Advantages: Good low light performance, cheap
Disadvantages: No built in microphone

...I don't know what it is about the lighting in my office but pretty much every WebCam I have looked at struggles to see me. That is probably a Good Thing but it does mean that to use a WebCam I usually end up with enough lamps pointing at me to begin an interrogation session. A couple of years ago I decided to try yet another and so ended up with a Creative Labs WebCam 5. Creative Labs' WebCam 5 promised improved low light performance but given its low price point, I wasn't expecting too much. As it turns out I was pleasantly surprised. Installation Due to the low price the WebCam 5 is a fairly minimalist affair. The box contains the camera with a captive USB lead and the software CD. Being a USB device, the drivers and software need to be installed first before plugging in the WebCam. The main program on the CD is the Creative... Read review

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Advantages: Great quality picture and video
Disadvantages: Quite pricey compared to other webcams

... Overview I brought my Creative Live! Cam Video IM Pro last year (2006) around about the Easter period as I had been using the MSN messenger service for quite a while and a lot of my friends and family had them and so I thought that it was about time I got one too. Price I first brought my Creative Live! Cam Video IM Pro at a PC world in Canterbury, it cost me about £30, however this was quite a while ago and I have looked around and on the internet I have found the same webcam for around about £20 so do your home work first. Picture The Creative Live! Cam Video IM Pro can take photos at an incredible 1.3 mega pixels which is one of the highest quality still picture capture for webcams and you'll be hard pressed to find better. Video There is additional free software that comes... Read review

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Advantages: Great looking,smart cam with lots of extras!
Disadvantages: Pic quality could be better for 6.6 mp.

...This was my birthday present from my beloved as I'd wanted a digital camera for ages. I love it! It definately looks the part and will cause a stir when you bring it out in public, only 3 inches long, 2 inches high and 1.5 inches deep! It incorporates a 1.5 inch LCD colour screen on the back to view your photos with, It is 6.6 megapixels and can be used as a digital still camera, short playing video camera and a web cam. The digital still cam first...the picture quality is good but doesn't seem to me to be 6.6 megapixel quality (i'm just an amateur what do I know) my sister has a 3.2 mp cam and its slightly better than that! For me its great, you do need to hold the cam still for a few seconds after the pic has been taken so you don't blur it but thats not too much of a problem. It also has a great little switch to swop between close... Read review

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Advantages: You get a lot for the price
Disadvantages: Driver installation can be difficult.

...I bought my Webcam Go Plus last December, on Tottenham Court Road for £116 with all the usual guarantees. I remember it was pouring with rain, I had to wait hours for a bus home with the cam in its bag well under my coat. Like some of the other writers on this section I had trouble with installing the drivers, Windows 98 didn't want to know. I had to reboot a couple of times and start again, but I eventually got there. There is quite a bit of software that comes with the cam. Some of it I don't bother with, but I have found Webcam photo editor very easy to use. Yes the big plus about this camera is that you can use it away from the PC as well. The quality of pics to put online is fine, but if you wanted quality prints then you would have to pay out a lot more for a digital camera. If you go to the homepage I have linked in my... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap, ideal starter webcam, USB connected, some software included for recording short videos and taking still images
Disadvantages: Basic, more advanced users may want something a little more technical that may have a few more features than this one

...I purchased a cam in July last year, persuaded by my friend because he had moved to London and he claimed it would enhance my chat experiences. I searched through the Argos pages trying to find one that would be suited to me, and after weighing up the pros and cons I decided on this one! As a starter cam, especially for a new inexperienced cam/chat user, this is an ideal purchase. It might not be wireless so you can take it with you to take pictures, nor will it give the bonus of having a zoom feature to get an even closer picture of yourself, nor does it have a build in microphone, but all these are insignificant if your looking for just a webcam that isn't too costly and that is reliable. Initially with the intention of keeping this webcam for two months and upgrading, I've found myself hanging onto it with dear life. It does... Read review

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Advantages: Speed camera alerts bonus features such as mp3 and photos and low price tag.
Disadvantages: None that ive discovered so far.

...I recieved my nav-cam 6200 for christmas 2006 and i really cant imagine being without it now. It is so helpful and makes life much easier, gone are the days of having to fight with a tatty road map that you arent even sure is the right ways up, pick up one of these babys and youll never look back. BASIC FEATURES Its main feature is of course satellite navigation which includes speed camera alerts, this is an excellent feature which can of course be very handy if you are driving on roads which you arent used to. This feature could also be really benificial for those who havent got a clean license as it also shows common locations in which speed traps are frequently set up, there is obviously no guarantee that there will be a speedtrap set up in the locations that it alerts you to every time you pass one of them but i have found... Read review

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Advantages: picture quality
Disadvantages: delay

...If you're a frequent user of a web cam, then this is the kind of camera you should be thinking of getting. The camera has a whole lot of features, looks great, has excellent build-quality and the pictures it produces are nothing short of excellent. O.k, lets go in to some detail. The camera is jet black and sits on a clear stand. You can swivel the camera up and down by up to 270°. You can even move it slightly left to right. When the camera is plugged in via USB or when its capturing an image a funky blew LED light comes on around the left side of the camera. This one of the main things I really loved about this camera. It looked fantastic. The web cam comes with two built in microphones giving you brilliant background noise cancellation. You are able to turn the noise reduction off and you can also add effects to your voice... Read review

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Advantages: True widescreen 16:9, iMovie compatible, DV/Firewire, large lens and 12*optical zoom
Disadvantages: Larger than usual DV cam to accommodate the 43mm lens

...for the Canon cameras mentioned loud mechanism noise while taping which you can hear on the recording. This put me off and as I was happy with my previous Panasonic DV cam I decided to go for this. *****FEATURES***** ----------------------------- * true widesceen 16:9 recording * 3CCD Camera System with Leica Dicomar Lens * 4.0 Megapixel Still Picture Recording with Optical Image Stabiliser + flash * Manual Focus Ring * huge 43mm lens * 12 times optical zoom * DV/Firewire connection * mini DV recording * iMovie compatible *****WHAT'S IN THE BOX?***** -------------------------------------------- Camera, battery, remote control, remote mic, strap, tape cleaner, USB cable, SW for PC (no need for Mac). - No DV tape - No SD card - No Firewire cable I got a free case thrown in with mine too. *****ADVANTAGES... Read review

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Advantages: Clear pictures, all angle rotation, stylish
Disadvantages: none

...This is one of the best web cams i have purchased. The pictures are really clear no matter what lighting i am using. The simple click switch on the top makes it easy to get into video calling which i really couldn't live without. Not too bulky it fits nicely on top of any slimline monitor. or can stand freely on any surface. The cam can be moved to any angle without falling over whenever I try to move it as thats what i used to find with my previous logitech one. I would recommend this product to any buyer because it's simple to set up and functions are easy to use. As of yet i do not have any problems with this product and I've had it just over 3 months.... Read review

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Advantages: Good value, Good picture
Disadvantages: Gamma and colour correction can play up

...This little webcam is a very good office / general home use webcam, not only does it have very good picture quality but you can also manually focus by twising the lens itself. The camera itself is 1.3 megapixels which gives a clear picture which can offer a very attractive output and along with settings you can change in MSN for instance you can create a rustique look by making it look grainy, black and white for that old field of simply tweak the settings for your desired effect. The video and mic function is very useful espcially if you want a cheap solution to making video blogs/ youtube entries for example as the video itself has a fairly reasonable resoulution of 640x 480 @30fps which is a fairly smooth. As a final note it comes with drivers which are easy to install and a life cam software which allows you to add all... Read review

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