[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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