From owner-freebsd-multimedia Fri Jun 5 05:28:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA08477 for freebsd-multimedia-outgoing; Fri, 5 Jun 1998 05:28:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from labinfo.iet.unipi.it (labinfo.iet.unipi.it [131.114.9.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id FAA08469 for ; Fri, 5 Jun 1998 05:28:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it) Received: from localhost (luigi@localhost) by labinfo.iet.unipi.it (8.6.5/8.6.5) id MAA11292; Fri, 5 Jun 1998 12:48:00 +0200 From: Luigi Rizzo Message-Id: <199806051048.MAA11292@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Subject: Re: reccomendations for a video camera To: mark@grondar.za (Mark Murray) Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 12:48:00 +0200 (MET DST) Cc: mike@vee.net, multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199806051131.NAA09194@greenpeace.grondar.za> from "Mark Murray" at Jun 5, 98 01:31:01 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > What's a good PC camera to buy (black & white or color)? What software is > > available out there? > > > > I want be able to capture both individual frames and full motion video. > > Any good camcorder and a BT848-based video card will do a good job. keep in mind if you want to do videoconferencing, you need something with manual focus and brightness control, or for every little things that moves the camera will adapt its settings causing all your blocks to change. cheers luigi -----------------------------+-------------------------------------- Luigi Rizzo | Dip. di Ingegneria dell'Informazione email: luigi@iet.unipi.it | Universita' di Pisa tel: +39-50-568533 | via Diotisalvi 2, 56126 PISA (Italy) fax: +39-50-568522 | http://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/ _____________________________|______________________________________ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message