looking for a mini tiny webcam

[phuong]

it might sound weird to you since i already have isignt built in with my mbp.
however, i want to record the person in front of me, not me. that is why i need an externam webcam.

what i want is this: i'm thinking of using a webcam to record lectures at my school. to be precise, i want to capture whatever the profs writes on the board. i need something that is small, and not attractive - not attractive enough so that the professor woulndt realized that he's being videoed. and preferably if it has a decent built-in micro.

i understand that a webcam generally has very short focal length so it probably won't be able to capture anything useful if the blackboard is too far away. it's just nice if i could do this thing.

so if anyone knows of any camera like this, let me know
and i really hope in the next generations of laptop, Apple would put a second isignt on the front, or at least make the isignt turnable

 

[Locatel]

How about this one?

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/US/EN,CRID=2204,CONTENTID=11804

You'll have to check if it works on a Mac, their website doesn't say anything about compatibility (even on models you know for sure that works on Macs)

 

[katie ta achoo]

if you don't want a separate webcam, you can try a periscope.
here's thelink to the site, not TUAW post.

 

[Locatel]

if you don't want a separate webcam, you can try a periscope.
here's thelink to the site, not TUAW post.

That's nice! Good solution! Here is the website link:

http://www.mungaimirrors.co.uk/huckleberry/ilisp.php

 

[Spanky Deluxe]

if you don't want a separate webcam, you can try a periscope.
here's thelink to the site, not TUAW post.

Wow, that's such a neat solution! It'd probably be the least obvious one anyway. That Logitech webcam is not officially Mac OS X compatible right now.

 

[phuong]

exactly what i'm looking for
the best part is, it dont require any cable.

 

[phuong]

alright, i got the mirror today and tried it on.
first impression, iGlasses is so great - so great that i think it should have been built-in with OSX.

other then that, i dont like the mirror very much because it looks at... the ceiling. they should work on the angle a bit so that it can really make iSight look at the person sitting in front of (me).
oh and the mirror is a little too bulky to my taste too.

but in anycase, if they release the improved version of it, i would definitely buy it again. totally worths the $10 bucks.