Logitech 'Mac' Webcam Still A Great Cross-Platform Choice
22/08/09 19:01
Now that the Logitech QuickCam Vision Pro (ahem) ‘For Mac’
webcam is shipping, hands-on video reviews around the web are popping up. OMG! - what a SPECTACULAR performing product! The particular reviews I watched were both using and demonstrating the cam on a Windows Vista PC - - So truly there is NOTHING Apple Macintosh specific about this webcam whatsoever. That’s not suprising. This truly is a driverless UVC compliant webcam in all major aspects. It’s about time.
What Vista/XP PC users can conclude from this is simple. It’s only a matter of time before the 9000 Pro gets dustbinned or demoted - and a ‘Very, very extra-special Just-For-PC’ release of another (Ahem) Mac-Compatible-Web-Cam will be announced with much Press Release fanfare and shipped in a different box, a slighty different name, and a slightly different, very sexy model # other than 960-000254. I’m placing odds the PC version arrives in Basic-Black just like it’s 9000 Pro predecessor. Just so there’ll be no confusion: ‘The same webcam in Silver/Black for PC, Silver/Gray for Mac’ to uh, help the consumer make the, uh, critical distinction. And double the amount of shelf-space Logitech can occupy.
In a nutshell, Logitech has simply released a GREAT quality webcam with HARDWARE Auto-Focus that needs no software. They’ve done a great HARDWARE implementation of their RightLight2 technology that adapts well to rapid shifts in lighting that needs no software. A truly intelligent, quality, driver-free autofocus webcam we’ve all been waiting for. Buyers are gonna LOVE it’s performance. The caveat? As with all Auto-Focus webcams, focusing takes time. Not much, but in the video reviews of the QuickCam Vision Pro I saw, the perceptable second or two lag to zone in is perfectly normal.
webcam is shipping, hands-on video reviews around the web are popping up. OMG! - what a SPECTACULAR performing product! The particular reviews I watched were both using and demonstrating the cam on a Windows Vista PC - - So truly there is NOTHING Apple Macintosh specific about this webcam whatsoever. That’s not suprising. This truly is a driverless UVC compliant webcam in all major aspects. It’s about time.
What Vista/XP PC users can conclude from this is simple. It’s only a matter of time before the 9000 Pro gets dustbinned or demoted - and a ‘Very, very extra-special Just-For-PC’ release of another (Ahem) Mac-Compatible-Web-Cam will be announced with much Press Release fanfare and shipped in a different box, a slighty different name, and a slightly different, very sexy model # other than 960-000254. I’m placing odds the PC version arrives in Basic-Black just like it’s 9000 Pro predecessor. Just so there’ll be no confusion: ‘The same webcam in Silver/Black for PC, Silver/Gray for Mac’ to uh, help the consumer make the, uh, critical distinction. And double the amount of shelf-space Logitech can occupy.
In a nutshell, Logitech has simply released a GREAT quality webcam with HARDWARE Auto-Focus that needs no software. They’ve done a great HARDWARE implementation of their RightLight2 technology that adapts well to rapid shifts in lighting that needs no software. A truly intelligent, quality, driver-free autofocus webcam we’ve all been waiting for. Buyers are gonna LOVE it’s performance. The caveat? As with all Auto-Focus webcams, focusing takes time. Not much, but in the video reviews of the QuickCam Vision Pro I saw, the perceptable second or two lag to zone in is perfectly normal.
