Customer Reviews

Logitech QuickCam Pro USB (PC)

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4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

The Logitech Quickcam Pro is extremely easy to install taking minutes to get the cam up and running! The picture quality is not fantastic but just make sure it's running in medium 340x to achieve a decent frame rate in videoconferencing and you will be fine. Also be sure to adjust the contrast in low level situations and you can focus by turning the camera lens on the "eyeball". Software is fantastic and lets you even edit your own videos. This webcam is very good for beginners, mailing out video e-mails, live video calls and talking to friends thousands of miles away. Again the quality will depend on your computer, your connection etc but it is very good for the price ... .

I've been using this device as a webcam for my personal web site for about three months now. The QuickCAM Pro is a very reliable little camera, overall.

The design is solid. If you can get past the aesthetic issues of staring at a little plastic eyeball, it serves its purpose well. The clip on the bottom is sturdy and useful. I wish that the camera could actually rotate from side to side also, enabling users to use the clip in a sideways position as well.

The camera captures pictures with crisp color in moderate to good light. It does not perform exceptionally well in low-light. Objects at a distance greater than 2' or so from the camera are difficult to focus.

The driver-based controls for lighting and gamma correction are very useful on the Logitech Quickcam. I have found that the white balance occasionally is off after a light change and must be manually reset in the software.

The weakest point of this entire product is the software that is packaged with it. I found that Logitech's webcam capturing software would routinely overwrite the destination web page with a generic Logitech-based page. It does not provide any real methods for capturing and FTP'ing a single image.

Overall, this is a good first camera. If you purchase it, consider installing the software just for the drivers, not for actually operating the camera. Then go find some third party webcam software such as Webcam 32, KABCam or Chill Cam and use that for your actual web page updates.

I own this camera, but mine has a beige focus ring. It seems as though Logitech will not develop Windows 2000 drivers for it, even though they stated on their webpage that they will offer Windows2000 drivers. My camera was only a few months old and they ditched support for it. If you buy this camera, dont be surprised if they don't support any newer operating systems. Oh yeah, Logitech's answer is to upgrade your camera.

I bought the QuickCamVC USB version, which worked fine under Windows 95/98. But then I upgraded to Windows 2000, and Logitech, who bought the product line from Connectix, has stated on their web site that they will not develop Windows 2000 drivers for the USB version of this camera, although they do support the parallel port version. It seems that I have to throw out my perfectly good cam and buy another. It will not be a Logitech!

This little video cam is great! For the price and size it takes great still photo's as well as video. Just remember that E-mail video is lesser quality than what you see. The bundled software could be better. But I didn't buy it for the software!

Buy Logitech webcams at your own risk. I had a terrible experience with Logitech Quickcam pro 3000. The software would install, windows detects the camera, but after rebooting the machine, the camera is just not detected. When I looked at the device in device manager, all it would say was "Device cannot be started (Code 10)". Tried it under both Windows 98 and 2000, with the same problems. My advice, go with Intel or 3Com

I just bought this camera so that I can start Net Meetings. The installation was very easy. I do not have a CD-Rom on my laptop, but used my cable modem to download the information from the Logitech site. After downloading the drivers I was able to install the required software, plug the camera in the USB port and I was on my way.
The software includes 8 different sections:

1. Create pictures and videos: You can take pictures or make a video.
2. Create Video E-mail: You can record your own video (Audio and Video) and sent it to people in your mail distribution list. Works very well.
3. Create a Web album: As the title states this is an image repository.
4. Create a Web Cam: Logitech signs you up with a 3rd party web site that hosts live Web cam. A little choppy but works well.
5. Broadcast Live: You can record your own TV show and invite people to view your show at a given time. The recording is done with the camera and the broadcasting by the 3rd party vendor mentioned above.
6. Create Animation: This activity let's you create stop-motion and time-lapse videos.
7. Activate Motion Director: Use the sensor to see who is in your house/room. You can set the sensitivity and have it record immediately.
8. Look at my Gallery: You can store, sort and organize your images and videos in this location.

The user interface of the software is very well with all the mentioned sections having a step-by-step guide. Within the software main screen you have two windows. One window guides you real-time as your camera focuses and the other window displays the result of your action (snap-shoot, video, web cast, etc.) The unit itself has a button to take snap shots, a sensor for detecting movement, a microphone that adds value (and a must) that enables Net Meetings and Internet phone calls - This is where the productive part comes in.
I gave this a four star because of the image size and zoom capability and the colors of the output (good but needs some touching up).

Have fun watching!

Before purchasing this camera I checked out Logitech's web site to make sure that they supported Windows 2000 - they did. Unfortunately, when the camera arrived, there was a one page 'Windows 2000 Users Read This First' in the box. It only sort-of supports Windows 2000. It doesn't support dual booting with Windows 98 because of 'installer issues'. And some of the bundled software doesn't work on Windows 2000. Installation required two reboots, one suggested by the installer, and a second simply because Windows 2000 (SP1) didn't seem to 'get it' the first time. The camera seems to work well, and the low-light option is useful. The included main utility is simple to use, but could probably have done with a proper MDI interface. It's possible to be using the camera from one part of the program, say for the 'motion sensor', which causes another part, for example the emailer, to report a 'camera in use' error. I guess the user interface has been a little over-simplified. ...

The Logitech QuickCam Pro comes in a few differing models, but I use the USB version with the DARK focus ring. (Do not be confused with the similar looking camera with the light beige ring) and it works fine. Software version 5.3 is the best for range of set up options including using you own web site for visuals.(Some of the other versions 5.0 amd 5.4 do not seem to allow your own site set up but only to a pre-set Spotlife website) Pictures are good but camera cannot tolerate bright sunlight exposure into lens as it damages the camera over time. This model has been replaced by the 3000 model.

This is just the best cam you can get, perhaps it does cost a bit more than others but the quality you get is the best there is. The usb connection is also very easy to set up.