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| Brand | Microsoft |
| Item Weight | 163 g |
| Product Dimensions | 20.4 x 19 x 6.6 cm |
| Item model number | H5D-00003 |
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| ASIN | B002I3IRY8 |
| Best Sellers Rank |
1,310 in Computers & Accessories (See top 100)
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| Shipping Weight | 281 g |
| Date First Available | 8 Aug 2009 |
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Webcam Goes Wide
Widescreen technology is everywhere these days, built into virtually every new notebook, desktop monitor and flat-panel TV, and today Microsoft Hardware sets a new standard for webcams with the launch of LifeCam Cinema, the first consumer webcam on the PC to offer widescreen video with a native 720p sensor. LifeCam Cinema webcam's 720p widescreen sensor delivers clear, quality videos - without leaving anyone or anything out of the shot.
 LifeCam Cinema features Auto Focus to keep video sharp from across the room all the way up to 4 inches from the webcam |
As the only PC consumer webcam on the market today with a native 720p sensor that delivers widescreen video capture at 16:9,2 LifeCam Cinema provides 720p high-definition video and features Auto Focus to keep video sharp from across the room all the way up to 4 inches from the webcam. Also launching with LifeCam Cinema is Microsoft’s ClearFrame Technology, which offers faster image processing technology to help deliver smooth video at any resolution and improved noise reduction technology to reduce image graininess and keep video sharp. Finally, the LifeCam Cinema webcam’s widescreen technology allows the widest angle of capture ever for a Microsoft webcam, at 74 degrees — no need to worry about leaving anything out of the shot again.
 LifeCam Cinema webcam’s widescreen technology allows the widest angle of capture ever for a Microsoft webcam and also features Microsoft’s ClearFrame Technology, which offers faster image processing to help deliver smooth video at any resolution. |
LifeCam Cinema was created to deliver an experience like the movies, with great high-definition (HD) video and clear sound. However, life doesn't happen on a movie set, and most people don't have a lighting team in their house to make them look camera-ready. In common indoor settings (low-light situations) LifeCam Cinema delivers an easy way to show amazing video quality. Maintaining a high frame rate even in the lowest lighting, LifeCam Cinema helps ensure that users look well lit and that video remains smooth.
 LifeCam Cinema provides 720p high-definition video with reduced image graininess, increased sharpness and vibrant colours, maintaining a high frame rate even in the lowest lighting. |
LifeCam cinema incorporates a digital microphone with noise cancelling technology helps improve speech quality for crystal clear audio. It also has an aluminium body, which reduces its weight and improves the durability of the webcam body.
LifeCam Cinema works with:
Windows LiveTM
Yahoo! Messenger
AOL Instant Messenger
Skype
Find a Webcam That's Right for You:
| |  |  |  |  |  |
| Webcam | LifeCam Studio | LifeCam Cinema | LifeCam HD-5000 | LifeCam HD-6000 | LifeCam HD-3000 |
| High Definition Video - HD (High-Definition) is the best video resolution available, producing pictures with a higher level of detail than a standard webcam. Your video quality can be influenced by other factors that you can see in more detail below. | 1080p HD | 720p HD | 720p HD | 720p HD | 720p HD |
| ClearFrame - ClearFrame technology automatically reduces grainy images and motion blur, capturing crisp, clean, true to life experiences which you can share with all of your friends and family, even if they can’t be there with you. | Yes | Yes | |||
| Auto Focus - Works just like the auto-focus feature on your digital camera to keep your video sharp no matter how close an object is to the LifeCam. Perfect for showing small objects such as a ring or a business card – up close. | Auto Focus | Auto Focus | Auto Focus | Auto Focus | Always Focused |
| Digital Zoom - Delivers realistic, up-close-and-personal video, so you can see the contours of every smile | 4x | 5x | 5x | 5x | 4x |
| Wide-Angle Lens - The 71 degree wide angle lens ensures no one gets left out of the pictures | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Built-In Microphone - A built-in unidirectional microphone cancels out acoustic noise and echo for crystal-clear audio | High-Fidelity | Digital, Noise-Cancelling | Noise-Cancelling | Noise-Cancelling | Noise-Cancelling |
| Truecolour - This advanced technology automatically delivers bright, colourful video under virtually all lighting conditions. It uses the power of the PC to intelligently analyse the scene and determine the optima; video settings even in low lighting. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Fits Laptops or PCs - The Laptop Grip is a compact design that can rotate 180 degrees in both directions for an all-around view, making it perfect for being on the go. The Universal Grip will bend and fix onto your laptop, desktop and notebook, and can even stand by itself. | Fits All | Fits All | Fits All | Laptops only | Fits All |
Manufacturer's Description
Webcam Goes Wide
Widescreen technology is everywhere these days, built into virtually every new notebook, desktop monitor and flat-panel TV, and today Microsoft Hardware sets a new standard for webcams with the launch of LifeCam Cinema, the first consumer webcam on the PC to offer widescreen video with a native 720p sensor. LifeCam Cinema webcam's 720p widescreen sensor delivers clear, quality videos - without leaving anyone or anything out of the shot.
| LifeCam Cinema features Auto Focus to keep video sharp from across the room all the way up to 4 inches from the webcam |
As the only PC consumer webcam on the market today with a native 720p sensor that delivers widescreen video capture at 16:9,2 LifeCam Cinema provides 720p high-definition video and features Auto Focus to keep video sharp from across the room all the way up to 4 inches from the webcam. Also launching with LifeCam Cinema is Microsoft’s ClearFrame Technology, which offers faster image processing technology to help deliver smooth video at any resolution and improved noise reduction technology to reduce image graininess and keep video sharp. Finally, the LifeCam Cinema webcam’s widescreen technology allows the widest angle of capture ever for a Microsoft webcam, at 74 degrees — no need to worry about leaving anything out of the shot again.
