm the lack of filter.

    • @tiagotiagot
      @tiagotiagot 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A good telltale sign of a missing IR-blocking filter is if things appear to have significantly different colors when lit by a incandescent bulb (or sunlight) compared to when it is lit by fluorescent or LED lights.

  • @tefras14
    @tefras14 6 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Maaan i love these primitive digital cameras that connected to computers! I remember salivating over them in catalogues but (thankfully) never being able to buy one

  • @katherinem4468
    @katherinem4468 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Even though I don't understand a lot of the techno stuff, I like to watch your videos because they are so relaxing.

  • @captainexcabier
    @captainexcabier 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Making me so nostalgic for pre-OS X Macintosh. :'(

  • @menuly
    @menuly 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Display icons are the only constant in the tech world.

  • @CassandraCarter
    @CassandraCarter 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Oh hell yeah, I had one of these back in the day. Wasn't much, but not having to buy film was a revolution of the mind.

  • @stutz1847
    @stutz1847 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    @ 10:00: "but hey, instant beauty filter..." made my day :D

  • @VicGreenBitcoin
    @VicGreenBitcoin 6 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    It's a well made video...Why 16 Dislikes?

    • @LGR
      @LGR  6 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      If I had to guess from the hateful comments that are getting held back: Apple product=dislike. Regardless of context.

    • @jasondoe2596
      @jasondoe2596 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Because *every* sufficiently-large channel will eventually attract haters. Clint's actually has a low percentage, because he loves what does and it shows through... but maybe I'm projecting here :D
      P.S. loved the video!

    • @Rizimar
      @Rizimar 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Because 8 pictures ought to be enough for anybody

    • @triangleofdeath6246
      @triangleofdeath6246 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Rex Warden I have to agree on this, I'm not an Apple fanboy in any way, In fact, I despise modern day Apple! However, I do like their older stuff (pre i-pod era), and I do happen to have an old Apple IIe computer I find kinda neat. So, this is something I do find interesting, and this is a nice video.

    • @groupallflopsandfeet
      @groupallflopsandfeet 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rex Warden you also forgot to say inervators apple are also inervators.

  • @Arctic_Foxx01
    @Arctic_Foxx01 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Gotta love these "Early digital camera" videos. This and the Epson PhotoPC video are my two favourites. Please do make more! :)

  • @andrewmontigue
    @andrewmontigue 6 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    *sees lgr video* *clicks immediately*

  • @JHMBB2
    @JHMBB2 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Probably didn't take off because film was so much better. I can't believe how bad these photos were, I mean, amazing for an early digital camera, but man film blows this out of the water.

  • @eiadtarabulsi
    @eiadtarabulsi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I've always had a soft spot for older technology. As much as I like modern tech, I will always have nostalgia for older electronics. Having a camera like this back in the day was quiet revolutionary. Sure, it's a bit primitive by today's standards. However, I can't deny how cool it still is even in 2018.

  • @wrightcubbins
    @wrightcubbins 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    10:23 Oh boy... Created in 1993, modified in 1956... This is some space time paradox string theory McJabber!

  • @gandalfwiz20007
    @gandalfwiz20007 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    11:25 "It was expensive and low on features" yep, you know it's an Apple product.

    • @MasterJayanX
      @MasterJayanX 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Also 11:34, Apple Fans be like

  • @melissadrift4989
    @melissadrift4989 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My computer teacher had one of these in elementary school. I'm not sure if it was this exact one, since it was 1995, but she used it to take our pictures to send to pen pals we were supposed to have in Hawaii, but we never did. That class was the first time I ever used a computer. The school had just bought a bunch of new Apple computers and we had the first everything. I'd come from a school district in another state that didn't have money and I remember seeing all the Apple boxes in the garbage outside the school before I started there and it was big deal. I wonder if any amateur film makers were using these cameras for stop motion animation when they first came out? Did they realize how great digital cameras were going to be for that?

  • @yupekosi
    @yupekosi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    expensive-
    almost (not counting for inflation) the same as the iPhone 8
    and (counting for inflation) more than the iPhone X - jeez.

    • @yupekosi
      @yupekosi 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      so true.

    • @LGR
      @LGR  6 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Wild that back when this camera came out it was the _cheapest_ option within its specifications. 90s Apple was weird.

    • @yupekosi
      @yupekosi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      oh my gosh- *really!?* that's really strange
      also- hi!

  • @paulrippcord506
    @paulrippcord506 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I miss when Apple had a rainbow logo, rainbows are awesome, bring back rainbows. Nowadays everything is all aluminum, sleek and looks the same. I want the chunky plastic and bright colors.

  • @SteveInScotland
    @SteveInScotland 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I think this was my first digital camera. Batteries lasted about 10 seconds!

