This is a fine camera for general webcam use, and it's also an OK camera for the purposes I'm using it for. To get 1080p, use any program that supports that format, which may include the free programs Skype and YawCam. You do not need the software that comes with this camera at all. It supports the normal small-frame formats uncompressed, and it also supports 720p and 1080p in MJPEG format, which is supported by Video4Linux2, as well as most video capture software under Windows.

There are two things I wish it did better: 1. It will occasionally lose auto-focus and go hunting for the right focal depth again. There's apparently a setting where you can turn off auto-focus, and just put it at 'far,' which I haven't tried yet - I'm hoping that works out. In low light, it slows down the frame rate. It does this to remove noise from the image, so the image does become less noisy. It also becomes more brownish/greenish, presumably because the blue sensor is less sensitive to low light. And, because the frame rate is lower, it becomes blurrier when things move.

I've tried this camera on Windows, and it works, and I've tried it on Linux, and it works. My use case for this camera is a little different than normal, though: I use it as the 'eyes' for a moving robot I'm working on. (Actually, I use two.) All in all, this is a robust webcam with high quality pictures, especially for well lit subjects. Cave dwellers are advised to either add a light, or prepare for blurry, brown, low-frame-rate videos. Saying this product 'is compatible with Windows 10' is a bit of a lie. If you have a hammer you can make it fit but there is no official driver and the built-in software is very buggy.

It wouldn't even show the video in the LifeCam application although it did record video. Audio was horrible, slowing down and speeding up. Basically you are left to uninstall/reinstall drivers and run things in 'compatibility mode' to make it work.

My first clue was when I saw that the box it came in was several years old. BTW I am running this from a newer MSI laptop so the issue should not be poor hardware on my side. Now I am left to decide whether it's worth repackaging and returning. Saying this product 'is compatible with Windows 10' is a bit of a lie.

If you have a hammer you can make it fit but there is no official driver and the built-in software is very buggy. It wouldn't even show the video in the LifeCam application although it did record video. Audio was horrible, slowing down and speeding up. Basically you are left to uninstall/reinstall drivers and run things in 'compatibility mode' to make it work.

My first clue was when I saw that the box it came in was several years old. BTW I am running this from a newer MSI laptop so the issue should not be poor hardware on my side. Now I am left to decide whether it's worth repackaging and returning. This is a fine camera for general webcam use, and it's also an OK camera for the purposes I'm using it for. To get 1080p, use any program that supports that format, which may include the free programs Skype and YawCam. You do not need the software that comes with this camera at all. It supports the normal small-frame formats uncompressed, and it also supports 720p and 1080p in MJPEG format, which is supported by Video4Linux2, as well as most video capture software under Windows.

There are two things I wish it did better: 1. It will occasionally lose auto-focus and go hunting for the right focal depth again. There's apparently a setting where you can turn off auto-focus, and just put it at 'far,' which I haven't tried yet - I'm hoping that works out. In low light, it slows down the frame rate. It does this to remove noise from the image, so the image does become less noisy.

It also becomes more brownish/greenish, presumably because the blue sensor is less sensitive to low light. And, because the frame rate is lower, it becomes blurrier when things move. I've tried this camera on Windows, and it works, and I've tried it on Linux, and it works. My use case for this camera is a little different than normal, though: I use it as the 'eyes' for a moving robot I'm working on. (Actually, I use two.) All in all, this is a robust webcam with high quality pictures, especially for well lit subjects.

Cave dwellers are advised to either add a light, or prepare for blurry, brown, low-frame-rate videos. Been playing with the LifeCam Studio for a couple weeks now.

I really like the quality of the video it produces, though calling it a 1080p camera is a bit of a stretch since it doesn't do 1080p out of the box with the software it comes with. Though, it's not like Skype or Live Messenger will do 1080p video chats anyway, so it's not that big a deal, the 720p video it captures is way better than the other cameras I've seen.

If you want to record in 1080p with the lifecam studio, you'll have to use something like VirtualDub (freeware). I do like that it's Microsoft's and they have a much better track record of releasing firmware/driver updates than most vendors. My last camera I had for 3 years with no driver updates, no firmware updates and they didn't even make a Windows 7 driver for it.

This camera has had 2 firmware updates and at least one driver update. That means they're serious about improving the experience with it. The camera picks up an image very well, even in super low-light situations.

I turned off all my lights and just had the monitor going, it is able to lengthen the exposure or open an iris or something to make my face really clear still. The other cameras I tried didn't fare nearly as well. The camera's microphone is also very sensitive and sounds great. Which is good and bad. While chatting, every move in your chair is caught, every throat clearing heard, and yes, people can hear you belch or break wind. Farters beware, they will hear you. 'Did you just fart?'

