Customer Reviews

Creative Labs Webcam Notebook Camera with Clip

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(14)
3 star:		(8)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(10)

 

 

My parents really like us having this cam as they can see their only grandchild on a regular basis. Yes, the lighting is an issue, but I just move a lamp over near my baby (at night) or open the shades (during the day) so they can see him clearly. Don't expect DV Cam resolution, etc. as you're only paying $31.99 after rebate. I think too many of these reviewers don't factor in the price and expect way too much for their money.

Note to Toshiba (i.e. Satellite) notebook owners. The screen on the laptop is curved at the edges which makes it much more difficult for this to remain well clipped. I'm constantly adjusting mine and wish the clip clasped a little further down on either side of the screen.

Just returned this webcam. Has terrible image quality, especially under low light conditions. Well, I would say even in average or typical lighting conditions, the imaging is still quite dark and noisy. Too bad, because I think they got the form factor right on this model.

I bought my Creative Notebook Cam, almost 2 months ago. It was a nice small size for, the new notebook, I was getting.

You can expect, a clear picture, in normal daylight, but the only con, is the picure that it produces at night, in lower light levels. The picture will get grainy & spotted, as well as the FPS dropping down, below a good level 30 FPS in US
25FPS europe, is the normal camera speed for video.
If you setup a 100watt bulb, within 10 feet behind the notebook cam, it will be fine all night long.

If you are strictly looking for a notebook/laptop webcam that only requires the minimum standards as far as quality goes, this may be your choice. I was not happy with the quality at all. Low lighting (zero lux +) gives slower fps (frames per second) and terrible resolution.

Pros:
Small and nice design
Install is easy though the program makes you go through hoops just to change some simple settings
Will work with decent quality with decent lighting.

Cons:
Just like any 'cheapie' webcam, the quality is par to sub-par as far as quality goes.
For $40 bucks, I think you may get better quality from other webcams. The reason why it costs more is because of its size.

The product is of very poor quality.The image hardly refreshes when connected to yahoo and most of all the picture is grainy and color is very dull.The picture will scare you off!!...Please go for other model.This model is not at all upto the expectation.
Thanks and Regards
Kaushik Datta

I got this unit for use on a laptop. Something small, portable and easy to use. To that end it does it job. Setting, getting it clipped to the LCD screen, getting it positioned right is all easy enough. The Field of View is adequate for likely use.

The image quality on the other hand is not as great as others I have used (Logitech 4000 and Isight). The image is somewhat dark and grainy but still passable. The edges are not very well focused at all.

You should also note that there is no microphone either. You'll either need to shout at your laptop or get an external mic.

Installation and configuration was pretty much by the book on my windows 2000 Dell Latitude LS. No real surprises or problems.

As long as all you plan on being is a talking head and you need something fast and light this little guy will do the job. But if you want to do more than that your better off with something a bit bigger.

I give it 2 stars for design and zero for performance. The physical attributes of this unit are great - rock solid mounting bracket, small size, moderate cost. Unfortunately its performance is terrible - low res, bad color reproduction, lousy low light performance. A mobile user will likely encounter many sub-optimal lighting situations and this camera isn't up to the task. Avoid this model unless you absolutely need the tiny form factor and don't care about image quality.

1- I had better picture with my old $10 web-cam.

2- Limited rotation; can only twist up and down not left and right.

3- The software that comes with it interferes with my power saver tool terminates the auto hibernation, stand by feature.

I remember having impressing picture quality and transfer with cam called composite cam. Wish they came up with a cam having that kind of technology with that kind of good picture quality again.

The style and easy of use with laptop is the plus point of this product. But the image quaity is not good. The image is dark even after the exposure is 100%.

I would not even give it 1 star if I could.
I felt sorry looking at the extremely poor quality picture - mannual on camera focusing is useless, white/color balance is way off and not fixable, exposure is terribly slow, resolution claimed (640x480) is meaningless with its low quality lens (seems a piece of plastic from used food wrap). Don't waste money or time on this item unless you are interested in the included carrying bag.
I bought a Creative WebCam NX Ultra 2 years ago and I would still give it a high 5 rating - excellent picture quality comparable to many consumer video camcorders, wide angle lens provides a better view without noticeable distortion, high quality white/color balance sharpness.