Hello! I'm a thirty-something lady with too much time on her hands.
Hello! I'm a thirty-something lady with too much time on her hands.
Member since:30.07.2006
Reviews:10
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Appearance: This is a smallish webcam, although not the smallest I have encountered. It has a silver/grey/black plastic design. A blue LED at the base of the lens tells you when the camera is active. The camera measures about 6 x 4 cm (not including the base). It has a button on the top of the unit (for image capture) & a base/clamp at the bottom. The base has rubber feet for stability on top of your monitor, but also forms part of a clamp should you wish to use the camera with a laptop or TFT monitor. A long USB cable connects from the base of the camera to your PC or laptop. The box includes the camera, software, installation manual and registration card.
Software Installation & Setup: The manual is helpfully printed in 18 different languages & has reasonably clear pictures describing the unit. I did find the instruction manual a bit lacking in places. It tells you to install the driver software, but ignores the capture (Amcap) software. However, the user interface on the CD is quite good and gives you all the software installation options.
When installing the camera, you may need to refer to the printed & diagrammatical instuctions simultaneously. I found that my Windows XP (home) operating system recognised the camera & added it as new hardware with no problems. The initial camera set up interface is easy to use.
Use: Web cam (video conferencing): I wanted to use this camera purely for Skype conversations. I was impressed with the streaming picture quality during web conferencing. It interfaced with Skype perfectly but can also be used with most other mainstream chat/voip programs. The camera was easy to focus (by using the focussing ring on the lens housing) & gave a decent head & shoulders picture at a distance of about 50cm. Pressing the button on top of the camera activates the Amcap software wherein you can start streaming and adjust other settings. You can adjust colour settings, light level compensation and flip the picture upside down or set it to display a mirror image through the Options menu.
Use: web cam (stills capture): If the capture button is pressed when the Amcap software is open, the camera will take a still from the video stream which you can save & edit. the quality is the same as the video stream.
Overall: A very decent camera for the money. Does exactly what you want it to!
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Advantages: The price of the product is great at £9.99 Disadvantages: Adjusting the focus is difficult and I broke the headphones as there werent clear instructions
Advantages: The price of the product is great at £9.99 Disadvantages: Adjusting the focus is difficult and I broke the headphones as there werent clear instructions
Sep 2nd, 2006
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