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Webcam for Mac Pro in place of iSight?

jonnysods

jonnysods

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Hey all, I just ordered a new Quad to replace my iMac, and I had a question.

Now that I'm losing an iSight in my iMac, I was looking around at the old iSight webcams, but the prices are crazy high still. I was wondering if there was a camera out there that can be used instead of the iSight?

I want it for Skype, MSN for Windows etc as I need it to talk to clients and family back in Australia.

Thanks!
 
I just got the QuickCam Pro 9000 (http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/webcam_communications/webcams/devices/3056&cl=us,en) delivered yesterday, I will say that it is very sharp, but it does not capture motion well. Plug and play, so there may be additional drivers that help with that. Will have more to say in a week or so.

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What is considered the best webcam available? Most of the ones I've used aren't very good, the iSight included.

The firewire iSights were really good though.
 
jons said:
What is considered the best webcam available? Most of the ones I've used aren't very good, the iSight included.

The firewire iSights were really good though.
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Logitech Vision Pro is unbeatable so far, I'm VERY happy with mine.

Framegrab from it when I was testing with my PowerBook when I first got the cam:

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i used to use my PS2 eye toy as a webcam too. it's not fake although quality isn't going to be anywhere near a normal camcorder esp via firewire
 
Is there a secret to making the EyeToy work?
I just plugged it into my iMac to see what it does, and in iChat, Skype and System Preferences it is recognized as a microphone, but it doesn't appear as a camera anywhere.
Explanation?
 
How about the aGent V4. New ones can be found on eBay for about $50 and shipping is often free. It is marketed as a direct iSight competitor and even looks very similar. The screen grab is from 10 seconds ago.
 

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Logitech Vision Pro is unbeatable so far, I'm VERY happy with mine.

Framegrab from it when I was testing with my PowerBook when I first got the cam:

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Hmmm, that's not too bad (not real good but not too bad) for what looks like a total piece of junk when viewed at the store close up. By looking at it I would expect it to break in just a few days and wouldn't want to pay $100 for it. <shurg> Looks are deceiving?
 

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How about the aGent V4. New ones can be found on eBay for about $50 and shipping is often free. It is marketed as a direct iSight competitor and even looks very similar. The screen grab is from 10 seconds ago.
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Wow, that thing looks great! I wonder if it works. I'm going to dig around for some reviews because that price point is pretty good!
 
The PS Eye is the best i have seen, ultra smooth motion. Great Stills, and the Microphone is awesome (3 Mic's, to eliminate background noise)
 
Is that the PS2 or PS3 Eye?

It's certainly way cheaper than all the other units I'm looking at (which is good because I just spent over $3K for the machine - I can't tell my wife that I'm spending $150 of a camera!).

How do you get it to work on the MP?
 
jonnysods said:
Is that the PS2 or PS3 Eye?

It's certainly way cheaper than all the other units I'm looking at (which is good because I just spent over $3K for the machine - I can't tell my wife that I'm spending $150 of a camera!).

How do you get it to work on the MP?
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Its the PS Eye, not the Eyetoy, you can tell by the Cable (Seen in the pic of the Mac Pro)

The Eyetoy is a VGA Quality Camera
The PS Eye is a 720p Camera.
 
MattZani said:
Its the PS Eye, not the Eyetoy, you can tell by the Cable (Seen in the pic of the Mac Pro)

The Eyetoy is a VGA Quality Camera
The PS Eye is a 720p Camera.
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Just so I'm correct then, because I'm a noob with PS stuff - the PS Eye is the new camera for the PS3? I looked it up and it seems to be the one - I just don't want to make a bum purhcase!

Thanks!
 
I use the PS Eye (ps3 camera), my only problem with it is that the base is flat. So it doesn't sit well on my monitor. I have to very carefully balance it or place it at an odd angle on the Mac handles.
 
MattZani said:
Its the PS Eye, not the Eyetoy, you can tell by the Cable (Seen in the pic of the Mac Pro)

The Eyetoy is a VGA Quality Camera
The PS Eye is a 720p Camera.
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Does PS Eye works with ichat??? Because I cannot make it work...
 
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