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Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000 Webcam | 
| Brand: Logitech
Category: CE
Buy New: £44.56
New (27) Used (1) from £39.99
Rating:  43 reviews
Sales Rank: 94
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 7.6 x 3.2
MPN: 960-000053
Model: 960-000053
EAN: 5051395692382
ASIN: B000T5GMJE
Release Date: July 3, 2007
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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews: Read 38 more reviews...
Video Surveillance January 7, 2009
C. S. Sparks (Wakefield)
I bought this camera to use as a video surveillance camera from my house to an area where I park my car. I know this is not what it was designed for but the results were excellent. The car is parked just off road and about 15 metres away from my house.
The camera was very easy to set up and gave a pretty sharp image in normal daylight conditions. The motion sensor worked very well picking up movement in the centre of the image and rather less on the periphery. I found the best resolution to be HD 960x720. I found the software to be a bit poor especially when viewing the results of any capture. The video is stored as seperate events and there's no way of viewing the whole lot in one showing. As you can imagine this can be tedious when viewing a 12 hour surveillance. I had used the automatic RightLight setting and this proved too dark for the conditions but brightness was easily adjusted.
I now use a piece of Freeware which uses the camera to produce a series of images rather than video which have date and time stamps and can be viewed in rapid sequence. You can download the freeware from []
I had previously looked at one surveillance system which was originally priced at 180 and the pictures were appauling compared with this camera. If you're looking for a cheap video surveillance camera then this will do the job
Powerful & Easy December 10, 2008
Martin A Hogan (San Francisco, CA.)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
My Dell laptop has a built-in web cam, but the resolution is only 640 X 480, which is fairly standard. It's a bit blurry and the color is off. It fine for basic communication, but I wanted something better. A friend has a `Logitech Quick cam Communicate STX' and I was surprised at how clear and non-blurry it was. I like Logitech, but wanted something a little sleeker that would just fit on my screen. The Pro 9000 is the answer and its easily rests on top of your screen or on its own stand.
Instead of the typical 640 X 480, the High Definition Video resolution is 1600 X 1200 (pixels) which is very good quality and much clearer. That's 30 frames per second! Now when you move about quickly, there is some minor blur, but for just sitting and chatting, it's great. The settings are easy to work and you can adjust the color, hue, white balance, etc. to your liking or your room lighting (fluorescent lights mess with the colors). It even has a `focus' feature that will follow you as you move around. A red square in the settings focuses on your head and if you move your head down to your keyboard or from side to side, it actually follows you. There is also a cool zoom feature that will zoom in and out on your face automatically. The auto-focus is very clear and the lense is made from an established company called Carl Zeiss - I guess they've been making lenses, telescopes, etc. for decades.
For still shots, the camera takes photos as high as 8.0 megapixels (like my camera). There are also a lot of extras that I don't use, like the avatars (shark, stick figure, etc.) that calibrate to your face. You can actually become a shark and it moves with your real movements. I think kids would like this. There are also filters to personalize your camera for viewing or for prints.
The best part is that it's easy to set up and use. Remember though, that the quality of the video transmission is only as good as the lesser of the two viewers. If you're talking to someone on a lower end laptop, the transmission quality is less. However, two of the same web cams will give you both the same quality. The extras are okay for kids, but it's the quality of the video that I was after. Plus the price is good.
P.S. I use 'SKYPE'.
 Worth the extra money. Absolutely brilliant. December 8, 2008
Isabella Bardswell (UK)
This is a brilliant little webcam that I got for making calls and videocalls (free with Skype) when I am away from home with work. The sound, picture and video quality are all brilliant. It is really amazing how good the quality is on High Quality Skype (still free) and the autofocus and clever lighting feature gives a great result. It is a real step change from my old 20 Logitech webcam. The installation was easy and Skype works perfectly from all over Europe. It clips securely onto a LCD monitor or laptop screen.
Although now I have actually bought the laptop one as well and upgraded the home PC webcam so I get a good picture of home as well. If it for a laptop and you only plan on buying one, I'd advise the laptop one just because it is much smaller and has a good little case.
Quality - Very Good Service Fantastic December 3, 2008
Graziella (UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Have been using skype for 5 years and introduced friends and families to it so I could talk to them across the Global. During the years they all got webcams and I resisted as I look crap on video! My friends and families webcams were okay but I wasn't impressed with the quality of the picture and the cost of the item.
Went on to Amazon to see about purchasing one and started to read everyone's reviews and decide to bite the bullet and purchase Logitech Quick Cam Pro 9000 webcam. I also followed everyone's comments about downloading the software off the web and sure enough I was very impressed with the quality!!! Better than my friends and families! Unfortunately they can see me more clearly than I can of them so I disguise myself as a shark when I get bored talking to them!...........Ha!
Definitely will use the company again.
Works out-of-the-box on Linux December 1, 2008
hadess (Surrey, UK)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
You'll have a right laugh taking the webcam out of the box, and removing the little piece of paper telling you that you should slot in the driver CD before plugging the camera.
Under Linux, the device uses the standard UVC driver, and doesn't need firmwares, or other garbage. The image quality is great, the microphone works without a problem and it sits nicely on top of my screen. Nice kit.
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