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    What's better? Logitech Quickcam Pro 9000 or Creative Live! Optia AF

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Xoranus, Dec 7, 2007.

  1. Xoranus

    Xoranus Notebook Guru

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    I would like to buy on of this webcams for my notebook (not exactly notebook-webcams, but I would like to use one of them with my notebook for image recognition in my program).
    Have anybody tested them? Which one is better? If you have one of them please send me also photos on 1600x1200 resolution!

    (I have choosen these cameras as I need a 2 MP native webcamera with autofocus.)
     
  2. optomos

    optomos Notebook Evangelist

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    I use the Logitech 9000 pro on my desktop. The only complaint for this webcam is that if your running 5.1 audio and using its AEC feature it will cripple your sound and by cripple I mean you will loose audio, but that should not have any affect on a laptop. Here are some pics I took with it:

    In the first three images its actually dark and the webcam compensated for it.
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    You can see in this image the limitation if trying to take a pic at a distance
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    This one is kinda neat effect. A webcam looking back at itself :)
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  3. Xoranus

    Xoranus Notebook Guru

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    Thanks Optomos!

    I would like to have some more questions to you then. First,if you take a picture, move the camera quickly to another position (that's what it's going to do), how quickly can it autofocus, and how precise is it? (I need possibly sharp images for edge-recognition)
    Secondly, if the light changes, can it also refocus correctly?
    Thirdly, if you use it in daylight or with lamps, does it always make correct pictures or sometimes false autofocusing appears? (I'm going to use it only with good light conditions)

    Thanks in advance for your help!