'Uh, no.that was this old chair' The reason I gave it a 4 instead of a 5 is because it needs a fast machine to get the full HD video at a fast frame-rate. I have a dual-quad core computer with 12GB of RAM and a giant radeon graphics card and I get fantastic video at over 30fps. Other people have complained about how bad the refresh rate is, which I didn't see on my computer. When I moved it to my weak-arse laptop however, I did notice a slower frame-rate at the high resolutions.

I guess that's to be expected until someone creates a camera that offloads all the image processing to an on-camera chip. I don't really see this as a problem with the camera though, more a problem trying to do more than the computer is able to do.

Want it to go faster, use a faster machine. It's like watching full-screen HD videos downloaded from the internet with older machines. You wouldn't blame Media Player if it's choppy, you'd blame the slow processor and weak graphics card. Same principle in my mind. All in all I think it's a great camera at a great price. I've been using webcams since they were first introduced in the 90's (e.g.

With the B&W Connectix QuickCam), and currently use a Logitech C910 as a studio camera and four Logitech C615's as weather and security cameras. I've been happy with the Logitech HD webcams until I started using them outdoors (in weatherproof enclosures) and noticed that anything more than 15 or so feet away was out of focus and no amount of fiddling with the software focus control could fix it. After seeing an impressive independant review/demonstration video on youtube, I decided to take a shot at the top of the Microsoft LifeCam family (mainly due to the tripod mount) and have been very happy with the results. The Microsoft LifeCam Studio has a much more granular manual focus control (40 levels verus 15 for the Logitech) and I have not had any issue setting up the cameras with the optimum manual focus setting for outdoor viewing (they remain set optimally between power-cycles and reboots). The image quality and field of view is comparable to the Logitech C615, but if your subject is more than 10 or 15 feet from the camera, you'll get very frustrated with the Logitech cameras. If you're connecting this camera to a computer with multiple hi-speed USB devices already connected, I noticed this camera can be touchy about which host controller it's connected to (missing lines of image data when attached to already utilized host controller). This camera was also more sensitive than the Logitechs when it came to use with USB extension cables (I'm using 65ft PTC cables).

Pros:. HD resolution (upto 1920x1080, but I use 1280x720).

Threaded for standard camera mount (e.g. For tripod, bracket, etc.). Flexible positioning.

Attractively priced (recently $100 camera, now for $45)! Cons:.

Included capture software will not capture from external sound source (e.g. Microphone, audio input). Blue LED cannot be disabled (that I could find). Lens cap is a bit of a joke (falls out). Blocks of missing image data (lines) when sharing a USB host controller with other USB 2.0 hi-speed devices. Why did I get a Microsoft webcam for my Linux PC?

Let me explain. So 'this thing called called 1080p' is only activated with Microsoft's proprietary software (maybe). I think I have figured that out by now. But streaming in 1080p is a retarded idea because the American Internet is so slow that you would only get around 1/24 fps (I'm only exaggerating, you'd need a large framebuffer, though) you'd have the most luck getting this to stream consistently over the Internet in South Korea, maybe.

Anyway, it works great with guvcview, and I noticed Microsoft's LifeCam series webcams are listed under guvcview's list of compatible webcams. I don't care if it's by Microsoft. I just don't use Windows anymore. It's because it isn't made of the cheap-looking ABS plastic material that the Logitech brand seems to go. I am not hating at all on Logitech. I use their mice, which are fantastic, but this was so much cheaper and so much better overall than their 'equivalent' 1080p webcam. This one you can even screw on a Gorillapod (that I also bought) or some other tripod, or to anything because there is a screw-hole in it, unlike, ahem, Logitech.

Good luck relying on Logitech's horrible webcam 'clip' design to stay on a monitor for 2 hours. And if you use a tilting monitor in portrait and landscape mode, well that just complicates matters.

Or just get an OpenPandora device, Gumstix or whatever, plug this into the USB port, screw the camera onto a wall, and instant surveillance system, running on Linux, that you can use SSH and X forwarding features. How great is that? Thanks Microsoft for actually making a product that can truly support Linux for once.

Finally, minus one star because Microsoft. This is fundamentally a very nice camera, in line with today's available picture technology. PRO: Picture quality is exceptionally good. The camera has no automated pointing/tracking, such as face-tracking or pan and tilt, like my previous Creative Labs cameras did.

Once you point it, that's where it's pointed. Sure, you can reposition it by hand, but that's my complaint isn't it? The lens cover is a joke. It won't stay in place if you breathe on it. And, there's no way or place to secure it when it's removed, other than the other joke: it's supposed to attach/clip to the camera's USB cable - that doesn't work either. How hard would it have been to include a simple lanyard? Finally, the microphone is inferior - too much noise and distortion.

If it's all you have, it will serve. But, I turned it off in favor of my Logitech desk mic. Would I recommend this camera? Actually, no. Not until all other options were completely explored.

