| Logitech QuickCam Orbit AF | 
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| Brand: Logitech
Category: CE
List Price: $129.99
Buy New: $94.99
You Save: $35.00 (27%)
Buy New/Used from $69.99
Avg. Customer Rating:   (33 reviews)
Sales Rank: 330
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Native Resolution: 1600x1200
Warranty: 2 years warranty
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 4.6 x 7.6 x 8.9
MPN: 960-000111
Model: 960-000111
UPC: 097855047816
EAN: 0097855047816
ASIN: B000UY1OMY
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Box Contents - Logitech QuickCam Orbit AF, 9 eye-level stand, USB cable (6-feet), QuickCam Software CD including Logitech Video Effects, one-click video e-mail, QuickCapture for photos, Windows Live Messenger, Skype with free full-screen video calling, video-enabled AIM, Yahoo! Messenger, HP Photosmart Essential application for capturing, editing, customizing, and printing images (Web download required) and Quick-start guide | | • | Logitech Video Effects - Personalize your conversations with hundreds of avatars and face accessories that mirror expressions and motion using Fun Filters to add playful photographic effects such as fisheye, '50s Movie Reel, neonize, and more | | • | Video Masks - Adds personality to your video calls | | • | Carl Zeiss optics | | • | Autofocus system |
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Product Description
Move freely. Logitech QuickCam Orbit AF uses a motorized lens and intelligent face-tracking to keep you in the picture. Featuring Autofocus with Carl Zeiss optics, the QuickCam Orbit AF allows you to capture every detail and keep things sharp - even in the most extreme close-ups.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 28 more reviews...
 ok but August 27, 2008
picture was good when i got it but now it seems always out of focus even though the lens is clean. software is terrible and heavy.
Great Webcam August 18, 2008
i'm impressed with the functions, how it works and the robot function have the ability to follow every people on my room, the kids loved, i really recommend this product!!!
Logitech Camera August 2, 2008
The Logitech Quickcame orbit AF works great and is a great product overall. The only issue I have is when I restart my computer, I must manually tell it to follow me and reset mnay of my other settings.
Entertaining video show August 2, 2008
I bought this camera as replacement for an older Logitech model, and I use it mainly for video calls via Skype. I selected the QuickCam Orbit AF because I wanted the best possible picture quality and I thought it was cool to place the camera at some distance from my computer and control its pointing direction by mouseclicks. This works as well as expected. Also the automatic face tracking works to some extent, but don't expect too much. The camera will not follow your face very smoothly, and it will sometimes decide to pan into a direction where it doesn't see any face or moving object anymore. If the auto zoom is on, it will then zoom out, try to find you again and zoom back in. From a technical point of view this behavior is clearly suboptimal, but it can actually add entertaining elements to a video chat. I like it! If you find all the automatic panning and zooming annoying, you can always switch to manual mode and control the camera by hand through the graphical user interface. The picture quality - focus, exposure, colors - has always been good on my own screen as well as on the other side, but I haven't tested it under low-light conditions so far. Also the built-in microphone has not been tested because I am using a headset. Anyway, I think this is a quite good camera with nice-to-have remote-control and auto-tracking features for an acceptable price. I recommend it to anyone who wants a little more than conventional video calls with stationary face close-ups.
Way overkill for Skype July 24, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a high-end webcam in Logitech's lineup. The quality seems ok to me, although it is still made of plastic like every other webcam.
The big gimmick here is the motorized auto-tracking capability, which turns out to work quite poorly. It is not a problem of the facial recognition software. I can see it identifying my eyes and mouth correctly. Instead, the motor seems rather clumsy and inconsistent at following my movement. Logitech will do well by upgrading to better mechanical components.
The camera itself has a fairly high resolution. Unfortunately, none of the people I skype with has the bandwidth to receive HD images, so the feature is again wasted. Worse, the additional pixels need a lot of CPU horsepower to process, and the 1.6 GHz dual core in my machine is simply not up to the task. I have been waiting for the price on Q9450 to come down, but the camera may force my hand.
Considering the nearly $100 price, I cannot say this camera represents good value. Logitech is never cheap, but this one really comes close to being a rip-off. The built-in camera with my notebooks work just as well for Skype. Perhaps the QuickCam Orbit makes sense for people doing a lot of video-blogging, but for the rest of us, a built-in camera in the monitor actually takes up less space and costs significantly less too.
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