Logitech 960-000254 QuickCam Vision Pro for Mac
To deliver image-perfect detail and clarity, the Logitech QuickCam Vision Pro webcam combines Logitech's premium autofocus technology with Carl Zeiss optics. The Logitech webcam uses a voice coil motor for its autofocus system, instead of a stepper motor. Focusing is fast and fluid - crisp even in extreme close-ups only 10 cm from the camera lens. Logitech's autofocus system compensates for changes in image-edge sharpness and refocuses images in less than three seconds. And through its exclusive collaboration with Carl Zeiss, Logitech ensures that the lens meets the world-renowned Zeiss standards for design and manufacturing to achieve superior sharpness in a compact, lightweight design.The 2-megapixel sensor helps the Logitech QuickCam Vision Pro webcam capture video images in high resolution. It is assisted by Logitech's RightLight 2 technology, which enables the webcam to adjust intelligently in dim or harshly backlighted situations.
Logitech 960-000254 QuickCam Vision Pro for Mac Accessories
 Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000
Apple Airport Express
Apple Mac mini MB138LL/A (1.83 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1 GB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, Combo Drive)
Apple Wireless Keyboard Kit
Roxio Toast 9 Titanium
Logitech ClearChat Comfort USB Headset
Logitech Harmony One Advanced Universal Remote
Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station (Gigabit) MB053LL/A
Kensington Mini Battery Extender and Charger for iPod and iPhone 1G, 3G (Black)
Apple Keyboard Kit
Logitech 960-000254 QuickCam Vision Pro for Mac Reviews
This is not mentioned on any of their literature, website or in the wecam instructions. I am still using OS 10.3.9 and very happy. But per Logitech; the webcam that you are using is only supported in Mac OS 10.4.11 or higher. I hope this assists in keeping down the returns. I believe this webcam may work well as described, however, after receiving it and spending quite a bit of time trying to figure out why my Mac did not recognize this camera I decided to contact Logitech support before returning this camera. The camera is not properly detected because it does not meet the requirement is order to function.
Talia, your G4 iMac simply doesn't have enough horsepower , in processor speed or video resolution, to do satisfying video chat- with any video camera. You have to dig into the iChat specifications, but this is what Apple states for 1-1 video chat requirements: 320-by-240 pixel video resolution requires a minimum of 1.8 GHz G5, or 1.66 GHz Intel Core Duo (one of the newer dual-processor computers).
This product listing is a bit misleading in that the Mac can't really take advantage of the high resolution of this camera. Apple software simply does not support such high resolution: as it says in the specs above, "Photo Booth and iChat support a maximum resolution of 640 x 480 pixels." .
I'm very sorry - there's not enough info here for you to have known that.
The specifications listed here are entirely inadequate for consumers to know how well this camera will work with their computer. If the chat window is any bigger, no matter what camera you use, the video will be choppy and poor quality because your Mac simply is not capable of processing the signals and displaying the video fast enough.
According to their specs, your computer would support a video resolution of 160-by-120 pixels- this is a video picture that is approximately 2 inches by 1.5 inches in size- tiny.
Pro 9000 except for the right-light technology. for a first and last name, and placed on hold again. I told them that the camera says that it is a 2 MP camera that. The Logitech QuickCam Vision Pro is billed as a 2 MP camera.
I asked how we can test the camera.and. They say there is no difference between this camera and the Logitech. Are we having fun yet. However, tech support says that they cannot get 2 MP working on a mac.
I asked for a supervisor and tech support just hung up on me. is mac compatible. But, according to Tres, they do not support any specific applications. Roshad, at tech support answered the phone. get the advertised resolution. I asked to speak. that can preview a 2 megapixel image on a mac. I called back and was put on hold for yet another 5 minutes.
with a supervisor and was placed back on hold. We tried: iVezeen, ichat, photobooth, quicktime pro player.nothing shows. Tres (the supervisor) says that it all depends on the bandwidth of the connection. Then I was asked. this camera at 2 MP.Logitech, are you listening.
I know Leopard includes them for Intel Macs, I'm not sure about earlier versions of the OS or Power PC Macs so users of older machines/software are advised to do a bit of research or even post on the Logitech forums. That's because the software was written to use a built in web cam or FireWire and the UVC compliant camera isn't yet fully supported. Excellent picture, as good a frame rate as the using software allows. You can use a third party little app called WebcamTweaker.app to capture movies from this camera. For me it was a five star purchase. Skype can be better, up to 30 fps but the cost is greater bandwidth needed for transmission. It was limited to the 5 fps which this QuickCam for Mac has eliminated.
If you have fairly recent hardware and are running Leopard this camera gives the best picture I've ever encountered on a Mac. First thing is that this is new technology which works with the built in UVC drivers. Prior to this cam I was using a Logitech 9000 Pro which gave an equally good image but lacked the built in auto focus and light adjustments. You can take stills but not movies except with the jerky 5 fps limitation. We are only limited any more by applications which fail to make use of the abilities built into this cam. I'm using it on my Mac Pro quad core. You will find that products which you might expect to work such as PhotoBooth don't or only give you about 5fps.
For iChat that's about 15 fps which is enough for reasonably responsive image.
Overall it delivers the goods. Having read that the Vision Pro is the first webcam to include hardware autofocus and light correction - thus avoiding the no-compatible-software issues that Mac users have had to deal with when using other Logitech cameras - I gave this one a try. The only slight criticism I have is that the Vision Pro's image was a little more high-contrast than the MacBook image, leading to slightly over-reflective areas of skin tone under normal office lighting. Those with thinning hair, beware. The image quality was slightly sharper than the MacBook, and when an item (e.g. I compared it side-by-side with the built-in webcam included with current MacBook models, and the Vision Pro compared quite favorably. a text page) was held up close to the lens, the Vision Pro was able to focus in more clearly than the built-in MacBook lens.
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