  • @bobbobato
    @bobbobato 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Without phenomenal data storage and photo quality, users were better off just using film and then scanning pictures onto a computer in 1994. Who was the market for this device back then,

    • @JeremyLevi
      @JeremyLevi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Consumer grade colour scanners were still pretty expensive at that point in time, and really didn't net you a whole heck of a lot better image quality. Plus you still had to deal with the expense of getting prints made and then scanning them, as they didn't really have the necessary resolution to support scanning negatives well yet.
      These cameras weren't really aimed at professional photographers, but rather people in fields where fast conversion between taking a picture and getting it in a digital format was important. If you wanted higher quality digital photos as a pro-sumer, cheap ($3 per image) high-resolution scans could be had by sending negatives to be made into a Kodak PhotoCD. In professional photography circles it was still common to mail your negatives out to be scanned with high-end drum-scanning equipment.

  • @MyPhobo
    @MyPhobo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think the worst thing that apple ever made was that damn puck mouse. That thing is incredibly uncomfortable. It's almost like nobody tried it before they manufactured it. Either that or they cared more about aesthetics over functionality.

  • @jonxor
    @jonxor 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Very detailed analysis. I love these deep dives into technology history. Thanks LGR!

    • @LGR
      @LGR  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for watching!

  • @IntoTheOrdinary
    @IntoTheOrdinary 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like how you paint a picture of the context this was released in, instead of blasting it with today's knowledge in tech. Thanks!

    • @LGR
      @LGR  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glad that is appreciated :)

  • @LucasRazorBlade
    @LucasRazorBlade 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    9:58 Oh, I know that Pokémon! The glasses gives it away!!

  • @justanotheryoutubechannel
    @justanotheryoutubechannel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    320x240 is decent for this era. Almost all of the monitors and TV’s wouldn’t be much more than 640x480. Even on a 800x600 monitor it’d still look pretty good.

  • @ForrestBobHD
    @ForrestBobHD 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love that sexy Taurus 7:55

  • @scotshabalam2432
    @scotshabalam2432 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think Apple was trying to copy the design of those Star Wars Binoculars timenerdworld.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/binocs1.jpg

  • @marco_evertus
    @marco_evertus 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    10:00 those eyes...those eyes say "I can see dead people"

  • @MinecrafterPictures
    @MinecrafterPictures 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Most people: The Apple QuickTake is the worst Apple product ever!
    Clint: Hold my beer!

  • @izimsi
    @izimsi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The Epson camera you reviewed recently had really great pictures compared to this one.

    • @LGR
      @LGR  6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The difference another year or so in mid-90s tech progress makes!

  • @stephenmogensen4073
    @stephenmogensen4073 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is James Veitch’s favorite camera haha
    “Photography isn’t just a job, it’s a way of life... I mean... it’s not my job, but it’s still a way of life. It's a way of looking at the world, and just... seeing what's there! And that's why I use my QuickTake 100 for all my shots"

  • @ben-chan420
    @ben-chan420 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Oooh, fresh off the press.

  • @bryede
    @bryede 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "I won't use these batteries. They're leaking." _next shot, the batteries are installed in the charger._ ;)

  • @RickWhitechest
    @RickWhitechest 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    You have a covfefe mug? Hah!

    • @LGR
      @LGR  6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Nah, that's just a photo from a coffee shop with random mugs for sale.

    • @wtbman
      @wtbman 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I noticed that and was like HEEYYY!!

  • @belg4mit
    @belg4mit 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I had a Kodak DC 40, same camera, with a less stylish case but a hand strap.
    Slow, terrible battery life, ad especially poor color rendition in red-heavy images.
    Fun stuff!

  • @jazzvieadnan3779
    @jazzvieadnan3779 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    everything that camera captures is automatically a e s t h e t i c

    • @Headsign
      @Headsign 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      "The removal of limitations is the enemy of art"

    • @jazzvieadnan3779
      @jazzvieadnan3779 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mathead dude, that's some deep shit.

    • @fizzymstudios2025
      @fizzymstudios2025 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mathead very deep

  • @gamerageandhobbyrcdu
    @gamerageandhobbyrcdu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember when I was little and u could go to Walmart and get your film developed in 1 hour

  • @advancedsimpleness6345
    @advancedsimpleness6345 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    you should make more videos with macs in them

    • @LGR
      @LGR  6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      This is the third episode I've done this month featuring Mac stuff :)

  • @AZREDFERN
    @AZREDFERN 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I actually kind of like the binocular style. It might be more convenient for a superzoom pocket camera, keeping the lens internal instead of telescoping.

