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Logitech QuickCam Pro for Notebooks (Silver)
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| List Price: | $99.99 |
| Price: | $71.99 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details |
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Product Description
Enjoy image-perfect detail and clarity on your notebook. Carl Zeiss optics and autofocus keep images razor-sharp, even in extreme close-ups.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #140 in Consumer Electronics
- Color: Dark Gray
- Brand: Logitech
- Model: 960-000045
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.09" h x 2.87" w x 8.27" l, .66 pounds
Features
- New Logitech Vid software dramatically simplifies video calling (free download)
- High-precision AutoFocus with Carl Zeiss optics for razor-sharp video calls
- Full 2MP video resolution for in person picture clarity and detail
- RightLight2 Technology adjusts brightness for perfect images, even in dim light
- Includes travel case and desktop stand for use at home, office, hotels and airports. Conveniently clips to any notebook PC display
Editorial Reviews
From the Manufacturer
Be right a home - when you're on the road - with dramatically simplified, high quality video calling. The travel-size Logitech QuickCam Pro for Notebooks makes video calls look and sound so real, it's like being in the same room with your spouse and kids back home. With high-precision Carl Zeiss optics, a convenient travel case and free Logitech Vid video-calling software, being there from anywhere was never this easy.
 |  |  Be right at home, when you're on the road, with Logitech high quality video calling. The world is your office. And when you're out of town on business, you can't wait to be home again with your family. Well, your wait is over. The travel-size QuickCam Pro for Notebooks makes high quality video calls remarkably easy, so you can just focus on enjoying the moment with your brood back home. Read a bedtime story to your daughter, smile-to-smile, from your hotel room. Share morning coffee with your sweetie, face-to-face, from the airport cafe. Wave "hello, boy" to your tail-wagging best friend who's always happy to see you, even from hundreds of miles away. Logitech makes it easy to be with them from afar, and experience every emotion, in astonishing real-life clarity and detail. |
Be home in one click with easy video calling for the modern road warrior.
| | Download Vid (Windows)* It's about time video calling became easy for anyone to use. With new Logitech Vid software and the QuickCam Pro for Notebooks, you get a sharp and clear, yet dramatically simplified, video calling experience. It's the "one-click-to-call" software solution that works seamlessly with any new or existing Logitech webcam. And it's free for you and anyone you call.
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Easy set up
| | Just download the free software and you'll be ready to call in half the time it takes using other video call services. With the simple, intuitive interface, you can set up Vid—and your Logitech webcam—in just a few clicks. Click. Chat. Simple as that. |
Fast connections
| | Finally, video calling a friend is as easy as clicking on their picture and email address. No screen names or accounts to remember. With Vid "one-click-to-call", there are no extra steps to keep you from connecting with the people you care about most. All of your contacts are within easy reach. So you're ready to call the moment your webcam is. |
Free for all
| | Vid software is free with your new or existing Logitech webcam. It's also free for anyone you invite to connect with you. Want to add a friend to your call list? Simply choose "Add a friend" to send them an email invitation and software link. Once they sign up, you're both set for free one-click calling—no strings attached. |
Crystal-clear video chats
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Key Features
High-precision AutoFocus with 2-megapixel Carl Zeiss optics for razorsharp calls to family, co-workers and customers
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| | QuickCam Pro for Notebooks features Carl Zeiss optics, the top choice of professional videographers. Stream your live video conversations in full 2 MP detail. That's 50% higher video clarity than standard 1.3MP webcams. The lens automatically adjusts to the slightest movement for much smoother video chats without fuzzy images—even in the most extreme close-ups. Video calling never looked more real. The same goes for photos. Capture and email stunning snapshots, up to 8-megapixels, at the touch of a button. | ||||||||
Ultra-wide field of view and Intelligent Face Tracking keep you in the middle of the action
