Macally Portable Goose Neck USB Video Web Cam - ICECAM
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Manufacturer: MacallyAudio: English (Original Language)
Format: CD
Platform: Mac
Model: ICECAM
Product features:
- Works with Yahoo! Messenger and iChatAV
- Perfect for internet Video & Image Capture
- Interface: USB 1.1
- Flexible cable design for easy height and angle positioning
- Compatible with Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP; Any Macintosh desktop or powerbook computer with an built-in USB port
- AmazonBasics USB 2.0 A-Male to A-Female Extension Cable (3.3 Feet/1.0 Meter)
- AmazonBasics USB 2.0 A-Male to B-Male Cable (6 Feet / 1.8 Meters)
- AmazonBasics Ultra-High-Speed HDMI Cable Braided (9.8 Feet/3.0 Meters)
- AmazonBasics High-Speed HDMI Braided Cable (6.5 Feet/2.0 Meters)
- AmazonBasics High-Speed HDMI Cable (9.8 Feet/3.0 Meters) [Supports 3D + Audio Return Channel]
Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Macally Portable Goose Neck USB Video Web Cam - ICECAM
Customer Review: Save your money and your mind
Summary: 2 Stars
It was the least expensive Mac-compatible camera available. I thought, "How bad can it be?" Hmmmm, "Atrocious, Baleful, Contemptible, Deplorable, Execrable, Frightful..." Too bad the English alphabet has only twenty-six letters; there are so many more words to describe how truly awful it is.
Although you can adjust the sharpness slightly by moving the tiny ring on the lens, the displayed image appears as though viewed through waxed paper. Without the additional purchase of eCamm's iUSBCam software it doesn't work at all, and you'll find even that software truly and still requires the additional purchase of the sister product, iGlasses, to get a picture that doesn't approximate the glowing blobs described by someone who has been abducted by extra-terrestrials. Lighting is tricky ... it doesn't like low light or shadows. but too much light, as from a desk lamp set to illuminate your face, makes your image glow as though it were radioactive.
The field of vision is oddly short and long, like a 3x5 index card. The preview app, if left in the dock, is helpful for adjusting the ambient light before attempting to use iChat and, despite complaints, will turn off both the camera and its little green light. The USB connector must be connected directly to the computer or a powered hub. But the twisty cable is only about twelve inches from connecter to lens, and so rigid at the ends that it protrudes inconveniently far, wasting a good bit of the gooseneck type coil. Oddly, this coil, with all the strength of overcooked spaghetti, actually strengthens when bent or twisted lightly. However, that action further lowers the positioning on my eMac, requiring me to look down and to the side to appear as though I am looking into the eyes of the person I'm iChatting. If I try to look at their image on the display, what they see is me looking in any direction but theirs.
Yes, it's portable; but aren't they all? Yes it's inexpensive; but the add-ons more than double the price. Overall, a purchaser would be a thousand percent better off buying another brand that's plug-and-play compatible. This is pretty much a waste of money, time, and effort ... unless you're doing a report on disabilities. If you are writing about eyesight and want to experience for yourself how severe cataracts affect the vision of someone before surgical removal, this camera is IDEAL. And, just as people who've had their cataracts removed marvel at how clear and bright the world becomes post-op, shifting from this camera to just about anything else will have you shouting, I'VE BEEN CURED! I CAN SEE AGAIN! IT'S A MIRACLE!
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