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Review of the Logitech S7500 webcam (Communicate Deluxe)

May 11th, 2009 post by ianc

If you are looking for a webcam for your mac mini then this might be the solution for you. The problem with the mac mini is that it doesn’t have a microphone socket so what you really need is a webcam with a built-in USB mic. And that is exactly what the Logitech S7500 (also known as the QuickCam Communicate Deluxe) has.

Let me run down the hardware specs of the S7500

  • 1.3 Megapixel resolution
  • 30fps video
  • Glass lens
  • RightLight2
  • Manual focus
  • Privacy shutter
  • USB mic built in
  • UVC

If you are using this webcam with Windows then the last feature Universal Video Class isn’t that important because it has a full driver suite. It may come in handy though as you can use it driver-less, though Logitech doesn’t recommend this. But for OSX or Linux it is a vital feature. Plug it into OSX Leopard and it is recognized and select USB mic input and it just works.

So how does perform? (more…)

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