Logitech NEW Logitech Webcam C210 (Cameras & Frames)

This is my first experience with using a webcam. The brand name, Logitech, and the low Amazon.com price and Amazon customer reviews convinced me it was time to buy this webcam. You can use the Logitech Webcam C210 on Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. The "Getting Started" booklet is printed in English, Spanish, French and Portugues. Their are also Logitech URL's listed to help you with setting up or learning more about a feature. If your computer does not have a monitor stand with USB ports to connect the webcam to, it will still work if you connect the webcam's USB plug into your console, under the VGA plug. Your computer will instantly register that you are connecting a webcam driver. At this time, do insert your Logitech installation disc into your console. A window will pop up with your Logitech Webcam Installation. It will take you through 4 easy steps during the installation. Basically you will be waiting 13 minutes or less while it automatically installs, then it will help you with signing up to Logitech Vid HD, so you can do video calling, cam to cam. During installation, you might get a window pop-up that tells you to update. No problem. This is easy too. Just agree. It only takes 14MB. You will notice, 2 icons have appeared on your menu screen. Logitech Webcam and Logitech Vid HD. On some websites, you do not have to have the Logitech Vid HD software on to use the cam. Just click on the Logitech Webcam icon on your menu screen and it will work as well. After you have set up your free Logitech account and have read the Terms of Service and Privacy notice, you will see a webcam video of yourself, behind the windows, if you sit the webcam on top of your computer monitor. This should freak you out. You will notice a mysterious green light has turned on just to the left of your webcam eye. It wasn't there before when you opened your box.With the green light on, it means, "you're on honey". You are broadcasting and the whole world can see you now. The microphone is on too. It is located on the bottom side of your cam, the small hole. Just speak in a normal tone of voice. No need to be loud at all. I like to play music when I video call. Two problems I do have is that lights in the background, a lamp and tv set, look too bright and have a white-out appearance. Also, their is nothing to quickly click off the microphone at will except on the websites itself. You can put up your Logitech webcam window (click icon) to fine tune your webcam. It has "RightSound" and "RightLight", to adjust your sound and light. With this webcam, you can also take pictures. It works well with yfrog. You can also make a video and upload it on You Tube and make a video movie and edit. I am satisfied with the product. It works with medium speed service. In video calling, the video on the screen does have a slight half-second delay. The flexible clip/base on the webcam bends both ways, just for sitting on top of the monitor or sitting on something. I thought it would be nice if they would invent a rotating clip, more like a clamp, so that if you wanted to clip it on a lampshade or something else sitting on your desk. Another feature is Motion Detection. You can set up your webcam to record video when it detects movement. If you are looking for the cheapest webcam that will serve your needs just for chatting by video calling or to take a quick picture (3,2,1), I recommend the Logitech Webcam C210.

This is my first standalone webcam--aside from the inbuilt ones I've used on laptops. I wanted a webcam specifically for my desktop because that's my workstation which I'm always chained to. I saw it as a nuisance to dust my laptop only to use the webcam. I'm not a video blogger, so I wanted something casual but not necessarily low-end.This webcam fit my needs and more and I'm very pleased with it. For the 14 dollars that I paid for it, it had amazingly good sound and video quality which I tested through webcam sessions (on gMail and Skype).Pros:-This webcam overachieved the quality of audio/video for its price.-The price-The in-built microphone is a real blessing. I did not want to have my bulky gaming headset on while I did a webcam session with my mom. The in-built microphone really is a hands-free experience. This was the feature that I was sold on.-Nice zoom and pan feature. Also, this webcam doesn't have a shutter for the lens for privacy but the included (and simple) software does give you an option to set your "preference" to "stream" a static picture of nature-related images (the kind that could pass off as wallpapers for the Mac). This means if you choose to do a webcam session (without wanting to show yourself) and you enabled video, they would see this picture in real time instead, but still be able to hear you.-I've been hearing issues with the clip. First of all, it is a misconception that it's a clip. It's more like a loose clamp which will work well with LCD/LED monitors (CRT may be too thick). Mine is a Samsung 2333. It may take some finesse in adjusting it to it 's not set at a precarious angle, but once you get it it stays on.-The "right-light" feature works very well. I've tested this webcam sitting in a dark room with just the glow of my computer screen, and the webcam did a good job in enhancing the light (also tested this on Skype and gTalk). In addition, I also back-lit myself, and still my face was not engulfed in shadow. This is the feature that I found very handy.Cons:-Lack of support for the Mac when other Logitech devices like their mice support PC and Macs, this one would have been a boon to the Apple community.-Maybe the length of the cord could be longer. It works for me but I could see why it would fluster others.-Always-focus didn't quiet work for me, but it wasn't a problem. It's not like I'm working out when I'm using the webcam so slight movement wasn't too bad. My friends said the frame rate would drop a little but it wasn't a slideshow.-I can't say much about the noise-cancellation since I have always had my webcam sessions when it is quiet in the room. Although one of my friends did say he could hear a conversation that was happening on the other side of the door (I live in a dorm room) so I was bit surprised at that. I think your best bet is to not rely too heavily on this feature of the webcam since it seems to be a hit-and-miss. If noise-cancellation an absolute necessity, then I would play it safe and upgrade to a more high-end webcam.-Correct me if I'm wrong over this but on this page, this webcam is listed to be YouTube Ready and yet on the packaging of the box , it doesn't say anything about YouTube (it re-iterates that it works for MSN, Yahoo, Skype, GMail, and AOL but the Amazon product page also has the YouTube logo. Does anyone know what this is about? Please let me know if you find out.**edit: This webcam is indeed, YouTube ready and can be found under the Logitech Webcam software (not Logitech Vid HD which is where I was looking). You can take pictures/record yourself and then publish to YouTube, Facebook and Twitter where you will be asked to log-in to any of these accounts. It's good to have this right at your fingertips without having to open your browser.Final verdict: Definitely get these. I was going to settle on webcams that were cheap but too bulky, or sleek/small but too expensive. The C210 balances price with compact design along with quality very well, and it falls in perfect harmony. They also happen to go tremendously well with my Logitech LS11 speakers.

Even though my home PC is an Athlon Dual Core, using Vista, with 3 GB of ram, it's over 3 years old and trying to do anything that involves HD video slows it down considerably. So I opted for this C210 web cam as it's not HD.Don't bother installing the CD that's included, go to Logitech's web site and download the Smart Installer and let it do it's thing for the latest software available. I chose to not install the Logitech Vid(tm) HD that came with this because I intend to use only Skype. This web cam works perfectly with Skype and my friends and relatives on the other end say the video looks almost as good as HD (using the slowest DSL speed that AT&T offers). Make sure you have plenty of light in the room when you're Skype-ing, the more light, the better the video will look on the other end. And it has face recognition you can set, so if you move around during your Skype video call, the web cam follows you to a point - up until you move out of the line of sight, of course.This isn't the latest/greatest Logitech web cam, but for the price it's hard to find anything that's better. I chose Logitech for their 2 year warranty, besides having the microphone built into this - most other brands you need to buy a separate headset to go along with the web cam.