This is Logitech’s top-of-the-line Webcam. It has the capability of taking still images at over 1 megapixel and video at 640×480 and a microphone positioned in the base, which is all right if there’s not a lot of background noise (it picks my typing up quite well, though).

It also rotates left and right and up and down. It has a “face tracking” feature, but it’s pretty worthless.

It does require good lighting behind it for the best quality images. I’ve also noticed that with the latest Windows Updates, you have to do a registry hack to get Yahoo! Messenger not to crash when using your Webcam. You can find that fix on Yahoo!’s help pages.

My camera also had a problem with getting stuck in the down position, so I read that someone else fixed it by taking out one of the layers of plastic that hides the internal electronics.

[Read the review of the Quickcam]