Logitech QuickCam Zoom is the fun way to connect. E-mail photos and videos, and zoom in or out. Add video to your Yahoo! Messenger. Even add live video to your favorite IM like MSN Messenger and AIM with Logitech's IM Video Companion. Video-chat online using Windows Messenger or Microsoft NetMeeting.
1 Subpar on Mac
The Logitech Quickcam Zoom has been a pain in the neck to use on my Mac (iBook G3/700 running Evocam webcam software). On most days the video ouptut is jerky or nonexistent until the cam is unplugged then replugged, the "snapshot" button on top is prone to accidental pressing, the lens cover doesn't attach securely and tends to fall off, the screw attaching the camera to its malleable base comes loose too easily, and the image quality is average at best. It did work with Evocam, but caused more grief than I figured it's been worth these past few months, so I'm selling this off and getting me a Unibrain firewire webcam instead.
2 Great Product
This item is great. Just be sure to follow the on screen and manual directions when installing it.. It has great clarity and the smoothness of movement is amazing. I have tried a few cams and found this to be my favorite. I gave one as a gift and they loved it. easy setup and use
3 One top ZOOM camera for me.
When I first purchased it I was a bit doubtful on the camera's ability to keep a zoom on my subjects constant movement. Well surprise surprise! It keep the focus all the time, constant movement was not an issue, there was a second delay for adjustment of course but overall did an excellent job.
Dont expect to make a hollywood production - (other comments) for it for that a good digital camcorder connnected to the PC would do. For home and office short clips and video conferencing this is the one.
If you are constantly moving or light conditions change I recommend this camera, makes pretty good "kid action sequences" from my kids sending vid emails to their friends in CA.
Logitech seems to always make their products a bit better than the rest. Thats why I stick with this brand.. So far so good!
4 Poor product, buggy software
The picture quality was grainy and the video jerky, the camera mount to the stand was loose so the camera wobbled, the software was buggy. I switched for their Notebook Pro and find it acceptable.
5 Does not work with Mac OS X
Although Logitech advertises in their web site and in the product packaging that this camera works with Mac OS X, the "support" is useless. They bundle a driver from IOXPerts, which does not control the white balance (the picture is blue or green) and the exposure (the image is almost black) correctly in automatic mode. Trying the newest version of the driver from either Logitech or IOXperts does not change that. The manual settings do not work, to the point that sliders don't slide and it is not possible to type in values.
After suffering for two hours, I packed the camera and boxed it for a return. It does work with Windows, but the image quality is low for a camera with this price tag.
6 Not as advertised
The provided software, required to use the camera, kept freezing on my WinXP system. I tried installing the camera on my wife's Mac G4 since it's supposed to be compatible with OSX - it would not work with the software I downloaded from Logitech (no Mac software is provided for Mac on in the included CD). I tried the alternate QuickCam software for Windows on Logitech's website (no explanation on differences between this and what is provided on the CD). Instructions on use of the camera and software are pathetic. The program help covers many models besides the one purchased and have to read through to find out how 'your' model functions. The 'hood' on the camera is flimsy and kept falling off. I was able to get an image using Windows built-in camera software - image was okay in ambient room lighting, but is poor in low light. I emailed Logitech about the software problem and answer in 2 days was to uninstall and reinstall which I had already done without success. I did not get a clear explanation of the differences between the two types of software provided other than QuickCam would not work with instand messaging services. I was not able to use this camera for any of the reasons I bought it and I returned it to Amazon.
7 Not an Optical Zoom
Warning: This product has fixed optics. Although you can "Zoom In" from a window in Net Meeting, all it does is blow up the image. As a result, you can not get fine resolution with Zoomed-In images. I feel this is border-line misrepresentation of a product because the box indicates that the camera module itself is a zoom camera. If you don't want zoom, it's a fine camera.
