Of course this works only within short distances but it gives the impression to the viewer that someone is controlling the static camera. The main components of the software are a mini panel that you can move round the screen to give quick access to some special effects.įace Tracker is a technology that I have recently come across on some digital cameras where if what you are looking at moves so does the camera to keep the person centred in the image. If you had originally played with the camera before installing the software the size and quality of the image you see now is not only better - brighter and clearer - but also substantially larger.

At this point you attach the camera and then you tune it to your speakers and microphone, by default it selects your sound card and microphone (should you have them) so you need to change to the Logitech cameras microphone if you are using that. The software install took around ten minutes which includes an elongated reboot where you are left with a blank screen for around a minute after the reboot and even when your icons return it is probably at least a minute more before the install continues. It is stated to work with either USB1.1 or USB2. For Vista you need a Pentium 4 2.4GHz and 512MB of RAM again the recommendations are nearly double the minimum listed. It also mentions that it recommends you have twice as fast a processor and twice as much RAM but still no mention of SP2. Take into consideration that is not recommended to install the driver on Operating Systems other than stated ones. If the driver is already installed on your system, updating (overwrite-installing) may fix various issues, add new functions, or just upgrade to the available version. Looking at the box it says Windows XP Pentium 4 1.4GHz and 128MB RAM as minimum specifications but nowhere do I see the requirement to have SP2 installed. The package provides the installation files for Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000 Webcam Driver version. The software is worth installing as it has a number of excellent features that I will cover in a bit, however there is one drawback for Windows XP users you have to have SP2 as it will not install under the original XP. Without any software installation the camera is recognised and added as a USB device so you can acquire images into a suitable package.

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