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IR Night Vision Webcam with 8 LED (1.3 Mega-pixel)

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- Features both normal LED illumination and InfraRed (IR) illumination (via a switch at the back)
- Under IR mode no visible light is emitted or required for the webcam to operate ("night vision" mode)
- Features 1.3 Mega-pixel hardware support
- Built-in facial tracking feature zooms into and keeps track of human faces



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(uploaded by greddy)  (uploaded by TheGMan) Actual photo - 640x480 picture taken of two IR LEDs (SKU 2399) with always-on NV feature (uploaded by TheGMan) Actual photo - 640x480 picture taken in low light using the USB NV Camera (uploaded by TheGMan) Manually focus the camera using the middle, silver ring (uploaded by TheGMan) 4 white LEDs on (uploaded by TheGMan) Back - 3-mode switch; 4 dim, red LEDs on, 4 white LEDs on and turn both off. IR is always on (uploaded by TheGMan) Shot of camera - unit is quite top-heavy

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This is a cool light with IR feature (activated by flipping the switch at the back that toggles between IR/Night Vision and Normal modes).
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When using IR mode, no light is required to operate as 4 of the 8 LEDs starts to emit invisible IR light for illumination.
One problem I have to mention here is that it's got a 7 to 8 inch flexible neck that you can bend. But in reality you can't really bend it too much because the webcam loses its balance very easily. Its base just isn't heavy enough to keep it in place. A workaround for this is to tape the webcam to a surface so it doesn't fall.


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Ownership verified by DX Great for DIY projects
Posted by Tangbr on 6/28/2009
Involvement: Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership: more than 1 month

Price: starstarstarstar
Ease of Use: starstarstarstarstar
Build Quality: starstarstarstar
Usefulness: starstarstarstarstar
Overall Rating: starstarstarstar

Pros: - Great for DIY projects, since is easy to dismount it
- You can take out the IR filter easily
- Don´t need much expertise to open
- Great to test the Wii IR bar
- Great to some DIY projects
- Good to take some spetacular macro pics

Cons: - Driver only for Windows
- The cap in the lens is a focus limiter
- Sometime is hard to focus where you want
- The base is not heavy enough to hold any cam position

Other Thoughts: - When used in the limit to take some macro pics you need to take some patience to be able to focus where you want.
- When you take out the IR filter, in dark rooms the image will only be in grayscale

Bottomline: - Great webcam to make some DIY project
- Price is not so good to spent on several DIY projects

Ownership verified by DX good item, althought it can be improved
Posted by tovarna on 2/28/2009
Involvement: General (knows how to use it) - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

Price: starstarstarstar
Ease of Use: starstarstarstarstar
Build Quality: starstarstarstarstar
Usefulness: starstarstarstar
Overall Rating: starstarstarstar

Pros: It is very easy to use, comes with software. i was a bit afraid my 64bit machine would not ran it, but it worked at the very first try. Has many things to play with ( i mean, the software ), with several ways to record and process the image.
Well constructed, solid item, and very good quality of image at night, with the leds.

Cons: if you expect this item to record paris hilton night videos it is not what i would buy.
the infrared work, but it is not a night vision camera. you have to be very close to the webcam to be seen...so it is much usefull to just turn on the led lights which i just said are very bright ( and i mean VERY)

Other Thoughts: So...great webcam for a good good price. you can't get this quality price range in my city unless its robbed!
just kidding
well done, and an item to recommend to my friends

Bottomline: already 500? let's see

Ownership verified by DX Great webcam for great price
Posted by RangelFernandes on 2/16/2009
Involvement: General (knows how to use it) - Ownership: more than 1 month

Price: starstarstarstarstar
Ease of Use: starstarstar
Build Quality: starstarstarstarstar
Usefulness: starstarstarstar
Overall Rating: starstarstarstar

Pros: - Very heavy;
- Very strong;
- Have IR ;D
- It's base holds the cam well;
- Very cheap;
- The image is very clear;
- Sound captured with the microfone is clear aswell.

Cons: - Maybe could be cheaper, but the price is already nice;
- Also I don't like its style, in my opinion it could cooler if it were made in square shape.

Other Thoughts: I am using this everday to talk with my family and they really aprove this cam, it´s very top for the price I paid.

Bottomline: Probably the best webcam that I can get witouth spending tons of money.

Ownership verified by DX Should have gone for a cheaper one
Posted by notatimetravlr on 1/29/2009
Involvement: Expert (understands the inner workings) - Ownership: more than 1 month

Price: starstarstar
Ease of Use: starstarstar
Build Quality: starstarstarstarstar
Usefulness: starstarstarstar
Overall Rating: starstarstarstar

Pros: It works.
It doesn't have an IR filter.

Cons: The "Night Vision" is what sold me on this webcam, and I was rather disappointed by the IR lights. It doesn't illuminate more than a foot. It's basically useless... Perhaps it helps a little when chatting in the dark, but my laptop's LCD screen provides more light than the IR. You can barely notice any difference with the IR lights on and the IR off when chatting in a dark room.
Poor linux support. None from the manufacturers. http://groups.google.com/group/microdia provides linux drivers. On linux I was only able to capture 640x480@30. I couldn't get it to change resolution or framerate.

Other Thoughts: The linux driver group (http://groups.google.com/group/microdia) is active in making improvements to the driver.

Bottomline: Knowing what I do now, I probably would have gone with a cheaper webcam. Yet, it works well. And, if you have external IR lights it could be more useful. (I do believe DX sells IR lights/flashlights/LEDs)

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