On May 6, 2009, at 4:01 AM, Arnel Tuazon wrote: > Anyone have any suggestions for a webcam for my PM G5? I'm running > OSX > 10.5.6. I wanted an iSight, but ebay seems to be selling them for > triple > their original price. I have heard that USB 2.0 cams work now with > OS X. I > wanted it for video chatting with family in the U.S.
I'm using a cheapie USB Webcam for my G5 (Kensington #67014). I think I got it free, or perhaps $5, and that was a long time ago. It's a little slow, I'm sure newer ones are much better. If your USB webcam doesn't work out-of-the-box in Leopard, you can install Macam which will enable almost any USB Webcam: <http://webcam-osx.sourceforge.net/downloads.html> If you're really cheap and own a digital videocam, most will work as a webcam if they have pass-thru. Older Sony's can be reprogramed to enable pass-thru. Not many people want to setup a tripod and videocam for video chat, but if you've already got one, it's free. I'd go the USB webcam route. The small ones made for laptops can be stuck to a monitor easily. One thought, my old Kensington isn't too good in low light, so I need to illuminate myself when doing a video chat. Make sure your webcam has good low light characteristics if you want to look natural in standard indoor lighting. I suppose I should be looking for a new webcam also. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
