On Wednesday 08 November 2006 11:29, Tim wrote: > I can't imagine an OS having any affect on the sharpness of the picture. > That's an optics and electronics issue. It was fine last time I used it, so the question is whether damage has occurred during storage. I haven't discounted that - that's why I bought a new one - but can't get that working at all, so far. What I did wonder about was whether the driver had changed, and whether that could be causing problems. > I'd be quite surprised at any USB camera doing what I'd consider to be a > good job. They're designed for a rather low-spec job (low-res, and > heavy compression for a low transmission bandwidth). High-res wouldn't > be of much good over the internet, anyway. Especially with the common > compression protocols being used. > I totally accept that. I only want it for ekiga, which doesn't need a high-res anyway. Who wants to be able to see if I've got freckles? <vbg> My other thread is about using my camcorder, a different proposition altogether. Anne
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