1. An image communication system comprising a portable image capture device including means arranged to generate digital representations of images; means for processing said digital representations so that shades of gray present in said images are converted to patterns of black and white dots; memory means for storing destination numbers of facsimile machines which are intended to receive copies of said images; a Group III compatible fax modem; and means for supplying one of said stored destination numbers and one of said processed digital representations to said fax modem, so that said image may be transmitted to a remote Group III compatible facsimile machine.