Customer Reviews

Logitech QuickCam Pro PC Video Camera for Parallel Port

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

 

 

I was sold on the reviews that I read and ordered the quick cam pro. Upon opening the box the first thing I noticed was the lack of proper instruction material. You have to read between the lines in the Quick Campro user's guide. If you have anything connected to the printer port, like a printer you will have to remove it and install the cam cable. Which means you can't use the printer.

I would of liked to see a through connector like what is on most scanners so a printer and scanner can be run at the same time. Now I have to get down on my hands and knees and change the cable every time I want to use the printer or camera.

So far the camera does produce some great looking pictures both still and movie.

I find that the adjustments on the Quick Cam Pro are very precise and if I use the manual mode and reset all the settings in each situation / condition such as lighting, color etc., I can take a pretty good still picture. The video motion however is another story. The speed is such that all movements are jerky and far from real life. This is especially a major irritant when conferencing between our office locations. I thought I could put in an accelerator card to solve the problem but was told that the camera just isn't good enough. I have 11mb or Ram for video at present. I guess I'll be buying another product. NOT a good thing. Another problem is that I have to diconnect the printer from it's port in order to use the camera.

i have just two words for this product. NT Compatible and quick to use. maybe that's like four words but who cares. its a great tool for a beginner and an expert and best of all it works on NT also.

I would have givin the QuckCam Pro 5 stars, except that the usb version doesnt work w/ NT :\ while this may be MS's fault (what isnt ;), had I been able to have the bennies of usb w/ my NT workstation, I would have been truly happy.

Installation on my home 95 machine was a snap. I was able to goto logitechs home page and find, download and install the latest drivers w/ in a few min. They really put a nice package togeather. It's a snap to take a pic, and pop it off in a email to family and friends. Video is just as easy to take. Great image quality for such a small package. :)

Bottom line, QuckCam Pro is worth every penny.

Cheers,

Starr

Works great on all platforms including NT! You can download the Nt drivers from the Logitech website! A bargain!

I have now used my logitect quickcam for almost three years and I am just as pleased with it now as when I first bought it. It was the first webcam I purcased and without knowing much about computers I found it very easy to install the webcam and get started. I use it regulary (3-4 times a week) both the video conferencing (using netmeeting) and the picture captures using the quick cam pro software that comes with the webcam. I have had no problems with the video conferencing, the picture and speed is very great. I have checked the speed of the video conferencing by talking on a regular phone at the same time and found that the movements of the lips fits with the sound over the phone. I am also very pleased with the quality of the pictures and they are very easy to email. A great product that has helped me keeping my longdistance relationship last.

I can highly recoment this product to others and hope they will be just as pleased with the product as I am.

Maria.

This product was awesome. I've been using it for quite a while now for video conferencing with other emplyers and clients. I am the head of a company called eTekONLINE...We will probably order about 10 more of these from amazon.com in the future.

You can either use an A-B switch on a single parallel port, or do as I do and install a second parallel port. A "Hi-IRQ" card is best, so you can use an IRQ of say 10 or 11; most cards only offer IRQs of 7 (already used by the printer port) and 5 (usually used by a sound card).

Given the different computer operating systems, a product should be able to work on as many operating systems as possible. One can only give the lowest rating to this camera as it is not versatile enough to work under NT operating system

I receantly purchased 2 quick Cams from Logitech because of the brand name and affortable price, I sent one Cam to New York for the Video Conferance feature I installed the softwear acording to the directions and the Cam wouldn't work so I went onto the Logitech web sight for tech support, the information there was very confusing and hard to follow - but I tried it anyway. After failing again I then had to call a long distance phone number not a 800 number like most tech support ) and the person helping me wasn't interested in helping me , wanted to regester me for the mailing list. He then told me to reinstall the software and call him back if any problems. Well again I had to call but this time I got someone else, after tring to get help for him the time was 5PM and the line just went dead. I then tried to call back but got a recording saying the office is closed - I will be returning both Cams now and make sure I or any of my friends buys anything from Logitech agan.