Creative Live! Cam Optia AF Reviews

Webcam for remote monitoring

Ball-and-socket joint provides flexibility; camera rotates 270 degrees; stand works equally well on top of desk or atop a monitor

Image quality struggles in low light; buggy software; face tracking feature is useless

If remote video surveillance or time-lapse photography is something you want to do with a webcam, the Creative Live Cam Optia AF is a good pick. For all others, Logitech has a better -- and slightly cheaper -- webcam

Smooth, full motion 30fps digital video streams and top quality images with High Speed USB 2.0 throughput Fits easily to almost anything - notebook displays, CRT monitors and flat panel displays...

Trial & Error

My reasons for selecting this camera were because of the time lapse and motion detection features. I wasn't particularly interested in using it as a web cam. On the third or fourth try I finally got the time lapse mode to perform but could not see any way...

Works with OSX, works better with Vista

I've had this cam for about a week now, and at first I had a few troubles with Vista, this was because I used the disk that came with it. My best advice to you is to download all the current software and drivers from Creative first, and follow the instruc...