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13" MBP Only 0.3 Megapixel iSight?

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HFU

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After much discussion about SATA downgrade by Apple, I decided to check some of the hardware components equipped with the latest batch of uMBP. After running Test App from Mac Daddy, I was only able to capture 640x480 image, does that mean the uMBP equipped with 0.3M iSight instead of 1.3M iSight on the higher end 15"/17" uMBP models?

If you know of other test program for iSight resolution, or configuration setting, please advise!
 
HFU said:
After much discussion about SATA downgrade by Apple, I decided to check some of the hardware components equipped with the latest batch of uMBP. After running Test App from Mac Daddy, I was only able to capture 640x480 image, does that mean the uMBP equipped with 0.3M iSight instead of 1.3M iSight on the higher end 15"/17" uMBP models?

If you know of other test program for iSight resolution, or configuration setting, please advise!
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Goes megapixel equal pixels? I thought all of their iSights use the same resolution.
 
HFU said:
After much discussion about SATA downgrade by Apple, I decided to check some of the hardware components equipped with the latest batch of uMBP. After running Test App from Mac Daddy, I was only able to capture 640x480 image, does that mean the uMBP equipped with 0.3M iSight instead of 1.3M iSight on the higher end 15"/17" uMBP models?

If you know of other test program for iSight resolution, or configuration setting, please advise!
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Oh no.... this is becoming too much. ~sigh. Crippled iSights?
 
HFU said:
After much discussion about SATA downgrade by Apple, I decided to check some of the hardware components equipped with the latest batch of uMBP. After running Test App from Mac Daddy, I was only able to capture 640x480 image, does that mean the uMBP equipped with 0.3M iSight instead of 1.3M iSight on the higher end 15"/17" uMBP models?

If you know of other test program for iSight resolution, or configuration setting, please advise!
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640x480 is pretty much the standard for webcams.

So far Apple has cut costs-I mean lowered the price-by using a 1.5 GB/s SATA interface and now it seem that they've lowed the pixels on the 13'' iSight. Or were they always .3 MP?
 
uh im pretty sure apps like ichat and photobooth dont take full use of the the 1.3 mp isight camera on the macbook pro

i'm pretty sure i read this somewhere.

I also read snowleopard will take better advantage of the 1.3mp camera and use higher resolutions
 
It IS a 1.3 megapixel camera, the software bumps it down to 640X480 for chats and stuff like that. This is common knowledge and its been like that for years.
 
"With the LED-Backlit MacBook Pros, Apple has moved to using a sensor capable of 1280x1024 pixels, but when accessed using provided APIs, the image is re-sampled to 640x480 pixels." - Wikipedia

Like others said, 640x480 is standard or better than most webcams and is not just a 13" thing.
 
NT1440 said:
It IS a 1.3 megapixel camera, the software bumps it down to 640X480 for chats and stuff like that. This is common knowledge and its been like that for years.
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Then why would that app report it as .3 MP? Someone with a new 17'' has to run that app.

EDIT: Some activity while I was typing.
 
I think SL will allow for better resolution because ichat now uses 1/3 of the bandwidth, meaning you could make up the difference with higher resolution now.

It is purely for bandwidth reasons, not sure why/if you can use a better resolution for photobooth.
 
If Snow Leopard can take advantage of 1.3MP, it would be great improvement for virtual conference.

Here is the info from 13" uMBP:

Hardware > USB > USB High-Speed Bus > Built-in iSight
Product ID: 0x8507
Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Inc.)
Version: 4.19

Can people with latest 15"/17" uMBP or previous gen uMB, uMBP/MBP check Product ID, Vendor ID, and Version under hardware profile?
 
You're LOOKING for problems? Jesus, some people on MacRumors are ridiculous. It's a effing computer, and a damn nice one at that. Go hang out with your friends and stop running tests on your system (yeah, TESTS, because in real life usage you didn't notice a difference!)
 
HFU said:
If Snow Leopard can take advantage of 1.3MP, it would be great improvement for virtual conference.

Here is the info from 13" uMBP:

Hardware > USB > USB High-Speed Bus > Built-in iSight
Product ID: 0x8507
Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Inc.)
Version: 4.19

Can people with latest 15"/17" uMBP or previous gen uMB, uMBP/MBP check Product ID, Vendor ID, and Version under hardware profile?
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It's same on 17" uMBP.
 
mikethebigo said:
You're LOOKING for problems? Jesus, some people on MacRumors are ridiculous. It's a effing computer, and a damn nice one at that. Go hang out with your friends and stop running tests on your system (yeah, TESTS, because in real life usage you didn't notice a difference!)
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Hey chill out, the person was just asking a question
 
I'm sorry dude. I don't mean to get nasty, I just think people need to chill out with trying to find things to complain about with the new systems.
 
Getting so tired of these 'Oh N0e5 App7e i5 7eh ev1L' threads.

If you've bought it and it meets your requirements, use it, if not sell it or return it.

:rolleyes:
 
HFU said:
If Snow Leopard can take advantage of 1.3MP, it would be great improvement for virtual conference.

Here is the info from 13" uMBP:

Hardware > USB > USB High-Speed Bus > Built-in iSight
Product ID: 0x8507
Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Inc.)
Version: 4.19

Can people with latest 15"/17" uMBP or previous gen uMB, uMBP/MBP check Product ID, Vendor ID, and Version under hardware profile?
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I have the same Product and Vendor IDs but version 4.18
 
Built-in iSight:

Product ID: 0x8507
Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Inc.)
Version: 4.18
Serial Number: 8H8CJ011B40Y3L00
Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
Location ID: 0x24400000
Current Available (mA): 500
Current Required (mA): 500


15" 2.4ghz pro
 
You can also use Quicktime to test your iSight by doing this:
- open Quicktime
- open Preferences and go to Recording tab
- under Quality, select Device Native
- now go to File and select New Movie Recording
- press command-I on your keyboard to bring up inspector
- if your iSight is indeed 1.3MP, then it should be recording in 1280 x 1024

EDIT: Quicktime PRO features only. Sorry about that. (Thanks for reminding me, uberamd)
 
chowmein said:
You can also use Quicktime to test your iSight by doing this:
- open Quicktime
- open Preferences and go to Recording tab
- under Quality, select Device Native
- now go to File and select New Movie Recording
- press command-I on your keyboard to bring up inspector
- if your iSight is indeed 1.3MP, then it should be recording in 1280 x 1024
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Those are quicktime pro features only.
 
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