Quicktake 150!

[MacTCP]

My Quicktake 150 just came in the mail today! :-*

The previous owner left pictures on it! :O

They're of basketball cards!

 

[wally]

[] ]'> enjoy [] ]'>

Be glad you have nothing on it to report to the authorities, who might then confiscate the camera as evidence! [] ]'>

 

[Pinstripes]

HEY! Those are MY basketball cards!!

j/k [] ]'>

 

[iMac600]

Kewl! Enjoy the QuickTake!

For the record, mine came with photos on it, and it was from a school. But the camera hadn't ever been used at the school, only stored. So god knows what was on there. It erased though anyway, before I had the chance to connect it up.

 

[joshc]

I have a broken QuickTake 200 - the fuse blew out on it. I probably won't ever get around to getting a fuse and replacing it...Oh well.

 

[The Macster]

I probably won't ever get around to getting a fuse and replacing it...Oh well.

Seems a shame to leave it broken - is there something wrong with it that made the fuse go, or could you just stick something metal in where it's supposed to go? (assuming that it's easily accessible)

 

[joshc]

...or could you just stick something metal in where it's supposed to go? (assuming that it's easily accessible)

And I thought I didn't know anything about hardware. :b&w:

 

[The Macster]

What do you mean? I thought that was a well-known trick for if you don't have a fuse to hand!

 

[joshc]

What do you mean? I thought that was a well-known trick for if you don't have a fuse to hand!

Well the trick is to put an entire wire in but it's just the way you said it...sounded kinda funny to me.

 

[MacTCP]

If your Quicktake 200 is broken, it would make a great aquarium!

 

[Patrickool93]

Yo9u could use a carrot...But you wouldn't know about that

 

[MacTCP]

Yo9u could use a carrot...But you wouldn't know about that

Better yet, you could turn a Quicktake into a carrot.

 

[The Macster]

Yo9u could use a carrot...But you wouldn't know about that

Better yet, you could turn a Quicktake into a carrot.

What?! Is that pure randomness or is there some sort of inside joke that I'm missing here?

Anyway, it would be a waste to turn it into something other than a camera, given that there's very little wrong with it from the sound of it - if you don't want to fix it, give it to one of us!

 

[joshc]

If your Quicktake 200 is broken, it would make a great aquarium!

How? You can't see into it.

 

[MacTCP]

You could replace the lcd screen with a window.

 

[MultiFinder]

What do you mean? I thought that was a well-known trick for if you don't have a fuse to hand!

Wasn't it Patrickool93 or IPNixon that used a Nickel in place of a blown fuse once, and then wondered why the magic smoke was being released?

 

[The Macster]

If there's something wrong with the device that caused the fuse to go, then I guess replacing the fuse with metal will cause damage, as the fuse is there to stop it being damaged if there is a fault like that. Sometimes fuses seem to go for no reason though, in which case this trick is useful if you don't have a spare fuse. I think silver foil works, which is easier than trying to fit a wire in!