External isight still good to buy?

[cpnotebook80]

I have a new imac with built in isight etc. However, i have a chance of getting the external isight thats discontinued by apple.
Wondering how good that is compared to the built in ones. I like the flexibility of moving the camera around when recording.
any suggestion if the external isight is still supported by apple?
and if its good to buy it ?
thanks

 

[SuperCompu2]

Yeah, the external iSight is still a great little item to use. I believe it supports a higher resolution picture, and would be really neat to film different angles rather than straight on.

If you get a good deal go for it. These still sell for a ton of cash on eBay so even if you got sick of it you could potentially make a few bucks.

 

[cpnotebook80]

cool thanks.I was reading on wikipedia regarding the isight and it said its rez was only 640x480.
Also it did mention
"...With the LED-Backlit MacBook Pros, Apple has moved to using a sensor capable of 1280x960, but when accessed using provided APIs, the image is re-sampled to 640x480."

see here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISight

 

[speakerwizard]

resolution isnt always everything, also depends on what your using it for, does the app tou will use support higher resolutions? i believe though not sure it had a glass lend with auto focus didnt it?

 

[cpnotebook80]

resolution isnt always everything, also depends on what your using it for, does the app tou will use support higher resolutions? i believe though not sure it had a glass lend with auto focus didnt it?

so the isight external has a glass lens? ddint get the last part of ure statement..

Can you use the external isight on ure imac with built in or will it cause a conflict? when u use ichat etc