use Linux, lol
./d5
On Feb 9, 2006, at 12:20 PM, Jonathan Goodwin wrote:
I only need a cheap camera. Basically I'm making a video installation, which for the most part I am producing proper DV quality videos. But I just need a cheapy cam that I know will work with OS X to take crude footage for overlaying a distorted live feed of the installation's viewer over the other video streams.
Trouble is, just having a glance around online, not many manufacturers seem to be committing themselves to saying they will work with Macs. Grrr!
Jonathan
On 9/2/06 17:07, "james tittle" tigital@mac.com wrote:
On Feb 9, 2006, at 11:28 AM, Jonathan Goodwin wrote:
Phew!
Just got in from trudging the city centre of Plymouth...no Firewire webcams, only USB! Doh!
How do USB cams fare with the PD, GEM and Mac OS X combo? I'm sure I read somewhere that they won't work, am I right?...should I just be ordering a FW cam online already?!
...since you're using osx, you have the advantage (and sometimes disadvantage) of quicktime's media handling: basically anything that says it works with osx will work with gem on osx...this means usb, usb2, or firewire...firewire seems desirable because of a higher datarate, but you can usually only use one camera per firewire port, especially when working with higher resolution images...otoh, several usb cameras can be used on the same port, but they will be lesser quality signals...
...if you are serious about video input, you want to stay away from off-the-shelf cameras (they usually have crappy optics) and look to other solutions; just search for "firewire" or "ieee-1394" cameras, and you should find some $500-2000 cameras that have interchangeable lens mounts...
james
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