webcams - which one to buy?

[julian]

subject says it all really...

theres loads about, but i bet some are crap, whilst others the same price are better.

• dont want to spend crazy money (like def under £60, ideally under £40)
• want somthing that can function in lower light conditions for IM chatter with friends
• want something that, if i take it out to the garden (ie natural lighting, with laptop) i can make decent'ish youtube style vids of eqipment

anyone got any knowlege?

thanks, julian

[thembuzz]

are you going into a new line of business?

[Hand on the Plow]

Your average digital stills camera will take video as good as or better than a webcam.

[julian]

Originally Posted by Hand on the Plow

Your average digital stills camera will take video as good as or better than a webcam.

yeah, i know.... however, mine is years old, and doesnt : (

[julian]

Originally Posted by thembuzz

are you going into a new line of business?

...i knew i was tempting fate

; )

[KuffDam]

Worth checking out really cheap digital stills cameras with a video function though I reckon, might be a bit more versatile.

[Brownthing]

Can you use digital cameras like a webcam though? i.e. streaming live video in t' web.

[mdk]

you can, i've got an xacti (dmx-c6) which has a 'webcam' mode. much better framerate than the creative webcam. only problem is that the xacti doesnt work with skype, which is the only thing i use the webcam for.

[thembuzz]

Originally Posted by julian

...i knew i was tempting fate

; )

sophomore co-ed roomies

[julian]

Originally Posted by julian

[*]dont want to spend crazy money (like def under £60, ideally under £40)

yep, im sure they do the webcam thing better too, but i cant see myself getting one for a usable price. really i just want a cheap webcam, but, rather than just buy one at random, i thought id ask...

[love_tempo]

Originally Posted by thembuzz

sophomore co-ed roomies

little webcams hidden inside modded 606s so he can see what you really get up to with your drum machine's DIN port.