Thomas: Is there a Linux driver for the 3COM homeconnect? Last I looked there was not. Image quality is a issue and the 3COM sounds attractive. Lots of good info in this thread.... leaning towards the D-Link although if the 3COM has a linux driver now I'll look at that one. Thanks Jeff Thomas Edwards wrote: > > On Fri, 5 Jan 2001, Doug Sutherland wrote: > > > As far as I can tell, all of these USB webcams are basically > > the same. They all seem to use CMOS or CCD sensors and they > > are all cheap digital cameras. There may be small diffrences > > in features or image quality between different chipsets > > There is enormous quality difference between different USB webcams. The > 3COM Homeconnect is very, very good, in low light it can do better than an > eye (and eye unadjusted to the low light, that is). But it is large, > about the size of a cigarette pack. The "microcams" are all much worse, > with the CCD cameras looking better than the CMOS in general, but not > always. > > Of note are the Pixera Picolo > (http://www.pixera.com/PixeraCatalog/Picolo/Picolo.htm), which is not > actually a USB cam, but an NTSC cam that you could use a video to USB > converter with. The Picolo is about as small as they get, but the image > is nothing to write home about. > > The Nogatech USB Microcam (http://www.nogatech.com/files/cam.pdf) is a > little larger than the Picolo, but gives a much better image, and doesn't > need a video capture card. > > At the CarlaZone (http://www.carlazone.com), Carla has used all three > cameras mentioned above. > > -Thomas > > Thomas Edwards The Sync >Video for the Net Generation > http://www.thesync.com -- Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to
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