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NoteCam Pro A310

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Click Image to Enlarge NoteCam Pro A310

Purchased February 14, 2003, $29

A VERY generic, inexpensive, small camera I picked up at a local computer store. In fact it is so generic, there isn't any writing on the camera except a serial number sticker. I was quite surprised at the quality of the image considering the price. It's actually better than the Logitech Quick Cam Messenger which cost $50. Nice little support bracket which can be used on a notebook or rotated and set on a desktop. It has a metal screw mount on the bottom where the base screws in. It's not a standard 1/4" tripod mount, but you could rig a simple mounting bracket to fasten it to, unlike the Quick Cam Messenger which will only work on its own base without damaging the case.

Thanks to a viewer in Denmark, we now know that the internal component to this camera is made by ZSMC of California. Back in late 2004 there was a website where you could get an updated driver but the driver is no longer available from them.

    Pluses
  • Small size
  • Very inexpensive
  • Decent quality image in good light
  • A few nice features in Twain driver
  • Twain driver seems to be very stable
  • Has a small metal threaded mounting hole, rather than plastic
    Minuses
  • Unlikely to find any reliable support for it (don't lose the driver disk)
  • Some of the auto controls in the supplied Twain driver don't seem to be available
  • When I tried to use the camera with a USB extension cable one of my computers didn't recognize the camera with the supplied drivers
  • When plugged into 2 of my USB hubs, Windows XP shut down to prevent damage to the operating system (note this problem seems to have been solved with the new driver)
  • Mounting hole is a metric 4mm 7 thread screw, not standard tripod size
  • Not very good for full motion video. 3 frames a second is doing good for this camera, most likely due to inefficiencies in the driver


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