QuickCam for Windows, ...
Cathy Wang
QuickCam for Windows, ...
Make your connection to the Internet "alife" with this camera!
Plugs Right in for Instant Snapshots and Easy Video
No longer is your computer limited to dry text or someone else's clip art.
Introducing Connectix QuickCam(tm) for Windows; the first affordable, digital
video camera for Windows-based personal computers. QuickCam makes it easy
for you to take your own still pictures and video movies with a Microsoft
Windows or Windows 95(tm) PC.
By simply plugging the QuickCam into the parallel port of your PC and easily
installing the included Connectix QuickPict and QuickMovie software, you'll
see your own images on your computer in minutes. There's no need to take
apart your computer, set switches or purchase additional hardware. QuickCam
even works with laptop PCs that have a parallel port.
QuickCam uses direct digital imaging to create black and white movies and
still pictures. Use the images you create in the programs supplied or add
your movies and pictures to thousands of other Windows applications; virtually
anything that supports Windows AVI movies or standard Windows BMP or TIFF
images.
Easy Video
QuickCam makes black and white videos of anything. Used with a soundboard
and microphone, you'll have full audio and video at up to 24 frames per
second (your speed will vary with the size of the image and the speed of
your computer). Connectix QuickMovie software makes it easy to capture your
movies using Microsoft Video for Windows, so you have everything you need
to make movies with your computer. QuickCam even adjusts automatically to
different lighting conditions. All you have to do is point and shoot! Imagine
adding a video clip with a product demo to an otherwise dull presentation.
Or emailing a video of your child's first steps to a family member out of
town. Use time-lapse movies to keep an eye on your office. QuickCam is so
amazingly convenient and easy to use you can decide to record video movies
for almost any reason!
Instant Snapshots
Use Connectix QuickPict to capture full 64-grayscale images with photographic
quality from your QuickCam. You can take pictures of your own, or use the
QuickCam to digitize photos you already have on hand. The images can be
used instantly in virtually any Windows program, or get Connectix QuickStudio(tm)
and create your own special effects.
Use QuickCam to take photos and watch your computer come alive with your
own personality. Dress up your softball team's newsletter with a photo of
that tournament trophy. Add a photo of your product to a business plan.
Take a photo of the new puppy to send to your old college roommate over
the Internet. Don't just describe it; show it!
** Watch Your Computer Come to Life with QuickCam! **
Watch your friends, colleagues and family smile as you include them in movies
and snapshots on your computer. And included with QuickCam is a live-action
full-size screen saver to run on your screen while you're not working.
QuickCam Technology
QuickCam is the first fully digital camera for personal computers. It uses
a state-of-the-art black and white Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) array to
accurately capture video and still images in up to 64 shades of gray at
sizes up to 320 by 240 pixels. QuickCam sends these images as digital information
directly to your computer through a parallel port, so you don't need additional
cards or hardware to make it work! This gives you higher quality at a lower
cost than solutions that have to convert signals from analog to digital.
QuickCam's lens has a 65! field of view, about the same as a camera with
a wide-angle lens (equivalent to a 38mm lens on a 35mm camera). Focus is
fixed from 18S to infinity. Frame rates are up to 18 per second for a 160
by 120 pixel image (frame rates may be limited by the performance of your
PC).
Package Includes:
Hardware
* QuickCam CCD-based Digital Video Camera with 6-ft. connecting cable
and keyboard power adapter pass through
* Camera Base
* Built-in Tripod socket
Software
* Connectix QuickMovie movie recorder including Microsoft Video for
Windows runtime files (Creates .AVI video files)
* Connectix QuickPict image capture utility (Creates .BMP and .TIF images
in Windows)
* Screen Saver module
Requirements
* A 386, 486 or Pentium-class personal computer with at least 4 MB of
memory; 8 MB minimum required under Windows 95
* Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups 3.11
* Standard or Enhanced 25-pin parallel port and available keyboard port
for power adapter pass through
* At least 1 MB of hard disk space (more to store movies)
* Sound card (e.g. SoundBlaster) with microphone required to capture
and playback audio in movies
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