[clug] webcams for Linux]

Michael James Michael.James at csiro.au
Wed Feb 25 23:11:01 GMT 2004


On Thursday 26 February 2004 09:51, Michael Bennett wrote:
> At LCA2004, the guy who presented about virtual reality discussed his 
> testing of webcams. His view was to go for a firewire webcam as they 
> all followed the firewire standard and worked under Linux. With the USB 
> ones you need drivers specifically for each model/chipset. Firewire 
> webcams are meant to be more expensive however most of them are meant 
> to have a better build quality and optics.

Does this mean an Apple webcam (firewire) will work with linux?

They are more expensive at $259 but they look good,
 do autofocus and hopefully have good optics.

From experience with horrible cheap digital cameras
 you need optics and focus to enjoy the picture.

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