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15:24 - Get those eyes peeled
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/07/01/isight.html
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A couple of folks have sent me this link, though regrettably I haven't had much time to look into it deeply; but since I'll probably be getting an iSight of my own in a few weeks, once I have a network on which to use it, I figure the link is worth entering here so I can come back to it later. Sounds like fun!
By now you've probably iChatted with all your buddies and are wondering what you can do next with the iSight. As I explained in the weblog, Want to Do More with the iSight than Chat?, this little "cheese grater" of a videocam packs a lot of potential beyond serving as a simple webcam.
The iSight is a well-designed autofocus camera with a fast f-2.8 lens that focuses from 50mm to infinity. But what makes it so powerful is that its FireWire cable plugs into years of Apple QuickTime development lurking within your Mac. In my view, QuickTime is an underrated technology. And I think lots of people are going to discover QuickTime's versatility thanks to this $149 gem of a camera.
Streaming video with QT Broadcaster. Yay!
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