| Logitech 960-000254 QuickCam Vision Pro for Mac |  | Brand: Logitech
Category: CE
List Price: $200.42
Buy New: $114.70
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 200
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 8
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 7.6 x 3.1
Warranty: 2 years warranty
MPN: 960-000254
Model: 960-000254
UPC: 097855053282
EAN: 0097855053282
ASIN: B001AOK7KI
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | High-definition video | | • | 2-megapixel sensor | | • | Built-in microphone | | • | Up to 30 frames per second live video on Skype and iChat | | • | High-Speed USB 2.0 |
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Product Description
To deliver image-perfect detail and clarity, the Logitech QuickCam Vision Pro webcam combines Logitech's premium autofocus technology with Carl Zeiss optics. The Logitech webcam uses a voice coil motor for its autofocus system, instead of a stepper motor. Focusing is fast and fluid - crisp even in extreme close-ups only 10 cm from the camera lens. Logitech's autofocus system compensates for changes in image-edge sharpness and refocuses images in less than three seconds. And through its exclusive collaboration with Carl Zeiss, Logitech ensures that the lens meets the world-renowned Zeiss standards for design and manufacturing to achieve superior sharpness in a compact, lightweight design.The 2-megapixel sensor helps the Logitech QuickCam Vision Pro webcam capture video images in high resolution. It is assisted by Logitech's RightLight 2 technology, which enables the webcam to adjust intelligently in dim or harshly backlighted situations.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 So fresh and so clean August 21, 2008
This camera is excellent. The image it produces is crisper than the one my iSight produces. I am completely satisfied and highly recommend it.
For the people who are having trouble:
The camera needs a usb2 connection and only works with os x version 10.4.11 and up.
 Caution: Requires Operating System OS 10.4.11 or higher August 16, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I believe this webcam may work well as described, however, after receiving it and spending quite a bit of time trying to figure out why my Mac did not recognize this camera I decided to contact Logitech support before returning this camera. I am still using OS 10.3.9 and very happy. But per Logitech; the webcam that you are using is only supported in Mac OS 10.4.11 or higher. The camera is not properly detected because it does not meet the requirement is order to function. This is not mentioned on any of their literature, website or in the wecam instructions. I hope this assists in keeping down the returns.
 Requires a high-power Mac August 15, 2008
This product listing is a bit misleading in that the Mac can't really take advantage of the high resolution of this camera. Apple software simply does not support such high resolution: as it says in the specs above, "Photo Booth and iChat support a maximum resolution of 640 x 480 pixels."
Talia, your G4 iMac simply doesn't have enough horsepower , in processor speed or video resolution, to do satisfying video chat- with any video camera. You have to dig into the iChat specifications, but this is what Apple states for 1-1 video chat requirements: 320-by-240 pixel video resolution requires a minimum of 1.8 GHz G5, or 1.66 GHz Intel Core Duo (one of the newer dual-processor computers). According to their specs, your computer would support a video resolution of 160-by-120 pixels- this is a video picture that is approximately 2 inches by 1.5 inches in size- tiny. If the chat window is any bigger, no matter what camera you use, the video will be choppy and poor quality because your Mac simply is not capable of processing the signals and displaying the video fast enough. I'm very sorry - there's not enough info here for you to have known that.
The specifications listed here are entirely inadequate for consumers to know how well this camera will work with their computer.
Tech support is terrible. Camera does not work August 14, 2008
The Logitech QuickCam Vision Pro is billed as a 2 MP camera.
However, tech support says that they cannot get 2 MP working on a mac.
They say there is no difference between this camera and the Logitech
Pro 9000 except for the right-light technology.
I asked for a supervisor and tech support just hung up on me.
I called back and was put on hold for yet another 5 minutes.
Roshad, at tech support answered the phone. I asked to speak
with a supervisor and was placed back on hold. Then I was asked
for a first and last name, and placed on hold again.
Are we having fun yet?
I told them that the camera says that it is a 2 MP camera that
is mac compatible. I asked how we can test the camera...and
get the advertised resolution.
Tres (the supervisor) says that it all depends on the bandwidth of the connection.
But, according to Tres, they do not support any specific applications
that can preview a 2 megapixel image on a mac.
We tried: iVezeen, ichat, photobooth, quicktime pro player...nothing shows
this camera at 2 MP...Logitech, are you listening?
Excellent Mac Web Cam August 14, 2008
First thing is that this is new technology which works with the built in UVC drivers. I know Leopard includes them for Intel Macs, I'm not sure about earlier versions of the OS or Power PC Macs so users of older machines/software are advised to do a bit of research or even post on the Logitech forums. If you have fairly recent hardware and are running Leopard this camera gives the best picture I've ever encountered on a Mac.
I'm using it on my Mac Pro quad core. Excellent picture, as good a frame rate as the using software allows. For iChat that's about 15 fps which is enough for reasonably responsive image. Skype can be better, up to 30 fps but the cost is greater bandwidth needed for transmission. You will find that products which you might expect to work such as PhotoBooth don't or only give you about 5fps. That's because the software was written to use a built in web cam or FireWire and the UVC compliant camera isn't yet fully supported. You can take stills but not movies except with the jerky 5 fps limitation. You can use a third party little app called WebcamTweaker.app to capture movies from this camera.
Prior to this cam I was using a Logitech 9000 Pro which gave an equally good image but lacked the built in auto focus and light adjustments. It was limited to the 5 fps which this QuickCam for Mac has eliminated. We are only limited any more by applications which fail to make use of the abilities built into this cam. For me it was a five star purchase.
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