 | | Sit back. Talk with your hands. Chat from across the room. Show a close up of your new signed contract. Intelligent Face Tracking keeps your face, or whatever you're showing, in the center of the video frame. And the ultra-wide view means you can move around freely in front of the camera without having to change its position or angle. Whether you're on a video call home or a video meeting with your team back at the office, just do what comes naturally. This smart little webcam will make sure you're always center-screen. |
RightLight2 Technology brightens you up—even in poor light
| | Calling to say goodnight in the low light of a hotel desk lamp? Here's where your new webcam really shines. Logitech RightLight2 Technology instantly recognizes and corrects for poor lighting—even tricky side- and back-lighting. No need to lift a finger. The webcam automatically adjusts and balances the brightness on you, the foreground and background. So your face is never lost in shadows, and the people you're calling will always see you in the perfect light. | ||||||
Integrated microphone with RightSound 2 Technology for clear, echo-free chats
 | | The built-in microphone, featuring RightSound2 Technology, cancels the—voice, voice, voice" echoes that occur with some webcam brands. Distracting background noises are cancelled, too. Just speak normally, even from across the room. They won't miss a word. And if want more video calling privacy, it's as simple as adding a headset. |
Included travel case and desktop stand for your on-the-go life
| | You work in lots of places. Home. The office. Hotel rooms. Logitech includes convenient touches that make it easy to take and use your webcam everywhere. Keep it safe and protected wherever you go with the durable padded travel case. Use the builtin display clip to easily secure the webcam to your notebook. Or use the desktop stand to put your webcam at eye level when you're at home or the office. You can also move the stand around to take a shot of anyone or anything in the room. | ||||||
Logitech Video Effects make calling home extra entertaining
| | Bring out your inner child and make your kids smile, too. Call home disguised as an animated talking shark, alien or cat. It's easy with included Logitech Video Effects software. Personalize your appearance with hundreds of realistic effects, only from Logitech. Transform yourself into animated avatar characters who mirror your movements in real time. Talk and your avatar talks. Smile and your avatar smiles. Also add fun Face Accessories to your live-action image. Quirky glasses. Crazy hats. A royal crown. It's your choice. Or use Fun Filters to turn your image artsy, neon or creepy as a ghost. | ||||||
Works with all instant messaging programs for hassle-free calling
All you need for video calling is the webcam, a high-speed Internet connection and any instant messaging software. We recommend Logitech Vid video calling software. You can also download other IM programs online. Unlike some brands, QuickCam Pro for Notebooks works with all instant messaging programs—yours and whomever you call, so getting connected is hassle-free. | ||
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Which Webcam Is Right For You?
 | Good |  | Better |  | Best | Video Quality | Photo Quality | Optics | Corrects for Poor Lighting | Autofocus | Built-in Mic | Interactive Video Effects |
| For Home or Office | ||||||||
 | Logitech QuickCam Orbit AF | 2.0 MP HD 1600 x 1200 pixels | 8.0 MP | Carl Zeiss with motorized tracking | | | with echo and noise reduction | |
 | Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000 | 2.0 MP 1600 x 1200 pixels | 8.0 MP | Carl Zeiss ultra-wide angle | | | with echo and noise reduction | |
 | Logitech QuickCam Vision Pro for Mac | 2.0 MP 1600 x 1200 pixels | 8.0 MP | Carl Zeiss ultra-wide angle | | | | |
 | Logitech QuickCam Communicate Deluxe | 1.3 MP HD 960 x 720 pixels | 5.0 MP | Glass ultra-wide angle | | with echo and noise reduction | | |
 | Logitech QuickCam Communicate MP | 1.3 MP HD 960 x 720 pixels | 4.0 MP | Plastic | | with echo and noise reduction | | |
 | Logitech QuickCam Connect | 640 x 480 pixels | 640 x 480 pixels | with echo and noise reduction | | |||
| For Travel or Mobile | ||||||||
 | Logitech QuickCam Pro for Notebooks | 2.0 MP HD 1600 x 1200 pixels | 8.0 MP | Carl Zeiss ultra-wide angle | | | with echo and noise reduction | |
 | Logitech QuickCam Deluxe for Notebooks | 640 x 480 pixels | 1.3 MP | Glass | | with echo and noise reduction | | |
 | Logitech QuickCam for Notebooks | 640 x 480 pixels | 640 x 480 pixels | Plastic | with echo and noise reduction | | ||
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Customer Reviews
Impressive quality and perfect size
When I got the package, the first thing that made me happy was the size of this camera. I travel a fair amount on business and have a two-year-old daughter, so I always take a camera with me to talk to her at night and allow her to see me. The size of this camera is as good as it gets for traveling, and it also includes a great padded pouch for transporting it.
