[Gllug] usb webcams (again)

Minty mintywalker at gmail.com
Tue Feb 28 09:37:08 UTC 2006


I'm after a usb webcam, ideally something that can be
positioned/zoomed remotely and really ideally it would have some kinda
nightvision.  Firewire/video capture isn't an option as it is to be
connected to a laptop.

My main objective is some to play with motion capture and I'm not sure
if the wireless webcam thingies will allow that or not, as they all
claim to be windows children.

via the archive [1] and google, I gather I want something with a OV511 chipset.

This looks like a interesting nightvision possibility, sans remote
positioning/zoom:

  http://www.kinamax.com/product/Item/WCM-6LNV.htm

Seems rather cheap (~$20).  Don't suppose anyone knows whether it is
OV511? And of a UK supplier?  6 LEDs don't seem like much : a seperate
infrared light likely to make any difference here?

And is there anyway to tell which are OV511 from a website? This is
where I am getting a bit stuck.

[1] http://lists.gllug.org.uk/pipermail/gllug/2005-February/thread.html#50115
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