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On 26 Jul 2009, at 10:12, meino.cramer@×××.de wrote: |
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> What's about the pictire quality of the Playstation "Eye" Cam, |
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> Scroller? Ok? Good? Better? Best??? ;))) |
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Well, I haven't tried it under Linux, and I'm afraid I can't easily do |
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so either. |
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I'll also disclaim myself as not an expert by any means on the subject |
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of webcams, but to my eyes the picture was really good when I tried it |
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with the PS3 and on Windows. I think I compared it with my Macbook's |
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built-in webcam (Windows XP, Apple's bootcamp drivers) & the |
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Playstation Eye was better (also XP, 3rd-party hacker's drivers). I |
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have seen the output of plenty of cheap & nasty webcams, and I would |
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say this is in a better class. |
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For your application the quality of image indoors & in low-light |
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(which I think is quite good) may not be an advantage; you may find |
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both zoom settings may be quite wide. |
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But this camera seems quite good quality and feels well made; Linux |
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drivers are available although I've no idea how good they are. |
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I mentioned this cam in my previous message because I read that it |
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maxes out the USB bus. But if you want to play around with webcams, |
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it can also be picked up quite cheaply - I paid £20 for it (included |
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with the Eye of Judgement card game) at Christmas, and I've seen it |
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more recently for £25. |
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Stroller. |
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