Kensington VideoCAM VGA Digital PC Camera (PC and Mac)

by Kensington

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004YMY8
• Item model number: 67015
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Customer Reviews

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars It's cheap, it works., February 5, 2001

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Robert Mohns "Ghost in the Shell fanatic" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kensington VideoCAM VGA Digital PC Camera (PC and Mac) (Personal Computers)

The Kensington VideoCAM VGA is a passible desktop cam for webcam or videoconferencing, but you can do better with almost any of Logitech's QuickCam models.

Connected to Mac G4, its primary role is as a webcam. It's grainy and has a tendancy to blur movement under typical office lighting. OTOH, it was cheap, and is quite small -- it's footprint is about two inches wide and three quarters of an inch deep, so it can perch almost anywhere.

PROS: Small, decent software, acts as a proper QuickTime device and so works with almost any video software.

CONS: Grainy picture, doesn't handle low-light conditions very well, software pretty but limited.

VERDICT: It does the job, but not impressively. Consider a higher quality cam if your budget allows, but if not, you could also do worse.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Kensington VideoCAM, March 2, 2001

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Jody Reid (Toronto, ON Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kensington VideoCAM VGA Digital PC Camera (PC and Mac) (Personal Computers)

This webcam has to be one of the pickiest cameras in existance. Kensington's drivers are all-out horrid. It's NT compatibility is NIL. I'm not sure how it works on a MAC but its perfectly unstable on a PC, crashes my system alot, the VideoCAMWorks software only gets worse as Kensington comes out with new releases (one new version over the past year). If you're looking for a webcam whose maker will release decent patches to drivers, etc... you haven't found it. Performance is ugly too. I don't reccomend setting it up in low-light conditions.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A pure lemon, October 24, 2001

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TG - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kensington VideoCAM VGA Digital PC Camera (PC and Mac) (Personal Computers)

Poor picture quality, lousy frame rate, mediocre software, and terrible in low light. These might be forgivable in an entry-level camera, but the showstopper is that the software doesn't work in anything newer than Windows 98 or Mac OS 9.x and Kensington has no plans to update it.

If you're looking for a camera from a company that makes good products and actually supports them, Kensingon ain't your bag.