Customer Reviews:
 iSight camera review February 7, 2009
Fred N. Littooy
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The camera was in excellent condition and works perfectly. The seller was quickly responsive and the camera was as advertised. I had the camera within three days. I am extremely happy with the seller and the camera.
 iSight may have problems with Leopard 10.5.1 February 15, 2008
Suzanne Suzanadanna (USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
While using the iSight external firewire webcam on my Mac G5 tower with Panther 10.3.9 system software installed, I found it to have excellent video quality and to be very easy to use. Shortly after installing Leopard 10.5.1 however, the fun was over. My cam stopped working and no amount of tech fixes have brought it back. It now shows up as "unknown device" in the system profiler, and is not recognized in Yahoo or any other program I've tried.
If you search the internet you'll find numerous suggestions as varied as the circumstances that can create the problem. Apparently some fixes work in certain situations, some don't, some work some of the time, etc...
The iSight is an excellent cam, but if you'll be using it on a Mac that's running Leopard, proceed with extreme caution.
 Great webcam with plug & play ease August 8, 2004
A. Chun (Honolulu, HI)
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
Having used five different webcams over the past five years, I can highly recommend Apple's iSight. More than likely, you are considering buying the iSight to use with iChat AV. Before I bought the iSight, I used a Sony DV video camera. Virtually any DV video camera (one that can connect to your computer via Firewire) will work with iChat AV, so if you have one, I would recommend trying that first. So why buy a $130+ iSight that's virtually a one-trick pony? (I don't know anyone who uses their iSight for anything besides iChat AV) Portability and ease of use. I easily move it around and transfer it back and forth between my desktop computer and laptop. The video conferencing image quality is above average for a webcam but is not as good as my DV video camera. The major drawback of the iSight is the lack of control over exposure, contrast or anything--there aren't any manual controls. Every thing is auto on this baby. That's great for the most part until you get in a low-light or backlit situation. The iSight also has a tendency to be contrasty and blow out detail in situations of directional lighting (I sit near a single bright window). The autofocus is usually reliable except when the focus point is on a light-colored or flat object lacking shadows and detail (like a white t-shirt or solid colored wall). In these instances, you can hear the iSight focusing back and forth without locking, similar to what happens when a digital camera can't focus on an object. Overall, I'm very pleased with the iSight. It video conferences well and its size and portability are its biggest advantages. However, I purchased mine used for $80. I consider $130+ rather pricey unless you do a lot of video conferencing.
Great Web Cam August 2, 2004
R. Anderson (Marquette, MI USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is an easy to use firewire web cam for Mac users.
But, while you need a mac to use it, you can have
web cam meetings with any other computer. I see and
talk regularly with relatives using ichat AV to their yahoo
or AOL web cam software.
Excellent picture quality, with no smearing.
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