The other aspect of this product that I loved is its image quality, especially in regards to how well it adjusts the image based on the light and also how when you are on a Skype call and you move, the person on the other side can clearly see the movement instead of seeing a blur on their screen. I compared its quality side by side with my previous camera, which roughly costs half of what this one goes for, and the difference in quality was huge; making this a great purchase.
In terms of the software installation, the instructions were simple and clear and the process does not take too much time. The only thing that can be improved is that when you get to the point in which you are prompted to plug in the camera, while the computer is checking the configuration, the installation screen keeps prompting for the camera to be plugged in. People used to installing plug-and-play hardware will quickly realize what is going on, but some users may be confused by this and start unplugging and plugging the device.
In terms of using the camera with Skype, the integration is seamless. The only setting I had to adjust manually was the microphone, but this is straightforward, I just needed to go to the Options / Sound Devices and pick the appropriate audio in. A final thing to consider is that for the camera to work with Skype you have to close the Logitech Quickcam software, since the image cannot be used by both programs at the same time.
Overall I am highly satisfied with this product, and besides the minor problems mentioned above, the only other thing I did not care for was the stand. This camera works great if you are going to clip it to your laptop screen, but the stand provided for use with desktops is wobbly and does not help with image quality at all.
Nearly Excellent but Flawed Optics
Update: A replacement unit has good focus from side to side. The focusing defect I saw appears to be unit specific. Check your unit for focus uniformity across its entire field of view to avoid a defective unit. Once you have a good one, the image quality is excellent.
This webcam does produce a better picture than the built-in camera of a MacBook. Yes, it works with with Mac OS 10.4.10 natively as a UVC device. HOWEVER, the unit I purchased had a focusing flaw. The left side of the image was always slightly out of focus while the right side of the image was well focused. As a result, the very nice lens system just could not get the entire picture right. This focusing flaw was not so noticeable at iChat's low 640 x 480 resolution, but if native resolution images were captured using other webcam capture software, the left 1/3 of the image was clearly out of focus. I believe the unit had its glass lens tilted relative to the CCD preventing it from ever bringing both sides into focus. As a result, the camera's touted superior lens was largely negated.
However, it is otherwise an impressive camera which delivers better tolerance to poor lighting than the built-in MacBook camera. The increased resolution CCD is impressive (in the focused portions of he picture) and gamma response yielded an image which conveyed greater depth.
If the entire image were in focus simultaneously (in full resolution captures) I would have given this using 5 stars. With the optical flaw, I can only give it 3/5. It is possible that other specimens may have better alignment between the lens and CCD, but without testing several more units, I don't know if the problem is a design flaw or simply a single missaligned unit.
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Great Little Webcam
This is the perfect webcam for using with a laptop. The image quality is outstanding and works well even in low light. The cord is just long enough to connect up to a USB port without getting in the way and saves space when packed up in the tiny neoprene case that's included. Logitech even thought to include a handy mini velcro strap on the USB cord to keep things organized. There's a small and quite adequate microphone with the camera. The stand that is included with the camera breaks apart into three smaller pieces so it can also easily fit in one's gear bag. I'm a bit concerned it's not quite sturdy enough for constant assembly-and-disassembly. I can see using the stand quite a bit when attending lectures because it isolates the microphone from the sound of keyboard typing. I also own an Quick Cam Ultra Vision on a workstation at work. All in all, I'd say that this tiny webcam gives the huge Ultra Vision a good run for it's money on image quality and features, but is much more convenient for the road warrior. Logitech is obviously taking web cams seriously-- these are the two best webcams I have ever seen. They suddenly make video conferencing, video Skype, and OneNote video notes a must have.
