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[Matt Graham]

From: Mark Phillips <mark at phillipsmarketing.biz>
> 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.

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