[clug] webcams for Linux]

[Michael Bennett]

On 26/02/2004, at 10:11 AM, Michael James wrote:

> 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?

There's no reason why it shouldn't work. I did a google and found 
someone having success with isight under linux 
(http://www.oreilly.net/pub/wlg/3375).

Seeya
Michael

> 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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