I use a Logitech Quckcam Vision Pro camera with my 2009 ish Mac Pro using Catalina. It has a Tessar lens and microphone. It plugs into the USB socket on the front of the Mac Pro It works well on Zoom, gives a better picture quallity than the camera built into the Apple 27inch screen. I bought it over 10 years ago it was about £70.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Logitech+Quickcam+Vision+Pro+cameras&t=ffnt&atb=v120-1&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images&iai=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.macworld.com%2Fimages%2Fnews%2Fgraphics%2F134090-logitechquickcamvisionpro.jpg Hope this helps Derek On Thursday, 22 October 2020 at 15:36:12 UTC+1 Nicholas Holt wrote: > Hi Jason, > Just had a quick look on eBay and they’re several 2nd hand iSight > cameras……..but maybe the lockdown locks should be even less in focus! > Nick > > On 22 Oct 2020, at 12:12, 'Jason Davies' via Sussex Mac User Group < > sm...@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I'm using an old Mac Pro to work from (I do have a Macbook air with camera > but wifi is erratic and the machine is under-powered). It seems socially > and politically impossible to continue without a webcam but I'm getting > confusing info about whether webcams can be expected to work. Eg some > logitech ones have software that refuses to run because the processor is > too old (though it can handle anything I throw at it). I can't tell if the > software is *necessary* or just *useful*. > > Other sources say anything should work at a basic level. > > I've tried virtual cameras using my iPhone but Teams and Blackboard > Collaborate don't recognise them (boo, this would be perfect). > > Is anyone using a (not expensive) webcam on a mac without a built-in > camera (eg mac mini) who can say 'yep, this one works fine'. I honestly > don't care about picture quality or even the mic. I'm running Mojave not > Catalina (it won't run 10.15 at all). The smaller the better as there is > not really anywhere on the desk for it (something on a 'stick' that has a > small camera would be perfect). I don't want one that sits on the top of > the monitor either! (not fussy, am I...) > > (wish I'd kept the old FW iSight I had years ago now!) > > Ps because they provide me with the Macbook Air, work's position is that > they have provided me with a camera so they're not buying another one, > which I guess is fair enough but I'm not switching to a slow laptop or > spending a fortune just so they can inspect my lack of haircut... > > Cheers, > Jason > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to smug+uns...@googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/E0095B1E-2381-471E-8AD8-9A90104A9A5C%40me.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/E0095B1E-2381-471E-8AD8-9A90104A9A5C%40me.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/9a893164-e100-4c14-b06a-537cc58080e6n%40googlegroups.com.
