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Seems dead, which is a suprise considering how many webcams are out
there. Is there a more popular place for discussing them?

I'm trying to catch a destructive squirrel with mine. :) But I really
need a better zoom. This digital zoom loses so much clarity that I
can barely see a blur.


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South Coast, UK.

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I still see some very good posts on this newsgroup. Its a lot better
than some of the other usenet newsgroups.

I have a Logitech cam and I capture shots for my webcam and community
pages. I still have to figure out how to stream to my AOL pages
though. One interesting thing that I did with my webcam was to make a
little movie using some program that I installed a while ago and forgot
about.

I have also used my cam with Yahoo Messager - still haven't been able
to use Netmeeting with it though.


Rose
http://members.aol.com/Roseb441702/webcam.htm
 
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On Wed, 25 May 2005 10:41:04 +0100, Mike Barnard
<m.barnard.trousers@thunderin.co.uk> wrote:

>Seems dead, which is a suprise considering how many webcams are out
>there. Is there a more popular place for discussing them?
>
>I'm trying to catch a destructive squirrel with mine. :) But I really
>need a better zoom. This digital zoom loses so much clarity that I
>can barely see a blur.

Camcorders usually have good optical zoom lens.
 
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"Mike Barnard" <m.barnard.trousers@thunderin.co.uk> wrote in message
news:0th891hulbt51s5meo01ul5rte7ekuj482@4ax.com...
> Seems dead, which is a suprise considering how many webcams are out
> there. Is there a more popular place for discussing them?
>
> I'm trying to catch a destructive squirrel with mine. :) But I really
> need a better zoom. This digital zoom loses so much clarity that I
> can barely see a blur.
>
>
> --
> Regards from Mike and Jan Barnard.
> South Coast, UK.
>
> [To reply by email remove ".trousers" spamtrap from email address]

Do you have any 'old' camera telephoto lens you could attach ?
see www.knighttrain.freeserve.co.uk/capture1.htm all taken with toucam +
200mm lens and active webcam using motion detection
 
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On Wed, 25 May 2005 22:06:46 GMT, shb*NO*SPAM*@comporium.net (Si
Ballenger) wrote:

>On Wed, 25 May 2005 10:41:04 +0100, Mike Barnard
><m.barnard.trousers@thunderin.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Seems dead, which is a suprise considering how many webcams are out
>>there. Is there a more popular place for discussing them?
>>
>>I'm trying to catch a destructive squirrel with mine. :) But I really
>>need a better zoom. This digital zoom loses so much clarity that I
>>can barely see a blur.
>
>Camcorders usually have good optical zoom lens.

Hmm, nice idea. I have a good Canon MV750i. Now what do I need to
hook it up? :)

<fx> Google...

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South Coast, UK.

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On 25 May 2005 17:59:19 -0700, "Roseb44170" <Roseb44170@aol.com>
wrote:

>I still see some very good posts on this newsgroup. Its a lot better
>than some of the other usenet newsgroups.

I wondered if there might be a forum on a website somewhere.

>I have a Logitech cam and I capture shots for my webcam and community
>pages. I still have to figure out how to stream to my AOL pages
>though. One interesting thing that I did with my webcam was to make a
>little movie using some program that I installed a while ago and forgot
>about.

>I have also used my cam with Yahoo Messager - still haven't been able
>to use Netmeeting with it though.

No plans to use it to show my ugly mug, just for watching whats
happening when I'm not usually around.

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South Coast, UK.

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Dylan,
How did you attach the 200mm lens to your toucam webcam?
"dylan" <nothanks@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:d74023$iio$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk...
>
> "Mike Barnard" <m.barnard.trousers@thunderin.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:0th891hulbt51s5meo01ul5rte7ekuj482@4ax.com...
>> Seems dead, which is a suprise considering how many webcams are out
>> there. Is there a more popular place for discussing them?
>>
>> I'm trying to catch a destructive squirrel with mine. :) But I really
>> need a better zoom. This digital zoom loses so much clarity that I
>> can barely see a blur.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards from Mike and Jan Barnard.
>> South Coast, UK.
>>
>> [To reply by email remove ".trousers" spamtrap from email address]
>
> Do you have any 'old' camera telephoto lens you could attach ?
> see www.knighttrain.freeserve.co.uk/capture1.htm all taken with toucam +
> 200mm lens and active webcam using motion detection
>
 
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On Thu, 26 May 2005 09:41:52 +0100, Mike Barnard
<m.barnard.trousers@thunderin.co.uk> wrote:

>On Wed, 25 May 2005 22:06:46 GMT, shb*NO*SPAM*@comporium.net (Si
>Ballenger) wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 25 May 2005 10:41:04 +0100, Mike Barnard
>><m.barnard.trousers@thunderin.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>Seems dead, which is a suprise considering how many webcams are out
>>>there. Is there a more popular place for discussing them?
>>>
>>>I'm trying to catch a destructive squirrel with mine. :) But I really
>>>need a better zoom. This digital zoom loses so much clarity that I
>>>can barely see a blur.
>>
>>Camcorders usually have good optical zoom lens.
>
>Hmm, nice idea. I have a good Canon MV750i. Now what do I need to
>hook it up? :)

If the cam has an analog output (for connecting to a tv or vcr),
then you would use an analog video capture card/device. If it
only has firewire output, then you would need to use a second
party software like webcamdv to make the video available to most
webcam programs (some webca programs do support the firewire
capture format).
 
