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Shopping for webcam and looking for suggestions.
I'm building a spare no expense computer for a client of mine and he wants a webcam. First priority is framerate. If the video isn't smooth, he's not going to like it (and yes, I am aware about light levels affecting performance.) Second is clarity.. a little bit of grainy would probably be passible if it's needed for performance. Camera can be USB 2 or 1394 for use on an Opteron 3400+ running Windows XP 64.
Links to pages with stats would be extremely useful.
Thanks all!
Links to pages with stats would be extremely useful.
Thanks all!
Greetings smpita!
You can get a good bargain at:
https://www.ocuview.com/shop/product_info.php?ref=6&products_id=46&affiliate_banner_id=2
You can get a good bargain at:
https://www.ocuview.com/shop/product_info.php?ref=6&products_id=46&affiliate_banner_id=2
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Is there a specific camcorder that you might suggest? Cost is not the issue.
Thanks,
Sean
Thanks,
Sean
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I have a Logitech quickcam pro 4000. It does a 640x480 image and works pretty well for doing video conferencing and simple monitoring.
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/US/EN,CRID=2204,CONTENTID=5042
I've also got one of the Axis network cameras in my datacenter that cost 3 times as much and except for the fact i don't need a pc the quality is not much better.
It really depends on what he is going to use it for. If he needs pro quality video feed then yeah he needs a camcorder. something like the optura 30 even comes with software that allows it to be used as a usb webcam. Great quality but i hate letting a $800 camcorder do the job that the $100 logitech can do.
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/US/EN,CRID=2204,CONTENTID=5042
I've also got one of the Axis network cameras in my datacenter that cost 3 times as much and except for the fact i don't need a pc the quality is not much better.
It really depends on what he is going to use it for. If he needs pro quality video feed then yeah he needs a camcorder. something like the optura 30 even comes with software that allows it to be used as a usb webcam. Great quality but i hate letting a $800 camcorder do the job that the $100 logitech can do.
But if you want the highest quality and can afford it, there's nothing that will compare with a camcorder - it will beat any webcam: http://graphics.tomshardware.com/video/20041008/