- PC compatible
- For videoconferencing, video e-mail, Web pages, and more
- Tilt/swivel base includes built-in clamp
- True 640 x 480 resolution
- Installs in minutes
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From Winmag®
Logitech's QuickCam Pro is the company's first new digital video camera since it bought Connectix's hardware business last year. This solid, well-designed unit rests on a tilt-and-swivel mount attached to the ball-shaped camera's main base. Rubber feet allow the entire unit to sit solidly on a flat surface, but there's also a sliding clip that can attach to the top of a notebook screen, bookcase or other mounting spot.
Logitech's QuickCam Pro is the company's first new digital video camera since it bought Connectix's hardware business last year. This solid, well-designed unit rests on a tilt-and-swivel mount attached to the ball-shaped camera's main base. Rubber feet allow the entire unit to sit solidly on a flat surface, but there's also a sliding clip that can attach to the top of a notebook screen, bookcase or other mounting spot.
The QuickCam Pro comes in parallel-port and USB versions. I tested the USB model, and installation was simple. The camera's capture software features an excellent interface and a large preview window; it's probably the best image-capture software I've seen with any video camera. The manual focus ring provides a wide and accurate focal range.
The camera has a maximum resolution of 640x480 pixels in 24-bit color. In my tests, still-image quality was excellent. Logitech gives you a wide range of image-adjustment options and also automatically optimizes every still-image capture to improve quality. The results are clear, sharp images that display good contrast.
The quality of captured moving images was not as good. It is almost impossible to avoid blur, and at the highest resolutions, I was only able to achieve frame rates of 5 frames per second (fps) or less. However, at 160x120 in 16-bit color, I was able to get about 24fps-good enough for video conferencing.
The QuickCam Pro also comes with NetMeeting for Internet video conferencing; Web publishing software from Ixla; Adobe PhotoDeluxe 2.0; Digital Arts & Sciences' ImageAXS for cataloging; RealPlayer for video e-mail; and software for creating Desktop themes.
While the Logitech QuickCam Pro doesn't match the image quality and performance of the Vista Imaging ViCAM on our WinList, it bests our previous WinList choice for low-end digital video camera, the Xirlink C-It Mobile. Despite its higher price, the QuickCam Pro replaces the Xirlink on our WinList.
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Now it's a snap to produce professional videos, send photos over the Internet and enjoy a new way of communicating with friends and family. QuickCam Pro is a high-quality video camera with an adjustable-focus lens as well as support for optional telephoto or wide-angle lenses. QuickCam Pro uses Logitech's exclusive VIDEC compression technology for smoother, faster frame rates. For greater flexibility, a custom base with built-in clamping capability allows users to attach QuickCam Pro to laptop screens or any surface up to one inch in thickness, in addition to the unit's standard position on top of a desktop monitor.The Logitech QuickCam Pro Internet video camera provides the latest innovation in convenient and exciting video communication. QuickCam Pro gives you endless ways to have fun: create an automatic web cam, easily create web pages featuring your QuickCam stills and videos, make live video calls over the Internet, send video e-mail, set up a digital surveillance system, take instant snapshots, and send live broadcasts to the web site.This camera comes with included bonus software: Microsoft NetMeeting; Boxtop iVisit; White Pine CU-SeeMe; ixla Web Easy Lite; Adobe PhotoDeluxe; Digital Arts and Science ImageAXS; RealNetworks RealPlayer; Microsoft Internet Explorer; Connectix Desktop Designer Lite.