More fancy versions use the same software to actually move the camera... in a little ball as well. On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Gerold Knapp wrote: > The intelligent face tracking does not physically move the camera.  The > camera instead does a bit of digital zoom and then watches the stream and > shifts the center of the digital zoom to follow the user's face. > > I have not played with this cam in linux, though, so I don't know if any of > that works or not.  I am sure someone on the list could answer that.  We do > have a pretty darned good list here. > > Ed > > > On 8/13/09 1:39 PM, "Matt Graham" wrote: > >> From: Mark Phillips >>> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Matt Graham wrote: >>>> FWIW, the the Logitech webcam I bought from Fried Hardware for $50 >>>> works perfectly with Skype with any kernel recent enough to have the >>>> uvcvideo module.  Teh Almighty Google says it was a QuickCam >>>> Communicate MP. >>> I was looking at the Logitech QuickCam Pro (c905) for notebooks, >>> comes with a case and desktop stand for a few bucks more. It has >>> all sorts of nifty gadgets, like low light image improvement, wide >>> angle shots, 2M pixels, intelligent face tracking, video effects, >>> etc. Am I correct in assuming all those nifty features will only >>> work on Windows since I assume they require the Logitech software >>> to function properly? >> >> Lighting adjustment is done in the camera AFAICT and requires no >> support beyond basic uvcvideo.  I don't know about wide-angle since >> mine doesn't do that.  What is "intelligent face tracking"?  Does it >> have a motor so the camera can move?  Video effects are done post- >> video feed and depend on the Logitech junk, but these are useless. > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss