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iChat and the webcam

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Okay, so I need some help/advice. I recently discovered that apple has discontinued the iSight. Since I don't want to pay double what they were retailing for on ebay, can anyone suggest a good alternative? I use iChatAV for work and want to use the video functionality which I haven't been able to use up until this point. I'm looking for a firewire cam. Thanks!

Noah [/]


TOPICS: Mac OS X

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firewire option

I know you mentioned firewire, however, there is a program to make USB cameras work with iChat. www.ecamm.com

I did not realize how much they were worth. I have three iSights, two of which I am not using. Time to head to Ebay.

John

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I use my digital camcorder...

I use my digital camcorder as my web cam, since I don't take it out to shoot too much. Even then, though, it is easy to pull off the tripod and drop in my camera bag.

The only issue I might mention is that it doesn't have a wide enough angle on its lense, so it is difficult to shoot an overview, but for closeups it works fine.

Douglas

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