I strongly suspect more feature-rich and better designed units are available at or near the same price point. I was just in too much of a hurry when I discovered my old cam didn't work with 64-bit Windows 7. Don't make my mistake. Diablo 2 lord of destruction download exe for mac. Looked around for a while for a webcam for chatting with my wife while she in France, and it came down between the Lifecam Studio and the Logitech C910. I saw a couple of reviews demonstrating the Lifecam Studio and the Logitech C910 side by side. After seeing the reviews I decided to try the cheaper Lifecam Studio because it seemed to have better performance overall.

I have had this camera for almost a month now, and this camera does not disappoint. This camera has better colors and adjusts its brightness in low light conditions better than the C910 seemed to. The auto focus is very responsive and the microphone is sensitive enough so that you don't have to raise your voice louder than normal speaking levels to be heard, and does an ok job cancelling out background noise. Don't let the '1080p HD' fool you. This does not record or display 1080p video. It only takes pictures in a 1080p resolution. But it does have a better output than any other camera on the market as of this review that I have seen.

Overall, for the money, you won't find a better webcam with a better picture. The Lifecam Cinema has an ok picture and the microphone is almost as good, but for $15.00 more just buy the Lifecam Studio and get the top of the line. You won't have to buy another webcam for at least 5 years with this camera in my opinion.

This camera is truely amaizng. The quality of this camera is UNBEATABLE, even when taking close-up shots of documents. It has a very well-designed zomming system, which you can switch between auto-zoom and manual. I love the neck; it's very flexible and will mount on ANY laptop or screen that doesn't have a spot for anything. It also has a screw so you can mount it on a standard camera tripod.

The software is amazing as well, although can be buggy and has compatability issues. It has cause the bluescreen of death on my computer before (fortunetly not a looping blue screen).

Microsoft Lifecam Studio Software For Mac Windows 10

That's the only reason why this deserves a 4-star review. As for the camera itself, just about 5 stars. One last thing I would mention, sometimes if you move the camera around too much while it's on the video will freeze and you'll either have to unplug/plug in the camera again or restart any software to resume. I purchased this web camera primarily to use as a Dash-Cam cause it had the ability to be mounted on a tripod.

I'm happy to say that it screws in well and has a snug fit. It does not shake or move around except the standard shaking i experienced while driving due to the condition of the road. I Purchased a windshield mount Panawise 809 from amazon (.) which works in tandem. First off, this was just a first test as i have been using the camera for only a few hours and have not seen all the features yet. I'm using a Samsung NF-310 Netbook with XP Professional to record and store all the videos. I got it on sale from FRY's electronics for only $200 bucks.

The software itself is 'OK' but not that great. With my Netbook configuration, it recommended that i not use HD mode as it might severely drop the Frames Per Second and my Netbook may even crash trying to process the large file created so the maximum it could handle was 640 by 480 @ 30 frames per second. I did try to record in HD but it dropped to 13 frames per second @ 720p and to 9 frames per second @ 1080p.

Furthermore, i had purchased another Video software from NCH called Debut which worked a lot better than the one provided with this webcam but again, due to the slow speed of my netbook, the frames dropped severely. I think a faster processor would make it possible in HD.

Again this is just a preliminary test and i have not tested its capability at night but the video has been recorded at 640 by 480 (30fps) using the Microsoft software itself with auto focus turned off. One bad thing that i did notice is that every time i close the Lifecam software, the next time i open it again i will have to turn auto focus off again in settings as it defaults to factory settings. I will post an update after further testing.

When I was looking for a new webcam to support the view out my windows when I upgraded my hardware and software, it was a real crapshoot. Apparently not very many people use these cheap webcams for anything but live chat. I support a website that includes a camera that looks out onto Copper Harbor, MI, and I wanted one that would focus at infinity and give good color. I ended up with this one mostly because it was the only one that was pretty much guaranteed to work with Windows 7. Installation was a no-brainer. I plugged it in, it found the drivers online and it worked. No fiddling with disks or anything like that.

It works fine with KABCAM, which is the software I use to control it. I was a bit taken aback at first because it is so very wide-angle, but most of my viewers seem to like that. It has good color rendition, and a much wider dynamic range than my old camera, especially under low light conditions. It has even shown the inside of my studio when lit only by the light from my monitor. One thing I don't like too well is the mount. It does attach to my tripod, but there is a piece of soft plastic between the tripod mount and the camera which makes it a bit difficult to properly aim and orient the camera.

And while the light on the top of the camera is probalby useful for live chat, it reflects in my windows after dark and is very annoying. A piece of tape solves that, and also covers the microphone, which is totally superfluous for my application. I am contributing this review so that if there are others who need a camera that will work with Windows 7 and works as a scenic webcam, they will know that this one is quite acceptable.