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Logitech QuickCam Pro for Notebooks (USB)
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Product Description
MODEL- 961240 VENDOR- LOGITECH INC. FEATURES- QuickCam for Notebooks Pro Portable USB PC Camera with built-in Microphone. QuickCam for Notebooks Pro is an ultra-portable high quality USB camera designed specifically for the notebook user. This camera allows the user to visually stay in touch while traveling. The integrated universal mount attaches to any notebook in a breeze and folds up for compact storage and lens protection. Utilizing a VGA CCD sensor the QuickCam for Notebooks Pro takes stunning pictures and video with true 640 x 480 resolution. Use the built-in microphone to easily add live audio and video to instant messages and video conferences with family friends and colleagues. Create and send exciting pictures and video e-mails. Create a live web cam or broadcast live video andaudio over the web via Spotlife.com. Use the included award winning MGI software to enhance your creations. Includes camera Carrying case with cable management system software CD and QuickStart guide. * Built-in universal notebook mount * Stylish and rugged aluminum body * Snapshot button * Tilt adjustment for easy subject framing * Chat face-to-face online * Capture still images and videos instantly * Studio quality pohoto and video editing (MGI) INTERFACE - USB 1.1 with 30 cable SENSOR - VGA (640 x 480) CCD LENS - Focus: 6 to infinity (manual) Zoom : Digital RESOLUTION - Still Image: Up to 1280 x 960 pixels (interpolated) Video : UP to 640 x 480 pixels (interpolated) FRAME RATE - Up to 30 frames per second VIDEO TYPE - AVI PICTURE TYPE - JPEG SOFTWARE- Logitech IM Video Companion Webcam enabled Yahoo! Messenger One Click photo and video e-mail Motion detection Animation SpotLife Webcam software SpotLife Personal Video Broadcasting SpotLife Web Album Creator Software MGI PhotoSuite SE MGIVideoWave SE easy to follow help guide. REQUIRES- PC: Pentium II 400 Celeron AMD Athlon processor or higher 64MB RAM (or minimum OS requirement whichever is higher). 200MB free hard drive spac...
Product Details
- Brand: Logitech
- Model: 961240-0403
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 3.50" h x 5.75" w x 10.50" l, 999.00 pounds
Features
- 640 x 480 video resolution and 1280 x 960 photo resolution
- Built-in microphone
- USB 1.1 interface
- Includes a full suite of camera utility software
- Compatible with Windows 98, 2000, Me, and XP
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com Product Description
Amazon.com Product Description Bring instant messages to life, create and edit videos, capture high-quality photos, and more--no matter where you are. The QuickCam for Notebooks Pro features anintegrated notebook mount that attaches to any notebook computer and folds up for compact storage and lens protection. With its studio-quality image editing software, you can create high-impact movies on the plane or at the beach. Life isn't stationary and neither are you--travel light with QuickCam for Notebooks Pro.
 | A camera that travels well. For Web activities and to send or receive video e-mail you'll need a Web browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or later or Netscape Navigator 4.0 or later; an application that supports file attachment, such as AOL 7.0, Microsoft Outlook Express, or Netscape Mail 4.x or later; a 28.8K modem; and an Internet connection with an e-mail account. Sound card and speakers are needed for audio playback. Mac requirements include Mac OS 9.04 or 9.1 (not compatible with Mac OS X or Classic Mode), a USB port, 64 MB RAM, QuickTime 4.1.2 or later, and CarbonLib 1.2.5. |
Get together face-to-face with family and friends in real time, whether it's across the street or across the world. Adding live video to your instant messages makes it more fun and personal. Best of all, it works with top IM applications like MSN Messenger, AIM, Yahoo! Messenger and Windows Messenger.
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Customer Reviews
Great Camera For Travelers With Notebooks
This camera takes excellent pictures (1280x960 stills and 640x480 video) even in low light where my other cameras have had problems.
It hooks over the top of the laptop screen and is held there by its own weight. This is a bit of a problem since mine often doesn't sit level and moves around if the cable (30" USB) gets moved. It says it will work with any laptop but the mounting won't acommodate the thickness of my Toshiba Tablet PC when it is in the tablet configuration. There is no provision for attaching a base or tripod so this is really a notebook (or flat screen) only camera. Overall the mounting system could be improved.
The mount folds into the metal camera shell and a flap covers the lense to protect it in transport. It even comes with a plastic clamshell case that the camera sits in with the cable wound around it. A nice touch.
There is some included software that looks nice but you need to download a third party codec for an additional $15 that you don't learn about until you try to use the software. This needs to be factored into the overall cost of the camera.
This is definately a camera you should consider of you travel with a notebook computer. I would buy it again.
Compatible with Windows XP and iSpQ 6.0.
Excellent framerate, picture quality, CPU, ease of use
I have tested about 30 USB cameras for use on PCs running videoconferencing software, because that's what I do for a living.
This camera hits all the hot buttons. And virtually no other camera I have tested had done as well, except a few other Logitechs, and some Firewire cameras that are much more expensive.
I used it on a Windows XP Pro SP1 laptop.
1. Full 30 frames per second live video in normal room light
2. Easy to install, doesn't screw up other installed media software products after you install it.
3. Slim, light, elegant, especially for laptop use because it was designed to hang on the back of a laptop lid. Other people have complained that it's flimsy and awkward to stand up on its own if you aren't using a laptop. I disagree. I've had it for more than a year, and it's as perfect as the day I got it. What's more, our company has used dozens of these on employees' computers, and customers' computers, and not one has failed or broken. The trick to standing it up on its own for a desktop computer is to flip open the little carrying box that comes with it, and sit the camera inside that box like a base. Then, it will happily sit on top of you monitor with no problem. This isn't obvious, nor am I even sure Logitech intended it, but it does work.
4. Picture quality and color balance are excellent, especially for a USB camera.
5. Low CPU load. Maybe a lot of you don't look at this, but it's important. This camera will do a live 352x288 pixel, 30 frame-per-second capture using only about 18% of my 2.4 GHz P4 laptop. Most other cameras, especially the Creative and most USB 2.0 cameras, sap the machine to the tune of 50-70% to do the same job.
6. The built-in mic works very well, but it's a little "hot" for my taste. You'll just need to adjust your mic volume down in the 15%-20% range for this camera.
7. Focus ring is smooth and easy to operate, unlike lots of USB cams where the focus ring is an awkward rubber sticky thing that's impossible to turn (or they have no focus adjustment at all!)
8. Works with every single video capture/editing/conferencing application I have ever tried, bar none, and that would be at least 20 different products from videoconferencing apps, to capture apps like VidCap32 and AMCAP, to video editing tools like MainActor.
In short, for $80, you are not going to find an easier-to-use, more reliable, better-quality camera.
I have some $150 firewire models (like the Orange Micro iBot Firewire Pro) that might have a slight edge on this one, but not much, and they aren't nearly as easy to carry, setup, or use.
The Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000 (desktop model) is also an excellent camera, but I'd actually have to give the notebook model the nod for a bit better video quality.
I like it so much, I purchased two.........
This little baby is great (and I do mean little)! The picture is clear as a bell and setup was painless. We wanted them so while my wife was in AZ for 5 weeks training for her new job, our kids would be able to see her each night, using the included Yahoo video messenger program. I liked the design so much, we purchased a second one for our home computer, even though it is not a notebook. I just set it up using a picture frame, on top of our monitor. We had read the Logitech 4000 (the desktop version which had been our first choice for the second webcam) had a flimsy design, so rather than fight that issue, we just decided to stick with the notebook version.....no regrets yet!!!!!
