Logitech 720p Webcam C905
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Logitech 720p Webcam C905
Customer Review: Awesome video quality and color rendition, slow autofocus
Summary: 4 Stars
This webcam has a really incredible video quality. It works in very low light, even if the light only comes from the computer monitor. The color rendition stays accurate in low or high lighting conditions. The autofocus sometimes does not focus on the right subject and is rather slow compared to camcorders, but since this is a webcam it does not bothers me that much. Audio is crisp and echo free.
Pros:
- Excellent picture quality, way better than all non HD camcorders I know of.
- Works very well in low light
- Stunning video quality in skype
- Small size, little bigger than 2 AA batteries side to side.
- short cable reduce clutter for laptop and desktop with usb hub on the monitor
- included mount for desktop
- easy installation
Cons:
- slow and sometime inaccurate autofocus.
- Software updates are slow and at present time Video effect (tracks your face to animate virtual avatars, or decorate your face with masks, glasses, etc) software conflicts with latest Microsoft hotfixes and returns an error message.
Conclusion: this is in my opinion the best webcam on the market today both in term of design and performance.
Customer Review: Does not work with current Skype
Summary: 1 Stars
As some other reviewers already mentioned: This cam does not work with the current skype version ... but in case someone wants to keep his cam: after endless fiddeling around the fallback solutions seems to be to use Skype version 3.0.0.218 or older ...
Skype blames the problem on Logitech, Logitech says Skype is buggy (since the camera is working fine with the logitech video call software...(btw: this is a paid service for $6.95/month) ... none of the two companies seems to care, however, if a seller puts a Skype logo on the package, I do not care where the problem exactly is, I simply expect the hardware to work with Skype.
2 days later.... after I almost overcame my initial frustration with the skype incompatibility let me add that under Vista on my Thinkpad X60 neither echo cancellation nor face tracking do work... did I mention that the same is true for any of other nice additional affects (avatars, still picture ...)?? Logitech Support told me to try a clean install (remove logitech software, disable all startup programs and non essential services, reinstall), took me about another hour ... however none of the bugs encountered so was solved by this.
Customer Review: Great Portable Webcam
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a great webcam. The video quality is wonderful, and it handles tough lighting conditions well. It's not perfect, in very low lighting, the image will be pixelated, noisy, and generally awful, but with proper lighting it can be a great webcam for a desktop or laptop. The stand that is included for use with desktops could be better, it is wobbly and kind of cheap, but it is functional, and will work. The clip on the webcam is a good idea, but I feel there must be a better way to mount the camera on laptops. The clip works, but often just a little tug from the cable can make the camera either come off or point away from you.
The software for the webcam is generally good, even though it runs all the time and is generally unneeded, it does have some pretty neat features. The microphone on this webcam works, but it's not nearly as good as a headset, since it has trouble picking your voice out of other sounds. When on Skype, others can clearly hear my mouse click or my keyboard clacking away using the built in mic.
Overall this is a well made, reliable, and high quality webcam, but some things could be done to make it better.
Customer Review: Best Webcam under $100
Summary: 5 Stars
This webcam does everything a similarly priced Creative Labs one didn't. I LOVE IT.
1. Hardware. Is wide angle enough so captures more than whole face at normal 2 to 3 foot distances.
Does an Excellent job in poor light. Is Autofocus. Is higher resolution than other similarly priced
webcams by Creative Labs (2 Megapixel, vs 1.2 Megapixel).
2. Drivers - Color tint was always perfect, and no adjustment needed.
3. Software - Easy Install, Allows one to zoom the image if desired.
4. Instructions - Either clips to monitor or mounts on (supplied) 11 inch tall plastic stick with base.
On a Macintosh, no software needed, it's natively supported on OS X 10.5 and 10.6, whith sharp image, and prefect color. Not quite as good as (more expensive) Stand-alone external Apple iSight Camera, but half the price; and this camera works on both Macintosh and Windows platforms, which iSight doesn't.
Drivers available for 64 bit Windows 7.
Customer Review: Seriously? Who is rating this thing 5 stars? The quality is god awful.
Summary: 1 Stars
Okay, have a look at this picture: [...]
This is me taking a picture of what the C905 looked like after I installed it on a machine running windows XP. At first everything seemed fine (except the absolute terrible picture quality - more on that later). However once I began using it through the next couple of minutes after installing I started getting all these really odd white lines down the middle of the picture (as demonstrated in the picture in the link).
When I did get it working (off & on, it was a battle) the picture quality was absolutely disgusting for a Logitech webcam with a Carl Zeiss lens. Disgusting. I own a Quickcam Pro 9000 and two Obit AF's (AF = auto focus). Both are superb in performance AND picture quality. The picture quality on this thing looks like it was made by Matel; yes, as in the TOY COMPANY. Anything more than 6 inches to 1 foot away from the lens was completely out of focus. If you want a "blurry cam" then go ahead an try your luck.
No thanks, I'm returning your product.