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"puns" <puns@verizon.net> wrote in message news:RPjle.10$vK5.3@trnddc03...
> Dylan,
> How did you attach the 200mm lens to your toucam webcam?


look at www.knighttrain.freeserve.co.uk/lens.htm

you need a webcam to telescope adaptor 1.25" fitting, modified rear lens cap
(drill 32mm hole) and an additional adaptor attached to the lens cap.
 
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In message <429717ce.1411502172@news.comporium.net>, Si Ballenger
<shb*NO*SPAM*@comporium.net> writes
>
>>Should have mentioned that I was using webcamdv with firewire, I just
>>assumed everyone knew that you would have to use that 🙂
>>Since my last post I have tried the svhs output into my capture card.
>>Worked fine except for the same problem of the batt level, etc being in
>>the image..and of course the cam turning itelf off after a few minutes.
>>Made a mistake in the zoom factor of the MV150i....max optical is 16x.
>>32x is the 'default' digital zoom, although a simple menu change
>>increases this to 320x...useless really. 32x is probably the limit for
>>quality using digital zoom.
>
> Leaving the tape door open on the cam often pevents the cam
>timeout.

Or just not having a tape in the camera
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Si Ballenger wrote:
> On Thu, 26 May 2005 09:41:52 +0100, Mike Barnard
> <m.barnard.trousers@thunderin.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>>On Wed, 25 May 2005 22:06:46 GMT, shb*NO*SPAM*@comporium.net (Si
>>Ballenger) wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Wed, 25 May 2005 10:41:04 +0100, Mike Barnard
>>><m.barnard.trousers@thunderin.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Seems dead, which is a suprise considering how many webcams are out
>>>>there. Is there a more popular place for discussing them?
>>>>
>>>>I'm trying to catch a destructive squirrel with mine. :) But I really
>>>>need a better zoom. This digital zoom loses so much clarity that I
>>>>can barely see a blur.
>>>
>>>Camcorders usually have good optical zoom lens.
>>
>>Hmm, nice idea. I have a good Canon MV750i. Now what do I need to
>>hook it up? :)
>
>
> If the cam has an analog output (for connecting to a tv or vcr),
> then you would use an analog video capture card/device. If it
> only has firewire output, then you would need to use a second
> party software like webcamdv to make the video available to most
> webcam programs (some webca programs do support the firewire
> capture format).
Should have mentioned that I was using webcamdv with firewire, I just
assumed everyone knew that you would have to use that 🙂
Since my last post I have tried the svhs output into my capture card.
Worked fine except for the same problem of the batt level, etc being in
the image..and of course the cam turning itelf off after a few minutes.
Made a mistake in the zoom factor of the MV150i....max optical is 16x.
32x is the 'default' digital zoom, although a simple menu change
increases this to 320x...useless really. 32x is probably the limit for
quality using digital zoom.
 
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>Should have mentioned that I was using webcamdv with firewire, I just
>assumed everyone knew that you would have to use that 🙂
>Since my last post I have tried the svhs output into my capture card.
>Worked fine except for the same problem of the batt level, etc being in
>the image..and of course the cam turning itelf off after a few minutes.
>Made a mistake in the zoom factor of the MV150i....max optical is 16x.
>32x is the 'default' digital zoom, although a simple menu change
>increases this to 320x...useless really. 32x is probably the limit for
>quality using digital zoom.

Leaving the tape door open on the cam often pevents the cam
timeout.
 
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Consider a subscription to CamTrek, info at www.camtrek.com. No more
connection problems and encrypted private communication anytime. Get
the best, don't mess with the rest.
 
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There's a small program called DVdriver that lets you use the video
with Netmeeting, MSN Messenger, Yahoo, etc. It fools these programs
into thinking that the camcorder is just a USB webcam. You can download
it at www.trackercam.com/download
 
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On Thu, 26 May 2005 14:47:08 +0100, "dylan" <no@mowhere.com> wrote:

>
>"puns" <puns@verizon.net> wrote in message news:RPjle.10$vK5.3@trnddc03...
>> Dylan,
>> How did you attach the 200mm lens to your toucam webcam?
>
>
>look at www.knighttrain.freeserve.co.uk/lens.htm
>
>you need a webcam to telescope adaptor 1.25" fitting, modified rear lens cap
>(drill 32mm hole) and an additional adaptor attached to the lens cap.
>

Hi.

Bit late I know but this page is down? Nice pics tho'!

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South Coast, UK.

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