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Logitech QuickCam Zoom
Logitech (
31 October, 2002 )
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A little bundle of joy  |
This is without a doubt, the best value for money webcam you will find at the moment. It looks great, and is packed with some impressive features! The bundled software is superb, you can record videos, take photos and make stop-motion animations (amongst other things). All at TRUE 640x480 resolution!! At such a low price, its a bargain.
The hardware itself is brilliant, solid design, the blue privacy cover is a nice touch, the in-built microphone is clear and sensitive, far away sounds become audible, the manual focus is easy to turn, the camera is detachable from its base which sits nicely on top of a monitor (but blue-tac is advisable). The cable length is just right which allows flexability on where you wish to place it. The framerate is fantastic, even at 640x480 the video is quite smooth (approx 20 fps), but at 320x240 it runs at 30fps with a sharp image, not at all blurry. This is on default settings, when "Full auto mode" is enabled, the framerate decreases significantly as it is constantly analysing the available light and changing the settings in realtime, default settings are usually grand! The only bad things are -
-the face tracking isnt all its cracked up to be, and is ultimately useless, just digitally zooms in on the image on where it "thinks" your face is, but occasionally its wrong.
-the camera doesnt react well to the light given off by computer monitors, makes the subject seem very pale even when you fiddle with the brightness/contrast/gamma. If you dont want a quality webcam that wont let you down, and dont want to break the bank, youve found it.
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Great value for money |
Probably the best value for money computer peripheral i have ever bought! I bought the webcam to speak/see a relative who is living in Singapore using MSN Messenger. The features are excellent, which include auto face tracking, digital zoom, built-in microphone, video/picture recording software and, of course, incorporation with instant messengers. The microphone is very sensitive, which is good allowing you to stand over 20ft away from the webcam and still be heard clearly by the person listening the other end. This means you can have a group of people dotted over the room instead of taking turns to speak into a poorer quality mic. The picture quality is good and, with both sender and receiver using 56k modems, it provides around 3-4 picture frames a sec along with good quality speech playback for the receiver. It was very easy to install and took only a few minutes. The installation software indicated when to plug the webcam into the USB port and was very easy to follow. Oh and the webcam looks pretty cool too! Can defo recommend this excellent piece of hardware.
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My webcam arrived this morning!
I installed the software, plugged it in and it worked straight away, no problems!
I had trouble choosing a webcam as there are so many about these days, hence why I am writing this review to help you!
Most webcams have the same basic functions, resolution of VGA and a refresh rate of 30 frame/s is standard. From reading other reviews the main problem with webcams is the lighting, normally if the room is not well lit then the picture appears dark or patchy, I can assure you that with this webcam there are no lighting problems whatsoever, it even gives a good picture when the room is not that well lit!! An excellent choice!!
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