[AG-TECH] FireWire Cameras and VIC

[Douglas Baggett]

The Cannon XL1 was INCREDIBLE. But it's not exactly a camera you'd want 
to buy 3 or 4 of. Since they run about $4K each.

-Doug

Jeremy Mann wrote:

>On Monday 08 December 2003 10:23, bernholdtde at ornl.gov wrote:
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>>I toyed around with an Orange Micro iBot eyeball camera.  It worked fine,
>>but the image quality (lens, in particular) was poor and not suitable for
>>production.
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>>But what I couldn't figure out is how to run multiple firewire or usb
>>cameras at once.  I got the idea the driver didn't support it (Win2000).
>>Is this so?  Is it the same for XP?
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>Both the Orange iBot firewire and USB2 cameras are so-so. Image quality isn't 
>that great. But I have found 2 firewire cameras with excellent picture 
>quality:
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>iRez Stealthfire with 6" tripod
>Unibrain Firei
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>The Unibrain has a pass-thru Firewire port and option A/C power supply. 
>Perfect for laptops  with the mini 4-pin Firewire connector.
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>Tested in Windows and Linux versions of AG 1.x and 2.x.
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