How to setup a good quality camera as a webcam?
Hi – I currently use a webcam to take still pics to sell stuff online. I used to take pics with a digital camera, but I do a lot of volume so downloading all the pics and managing them took too much time. Plus, I use a software application that’s setup to work with webcams. However, the quality of the pics is pretty poor now. I’ve heard that some digital cameras have webcam utlities. If so, can you tell me of some inexpensive ones? Also, will the resolution be as good as if I took a picture with the camera?
Any help appreciated!
PS – if you want to look it up, i currently use the Creative Webcam Pro Live! which is supposed to get 640×480. The pictures are pretty crappy (not enough detail and a little bit fuzzy).
there are a number of factors involved…the camera itself being only one of the components…
the connection speed is far more relevant in terms of broadcast quality for webcams…ie…USB, Firewire or DV..
USB is the slowest/least expensive with DV on the other end of the scale…Firewire is a good middle ground.
Creative’s software isn’t exactly the best for capturing stills as it is written mostly for correcting for motion, lighting etc…
I’m a little unclear as to why you would use a webcam for still captures as opposed to a digital camera built specifically for that purpose…however, if you want good still photos, but with movie/webcam capabilities…buy a digital camera with a high megapixel count CMOS (6 or higher) and movie capabilities….the Sony Cybershotk is one such camera and can be had at Wal-Mart for 400.00 or so these days…It has Mpeg capabilities and relatively high MegaPixel count. You can attach your camera as a webcam and snap still photos at the same time….do you have an example of what you are trying to do?
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