The Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000 has probably the clearest image for any reasonably priced WebCam. My daughter grabbed it from me as soon as it arrived and when we got it working her friends were astounded at how much better the image from our house was than all the other friends' webcams. The auto-focus does a nice job of keeping the picture in crystal clear focus even as you move around and get close to the camera. We used it to make a couple of short videos and at even larger sizes, they still looked great. We took some still pictures at the highest quality and they were razor sharp. Sound quality was also exceptional. The camera has the ability to automatically adjust to the light in the room and that worked nicely. It lets you turn the feature off in case you don't like the result. The camera has a well designed stand that lets it wrap around flat screen monitors and sit nicely on top of regular monitors.
Installation was painful on our PCs (Windows XP fully updated), however. On my daughter's computer we had to install twice to get all the correct editing software that comes with the camera. On my computer, the first try caused the installation to crash and when we finally did get everything installed after a couple of reboots we couldn't get the software to recognize that the camera was installed. We ran an update from Logitech, rebooted again, and everything was finally working. The Skype problem that has been reported in some reviews here seems to be related to the current version of Skype but people have been reporting success using Skype Version 2.5.0.154. Apparently, the Skype developers are aware of the problem and are working on a fix.
Overall, this is an amazing camera. My daughter uses it to talk to her friends using Live Messenger and it works perfectly. It does a fantastic job as a still and video camera (at least one that is attached to the computer). The software lets you add all sorts of silly effects like putting an arrow through your head or giving you silly sunglasses (with more effects available for free downloading from Logitech) and it does a great job of keeping them in the right place even as you move around. I can strongly recommend this camera to anyone in the market for something better than one of those cheap, poor image cameras.Get more detail about Logitech Webcam Pro 9000.
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