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Binding: ElectronicsBrand: Creative EAN: 5390660131356 Item Dimensions: Label: Creative Legal Disclaimer: Layer One UK does not offer any warranty other than the one imposed by the manufacturer. Consequently, the warranty conditions proposed by Layer One UK will be an exact copy of the manufacturers. Manufacturer: Creative Model: 73VF027000004 MPN: 73VF027000004 Platform: Windows XP Publisher: Creative Release Date: November 20, 2006 Studio: Creative Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Technical DataDimensions & Weight / Widthcm20.9Technical DataDimensions & Weight / Depthcm9.9Technical DataDimensions & Weight / Heightcm21Technical DataDimensions & Weight / Weightkg0.6Technical DataSystem Requirements / OS RequiredMicrosoft Windows XP 64-bit EditionTechnical DataVideo Input / Still Image Capture Resolution640 x 480Technical DataHeader / Product LineCreativeTechnical DataHeader / ModelLive! Cam OptiaTechnical DataHeader / CompatibilityPCTechnical DataHeader / LocalizationSpanishTechnical DataHeader / ManufacturerCreative TechnologyTechnical DataHeader / Packaged Quantity1Technical DataCCTV / Camera Mechanical DesignFixedTechnical DataVideo Input / Camera TypeWeb cameraTechnical DataVideo Input / Computer InterfaceHi-Speed USBTechnical DataCCTV / Max Digital Video Resolution640 x 480 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Poor compatibilityI like the look of this web cam. (Finding anything that is not coloured black is like gold dust these days). I also like the fact that you can point the camera downwards for privacy (which also turns the unit off). So many web cams don't have such a facility, or even a lens cap. However, despite the claims of this web cam not needing drivers, it doesn't work on Windows 2000 making the unit absolutely useless to me. It does however work in Linux (Ubuntu) although the picture quality was terrible. Rating:  - a good camerai am actually quite impressed with this purchase. it has a good picture and works with my pc well. it probably would be better when used with a computer instead of a laptop as it doesnt grip well to the top of the screen. and if i'd found out how to take the motion detection off (it's so annoying) i'd probably have given it 5 stars. Rating: - Decent cheap camera.This is a decent cheap camera. It supports UVC (USB video class) which is an open standard. This means you don't need to install creative's crap software, and it will work in Vista and Linux without installing any extra drivers. The sensor is 640x480 at 30 fps (and some imaginary extra pixels for photos). This is very decent for the price and easily good enough for use as a webcam; the network will be the limiting factor for image quality. The camera doesn't have a great depth of field but the manual focusing ring is easy enough to adjust so it's not much of a problem. Video is smooth and the delay/latency is actually pretty good. Performance in low light is also pretty good for a camera this cheap, but predictably you still get lots of hue noise. Switching to black and white improves this, at the cost of no colour at all. The base is ok but not great. It's not a hugely intelligent shape so you might need some blutack. My biggest problem with this camera is the very high level chromatic aberration. If it is focused then loads of edges have purple and green halos. You can 'fix' it by defocussing the camera a bit but that's just stupid. The automatic colour balance also screws up quite a lot. It seems to want to make every scene the same colour (perhaps skin colour) so if you put a red sheet of paper in front of the camera it makes it appear orange. Might be possible to turn that off but I haven't really experimented. It would be nice if someone made a good quality webcam with non-scrolling shutter and a fast lens. Until that day a decentish cheap webcam like this is ok. Main Pros: UVC - supported by generic drivers 640x480@30fps Cheap Main Cons: Lots of chromatic aberration Dodgy colour correction Rating:  - Not for YahooTHis is a nice quality camera, but it will not work on yahoo. It can't be recognised by Yahoo messenger. It does work very well on MSN,or whatever they call it now. Rating:  - nice qualityRead the review and still clicked ok for updates, yes its a 20 minute download. But everything worked perfectly. A very nice quality of product and sits nicely on top of my laptop screen. Did buy a cheapo webcam, which was a cheap for a reason, the optia certainly seems worth the money. Turns itself on (slowly) but automatically when choosing video call on Skype a lovely glowing blue light confirms its switched itself on. Come the New Year will be buying another Optia to send to my Mum. Can thoroughly recommend this product.  Try searching the Internet for "Creative Live! Cam Optia" or Ebay for "Creative Live! Cam Optia". You might also be interested in the following great products:
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