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Some of my friends already had webcams to use with MSN Messenger so not wanting to be left out I thought I'd buy one too. Doing my usual bargain hunting around the shops, I came across this Logitech QuickCam Messenger Webcam which was priced at £19.99 which seemed reasonable as the others were in excess of £30 which seemed steep to pay for one.
After i bought it i opened it and the contents were as follows: The web camera itself, complete with the USB lead (which will work with either USB 1/2), a rubber stand, a CD and a brief but easy to follow installation manual.
The camera itself is round shaped and as with almost all webcams, the front has the camera lens and the outer part of which is a focus ring. On top is a small button which you can use to capture a quick snapshot when you are running the QuickCapture software. There is also a microphone which is very handy.
The stand that comesa with it works quite well as it sits steadily on top of a computer monitor (or elsewhere) without falling off- It is easily, to adjust and rotate too.
Installation -------------------
Before you connect the webcam to the USB port, it is best to install the necessary driver and software beforehand. Once this has been done then you can then simply plug it into a free USB port and then you can play around with the settings and software. The settings and features that are available include recording an AVI video (with or without sound) and options such as "low light filter" and "colour boost" as well as the usual brightness, contrast and colour saturation options you'd expect from most webcams. In addition,there are even more advanced settings are available, white balance, gamma and backlight compensation for instance - however you'll probably not need to fiddle with these in a well lit room to get optimum performance. You'll find basic audio settings that can be adjusted here too.
Image Quality ------------------------ The picture itself was quite surprising for a low-cost camera as the picture is sharp and the colour balance is good. On the technical side of things, you've got the option of 640 x 480, 320 x 240 or 160 x 120 resolutions. I usually use the 640 x 480 as that seems to work best. Don't expect to be able to take any quality snaps, but if you don't have a real camera to hand, this will do in an emergency.
The built in mic is pretty good but in order to use it most effectively, you'll probably need the camera quite close to you, and to speak clearly and at a reasonable volume to hold any sort of conversation with the other person.
In order to run this, you'll need need a PC with the following min spec:
Windows® 98, 2000, Me, XP Intel® Pentium® II 400, Celeron® , AMD™ Athlon™ processor (500+ Mhz recommended) 64 MB RAM 200 MB free hard drive space USB port CD-ROM drive Windows® compatible sound card and speakers
Overall, I'd say it's a simple, good quality web-camera with a decent price which makes it a very good buy for most people
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