http://www.RoboRealm.com/ The newest forum threads. Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:11:00 EST en-us Copyright: (C) RoboRealm, http://www.RoboRealm.com/ http://www.RoboRealm.com/ I have ordered a bunch of cameras over the last year (Like 20)&nbsp;&nbsp;I had a mini grant to test different cameras in a different application. <br>There are several posts about them on my website at <a href="http://www.profmason.com" target="_blank">www.profmason.com</a><br><br><br>Here is a list of my favorites:<br>Wireless:<br>2.4 Ghz USB camera<br>http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=USB-240C-VID&cat=VID<br>This camera works great.&nbsp;&nbsp;For $60 you get a camera and a 2.4 Ghz to USB box.&nbsp;&nbsp;The usb box works great and will pick up other cameras.&nbsp;&nbsp;The camera has a built in LiIon battery that will run the camera for about an hour.&nbsp;&nbsp;The only downside is that the camera is fairly large&nbsp;&nbsp;5 x 7 cm.&nbsp;&nbsp;I did pop mine open, but there is no easy way to make it smaller.&nbsp;&nbsp;I had few problems with interference running it with another 2.4 ghz device.<br><br>2.4 Ghz Wireless cam<br>http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=MINI-WIRELESS-CAM&cat=VID<br>This camera is pretty small and the USB box for the camera above picks it up great!&nbsp;&nbsp;Again interference problems are minimal. <br><br>USB 1.1 Low-Light Night Vision PC Camera<br>http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=CP30H2&cat=VID<br>Best of the cheap cameras.&nbsp;&nbsp;At $8.99 they are a lot of performance for the price.&nbsp;&nbsp;The first 30 I bought had a phillips chipset, but some I bought later had a different inferior chipset.&nbsp;&nbsp; Not good quality, but will stream 30 fps and has a built in gain (Video amplifier) also gives you access to shutter etc.<br><br>Logitech Quickcam Fusion Web Camera<br>http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=961403-0403-DT&cat=VID<br>More expensive wired camera.&nbsp;&nbsp;Gives great picture and drivers give you full control over amplifier, shutter etc. <br><br>Things to avoid:<br>EasyCAP:&nbsp;&nbsp;This is a hardware Svideo/composite to USB solution.&nbsp;&nbsp;It uses a syntek chipset and is very finiky. It installed on one machine after about an hour of fiddiling and never would install on any of the others.&nbsp;&nbsp;Even the machine on which it worked, it did not work well.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>Most cheap Webcams.&nbsp;&nbsp;Poor image quality, no frame rates. Etc Etc.&nbsp;&nbsp;Do not buy them!&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>happy shopping! http://www.roborealm.com/forum/index.php?thread_id=1864 http://www.roborealm.com/forum/index.php?thread_id=1864 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:11:00 EST