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Re: Webcam comparable to 3Com Homeconnect?

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Sep 26, 2009, 12:43:41 PM9/26/09
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Peabody a �crit :
> I have an ancient 3Com HomeConnect webcam which does really well in
> low light, with no motion blur. But it's completely manual, and has
> no drivers for anything past XP, and even in XP there are problems.
> So, I'd like to see about getting a new webcam.
>
> But even the expensive, fancy cams I see now, with tilt, pan and
> zoom, autofocus, and whatever, don't look as good. Of course they
> all have CMOS sensors versus the CCD sensor in the 3Com, and that
> may have some effect. But for whatever reason, motion blur seems
> worse.
>
> Specifically, one of my relatives has a Logitech 9000, and it
> doesn't look as good as my cam.
>
> Is there a modern webcam that's as good as the 3Com in low light?
>
>
http://www.axis.com/products/cam_212/

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Si Ballenger

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Sep 27, 2009, 1:56:45 AM9/27/09
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On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:42:07 -0500, Peabody
<waybackNO...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I have an ancient 3Com HomeConnect webcam which does really well in
>low light, with no motion blur. But it's completely manual, and has
>no drivers for anything past XP, and even in XP there are problems.
>So, I'd like to see about getting a new webcam.
>
>But even the expensive, fancy cams I see now, with tilt, pan and
>zoom, autofocus, and whatever, don't look as good. Of course they
>all have CMOS sensors versus the CCD sensor in the 3Com, and that
>may have some effect. But for whatever reason, motion blur seems
>worse.
>
>Specifically, one of my relatives has a Logitech 9000, and it
>doesn't look as good as my cam.
>
>Is there a modern webcam that's as good as the 3Com in low light?

The cams are nows old by Digi under the name of Watchport. Try
the link below or a google shopping earch.

http://tinyurl.com/ya68yu8

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