[Tfug] webcam recommendations

[Matthew Patenaude]

Sorry 'bout that, guys. I should have remembered to specify... I just need
it for home use: we are going back overseas to work, and the grandparents
would like to *see* our children when we skype and whatnot.

Does that help? I was wondering if anyone had tried Philips or the hp brand
cameras...? Thanks for the suggestions so far.

- Matthew

On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 12:17 AM, Choprboy <choprboy at dakotacom.net> wrote:

> On Tuesday 01 July 2008 18:55, George Cohn wrote:
> > Matthew Patenaude wrote:
> > > I am looking for any recommendation for [newer?] webcams that are at
> > > least fairly easy to get working in Linux. I use Hardy Heron. I would
> > > rather pick one up from a store than try to find a used one on line, if
> > > possible.
> > >
> > > Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Without knowing it's intended purpose, it's hard to make a
> > recommendation by model.
> >
>
> Agreed... Depends on your use.
>
> I picked up a fairly cheap Logitech QuickCam Communicate Deluxe from Newegg
> a
> while back that seems to work alright. Low light conditions are poor, as
> with
> nearly every other camera, but otherwise it isn;t too bad. Of note, it has
> a
> glass lens, manual focus, and will work at up to 1280x960 real resolution
> in
> JPEG or YUYV mode. One gotcha though, caught me for a while, on a USB 1.x
> port it automatically backs down and reports itself as only capable of
> 640x480 at a much lower framerate... Couldn;t figure out why my captures at
> 1024x768 wouldn;t work when I took it with me on vacation while they were
> working fine at home, finally discovered the laptop port I had plugged into
> was 1.x instead of the 2.0 I tested with.
>
> For a network camera... I have had an IPCam NC1000 network camera for a
> long
> time (though looking at it now it looks like it might have died in the
> lightning storm, hung on an image from a couple days ago). It has worked
> great, though the lack of a battery or RTC in nearly all netcams results in
> timestamp/config issues on rebooting and power lose conditions.
>
> For PTZs and higher quality netcams, the Axis line are superb with great
> low-light images. But you will pay big bucks for that quality.
>
> Adrian
>
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