Webcam for Skype

crosstownk

Hi,

I'm looking for a decent webcam for Skype. I'm told that not all are compatible with Mac.

Can anyone recommend a good one that will do the job - nothing too expensive, but I'd prefer something of good quality so I'm not necessarily looking for the cheapest. I'm using a G4 PowerBook, so one that will clip on to the screen would be cool. A pity iSight is no longer available...................

Thanks.

spidermonkey

i did a bit of reseach on this topic a few months ago as i have a g5 imac before they installed the camera, as far as i could find out the only cameras that were compatable with macs were the apple isight cameras, and they were over $100 at the time, and theyre not sold in the eu because they contain some lead parts so you gotta buy over the net from america. so i gave up.

although with the popularity of skype these days there may be one or two new cameras in the market

spidermonkey

just stumbled across this, not sure if it works with skype, and for the price its lacking good specs

http://www.ecamm.com/mac/imagewebcam/specs.html

m_stan

loads of webcams work on osx with macam. There's a listing of the cams here. I have one working with this and Skype. Don't know what make or model. Can confirm if that helps.

uncle_sam_ie

Also, a camcorder that has a firewire connection can be used as a webcam. That's how I'm doing it. No drivers needed just plug and play.

crosstownk

Thanks for all the links and suggestions.

m_stan, can you confirm the make and model of yours, if you get a chance.

Thanks again folks.

ZENER

uncle_sam_ie wrote:

Also, a camcorder that has a firewire connection can be used as a webcam. That's how I'm doing it. No drivers needed just plug and play.

I tried that in the beginning but the camera powers itself off after a while if you don't press record (Sony Handycam) Superb quality though !!

Macam supports a wide range of USB webcams, I have an old Philips Toucan camera that works very well, a lot of Creative, Genius and D-Link cameras work too. This is the preferred route IMO.

ZEN

m_stan

mine is also a Philips webcam of some description. No idea what model - I picked it up second hand. My advice would be to get something cheap that is on the Macam list and you should be grand.

Urban Weigl

The Xbox 360 webcam is only €50, and works with OS X without drivers. It's good quality too.

spidermonkey

urban, if your on ichat/skype, and your using the xbox camera, can you use the inbuilt mic on macs for sound input, as the isight had it built into it if i remember right, so considering there is no sound on the xbox have you encountered any problems?

deevey

Any of the logitech quickcams work fine without additional drivers in 10.4