Mini Flexible USB WebCam with Infrared Night Vision and Built-in 7 LED lights Microphone and Snap Shot Button

by Q-Cam

Product Details

• Item Weight: 0.3 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• ASIN: B001TBFGTE
• Item model number: 860M
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 16, 2009

Product Description

Features:
* Q-cam 860MP Pixel: VGA format 640x480 resolution
* frame Rate: 30 fps at SVGA (352x288, 320x240, 176x144, 160x120)
* Sensor: color 1/4 CMOS with 350K pixels
* Photo: 1.3m
* Resolution: 640x480, 352x288, 320x240, 176x144, 160x120.
* Frame per second: Up to 30fbs @ (640x480)
* Focus distance: 3cm~infinity
* Built in unidirectional microphone
* Built in 2 Infrared high power LED
* Built in 7 high bright LED
* View Angel: 56 degree diagonal
* Aperture: F2.8
* Lens: 12? high-quality glass lens
* Brightness: Auto
* Exposed control: Auto
* Power source: USB
* I/O interface: USB 1.1 Full Speed
* Built-in Microphone:-45 DB
* USB cable length: 4.8'
* Image Control: Color (R/G/gB) and Brightness Adjustment, Contrast, Gamma Correction, Hue, Saturation, Exposure, Sharpness Adjustment and USB Bandwidth Control. White Balance
* User can enable: Vertical Flip, Color, Mirror Flip, Backlight comp.
* Support all video modes from still frame to full motion video
* No external power required, camera draws power from PC USB port
* Manual Focus
* Provides one external USB type-A ports.
* 24-bit true color image processing.
* Plug and Play configuration
* Digital RGB output
* Computer controlled camera operations
* Length: 15.5
Application software VidCap and Amcap Included

System Requirements:
* 350Mhz Pentium II processor or above, Pentium III 800MHz or greater for full performance
* 128mb system memory
* USB port
* Display card capable of true-color mode
* Microsoft Window 98, 98SE, ME, 2000 or XP
* Since video processing is hardware intensive, a faster computer with a fast hard disk drive and extra memory will yield better results.

Package contents:
Qcam 860MP USB Infrared Night Vision PC Camera w/Glass Lens
CD-ROM Software Disc

Warranty: 1 year

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worked great for me, March 23, 2010

By 

Stephen Krug "author of Don't Make Me Think" (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mini Flexible USB WebCam with Infrared Night Vision and Built-in 7 LED lights Microphone and Snap Shot Button (Personal Computers)

I haven't used this as a "regular" webcam, so I can't comment on how well it works that way.

I bought it because we have a critter living in a hole in our front yard, and I wanted to find out what it was. I'd been looking at those cameras (from power tool manufacturers) that are designed to stick through a hole in the wall to find hidden wires, pipes, etc. They seem cool, but they cost $150-$500. So when I saw a webcam at the end of a flexible cable with both infrared and visible light sources built in, all for under $15, I couldn't resist.

For my purpose, it worked fabulously well.

- I attached it to my laptop (inside the house) via a 15 foot USB extension cable
- I attached the camera cable to a piece of wood on top of the hole, and snaked the camera down into position.
- I ran screen recording software on the laptop.

The infrared lights provided plenty of illumination, and the focus on the camera is very easy to adjust. I ended up with crystal clear video of our "tenants." And because it cost so little, I didn't even worry about leaving it out in the rain.

Very cool for the price. I expect to find a lot of other uses for it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars For the price it's worth it, October 29, 2010

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tas - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Mini Flexible USB WebCam with Infrared Night Vision and Built-in 7 LED lights Microphone and Snap Shot Button (Personal Computers)

I needed an IR cam for critter watching. It fills the bill quite well, when I got it to work that is. It works on WinXP and intermittently on Vista. On Win7 Home Premium it never did work, but on Win7 Basic on my netbook it works perfectly. The colors are off a bit in normal room lighting, but in a darkened room the IR really works well. It takes up to a minute for it to transition to IR, but when it does the picture quality is good. It sees across a 10x12 foot completely dark room with no problems. Due to the issues of getting it to work and the inaccurate color in normal lighting, it's only 'ok'. If you want IR exclusively, it's a big thumbs up.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Too old, March 12, 2010

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James Ward (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mini Flexible USB WebCam with Infrared Night Vision and Built-in 7 LED lights Microphone and Snap Shot Button (Personal Computers)

I really like the design of this camera. It's very "flexible" and adaptable. But the camera doesn't actually work for me because it's too old and there aren't recent drivers for it that I can find.