  • @samb5327
    @samb5327 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Seems like those articles were bashing it unfairly. Of course if you look at the camera from a modern perspective it’s gonna look like a pile of crap

  • @atranas6018
    @atranas6018 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    when Apple was great

  • @blanchfor
    @blanchfor 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Man where do you find this stuff

    • @LGR
      @LGR  6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      th-cam.com/video/sMWg9hN4zN8/w-d-xo.html

    • @sinephase
      @sinephase 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      he literally showed you in the video XD

    • @MaddTheSane
      @MaddTheSane 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thrift stores, mostly. It's amazing what people will donate.

    • @LeeDee5
      @LeeDee5 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      apparently he has godly Goodwills close to his area
      I personally only find things that smell like piss in all my Goodwills

  • @PeterBrockie
    @PeterBrockie 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Protip: On your 7300 it flashed the "missing system" icon for a moment before the happy Mac logo. To stop that and show your pretty happy Mac right away, open the Startup Disk control panel and make sure the boot drive is selected - chances are nothing is highlighted. :D

  • @DOGMA1138
    @DOGMA1138 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Ah the QuickTake it (as well as the Newton and every other deadend Apple product of the 90's) had a great commercial in the 90's in the form of the X-Files FMV game that thing was essentially a one big Apple product placement heck it even required QuickTime 3.0 to run and it used the Sorenson Video Codec which made it run like complete garbage on PCs even if you had a PII 400mhz it would still stutter like a lobotomized trash panda on prom night.
    Ironically by the time that the game released most of these products were already killed or having their march of shame towards the plank, I remember how Apple boasted that the game was produced on their top of the line Power Macintoshes at the time saying that this proves that Hollywood is ready to go full Mac and fully take on the likes of SGI and Quantel.

  • @enthusiasticgeek7237
    @enthusiasticgeek7237 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Apple made... Cameras..? Never knew!

  • @cabbycabby1770
    @cabbycabby1770 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    8:02 Whoa, whos driving that sweet Samurai??

    • @LGR
      @LGR  6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I wish I knew, just saw it parked!

    • @CoTeCiOtm
      @CoTeCiOtm 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cabby Cabby My dad had one really similar to that one when I was a kid. Great machine! It died when he borrowed it to a friend of his and that guy fell off a cliff. Dude walked out mostly unscathed, but the Samurai was absolutely destroyed.

    • @CoTeCiOtm
      @CoTeCiOtm 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Amy Capen well, my dad had it equipped with protective bars, so I guess that helped a lot. I don't have a picture of the Samurai after the accident but I distinctly remember seeing it in the same spot it fell for quite a while because it was too difficult to get it out of there.

    • @RayEttler
      @RayEttler 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cabby Cabby
      LJ is the real deal mate!

  • @karlstenator
    @karlstenator 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Whoa, back in 1994! I was still eating glue then!

  • @jlmccabe
    @jlmccabe 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    First digital camera I ever used had floppy disks for saving pictures, can't remember what camera it was

    • @LGR
      @LGR  6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      One of the Sony Mavica cameras, I'm working on an episode:
      twitter.com/lazygamereviews/status/964944615785844736

    • @jlmccabe
      @jlmccabe 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      LGR OMG yes that is it

    • @jasondoe2596
      @jasondoe2596 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LGR, oh, I remember those! Looking forward to the episode!

  • @Ventrux
    @Ventrux 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I own one of this cameras, box, and It works amazingly good. I have a few pics on Ficklr with it. It quite cool all things considered. I even got a job thanks to this camera.

  • @Austin-wb4jy
    @Austin-wb4jy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    it looks more like a projector than a camera

  • @Creeperboy099
    @Creeperboy099 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Me: mom, can I have an iPhone 11?
    Mom: no, we have an iPhone 11 at home.
    iPhone 11 at home: 3 of these duct-taped together

  • @OrangeHarrisonRB3
    @OrangeHarrisonRB3 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow an Apple product from back before they designed everything to break within a year

    • @Gamer208010
      @Gamer208010 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Which they never have and never will

  • @gentuxable
    @gentuxable 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Came out when Steve Jobs worked at NeXT, that's maybe why it is relatively inexpensive (compared to other digital cams) but rather ugly, at least I'd call this bulged design quite ugly.

  • @EndymionMkII
    @EndymionMkII 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    10:00 that's some creepypasta material right there

    • @BaronVonQuiply
      @BaronVonQuiply 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The camera that steals your face instead of your soul.
      *odd expression* I...uhh.... I think I'm going to go watch a movie about a sci-fi magick camera now.. (Time Lapse, 2014).

    • @U014B
      @U014B 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Move over, Jeff the Killer! Clint the Destroyer is the new spookghetti in town!

  • @MemeBurger
    @MemeBurger 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Everyday i find out about products from popular brands, that i never thought existed

  • @Wok_Agenda
    @Wok_Agenda 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    No woodgrain no fun