| LifeCam Cinema webcam’s widescreen technology allows the widest angle of capture ever for a Microsoft webcam and also features Microsoft’s ClearFrame Technology, which offers faster image processing to help deliver smooth video at any resolution. |
LifeCam Cinema was created to deliver an experience like the movies, with great high-definition (HD) video and clear sound. However, life doesn't happen on a movie set, and most people don't have a lighting team in their house to make them look camera-ready. In common indoor settings (low-light situations) LifeCam Cinema delivers an easy way to show amazing video quality. Maintaining a high frame rate even in the lowest lighting, LifeCam Cinema helps ensure that users look well lit and that video remains smooth.
| LifeCam Cinema provides 720p high-definition video with reduced image graininess, increased sharpness and vibrant colours, maintaining a high frame rate even in the lowest lighting. |
LifeCam cinema incorporates a digital microphone with noise cancelling technology helps improve speech quality for crystal clear audio. It also has an aluminium body, which reduces its weight and improves the durability of the webcam body.
LifeCam Cinema works with:
Windows LiveTM
Yahoo! Messenger
AOL Instant Messenger
Skype
Find a Webcam That's Right for You:
| | | | | | |
| Webcam | LifeCam Studio | LifeCam Cinema | LifeCam HD-5000 | LifeCam HD-6000 | LifeCam HD-3000 |
| High Definition Video - HD (High-Definition) is the best video resolution available, producing pictures with a higher level of detail than a standard webcam. Your video quality can be influenced by other factors that you can see in more detail below. | 1080p HD | 720p HD | 720p HD | 720p HD | 720p HD |
| ClearFrame - ClearFrame technology automatically reduces grainy images and motion blur, capturing crisp, clean, true to life experiences which you can share with all of your friends and family, even if they can’t be there with you. | Yes | Yes | |||
| Auto Focus - Works just like the auto-focus feature on your digital camera to keep your video sharp no matter how close an object is to the LifeCam. Perfect for showing small objects such as a ring or a business card – up close. | Auto Focus | Auto Focus | Auto Focus | Auto Focus | Always Focused |
| Digital Zoom - Delivers realistic, up-close-and-personal video, so you can see the contours of every smile | 4x | 5x | 5x | 5x | 4x |
| Wide-Angle Lens - The 71 degree wide angle lens ensures no one gets left out of the pictures | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Built-In Microphone - A built-in unidirectional microphone cancels out acoustic noise and echo for crystal-clear audio | High-Fidelity | Digital, Noise-Cancelling | Noise-Cancelling | Noise-Cancelling | Noise-Cancelling |
| Truecolour - This advanced technology automatically delivers bright, colourful video under virtually all lighting conditions. It uses the power of the PC to intelligently analyse the scene and determine the optima; video settings even in low lighting. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Fits Laptops or PCs - The Laptop Grip is a compact design that can rotate 180 degrees in both directions for an all-around view, making it perfect for being on the go. The Universal Grip will bend and fix onto your laptop, desktop and notebook, and can even stand by itself. | Fits All | Fits All | Fits All | Laptops only | Fits All |
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By K. Gleave
this is a great quality webcam both for video quality AND sound. We use this at work for video conferencing and works great with Skype. Make sure youckeck out the correct spec for this camera as it's quite a rareity that you need a high spec PC to run at HD quality!
all in all the quality of the wide angled camera is great and it can pick up sound from quite a distance, great price through Amazon too, by far the cheapest I have seen!
all in all the quality of the wide angled camera is great and it can pick up sound from quite a distance, great price through Amazon too, by far the cheapest I have seen!
56 of 59 people found the following review helpful
This is perhaps the best webcam I have used by far, the images are bright and clear even in low light and the colour depth is amazing. The unit is very cleverly designed with a rubber mount that flexes to securely fit any monitor. The sleek tubular body is elegant and aesthetically pleasing, yet blends in perfectly so it does not look out of place.
The auto focus functionality works perfectly and fairly quickly when new items enter the frame. And the digital noise-cancelling microphone provides the ideal audio capturing companion to this great HD webcam. As well as supporting a native resolution of 1280x720p, the camera also supports 800x600 and 640x480 which are more commonly used for web conferencing applications.
The camera works incredibly well with the Live Suite of software, especially Live Messenger both with Windows Vista and Windows 7 in both 32 and 64 bit versions. The camera output can be read directly into Expression encoder for live streaming if needed.
The auto focus functionality works perfectly and fairly quickly when new items enter the frame. And the digital noise-cancelling microphone provides the ideal audio capturing companion to this great HD webcam. As well as supporting a native resolution of 1280x720p, the camera also supports 800x600 and 640x480 which are more commonly used for web conferencing applications.
The camera works incredibly well with the Live Suite of software, especially Live Messenger both with Windows Vista and Windows 7 in both 32 and 64 bit versions. The camera output can be read directly into Expression encoder for live streaming if needed.
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Mr b
Life cam does what it says on the tin grate product love it takes grate pics@photos a very good by well done ME
Published 15 days ago by Mr. B. Fox
4.0 out of 5 stars
Value for Money
Use this item for Skype and other similar applications, a fair middle of the range camera which is slightly blurry with excessive movement but overall meets my requirements
Published 27 days ago by TonyF
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great
Very good product, sometimes get furious colors that do not reproduce 100% real colors, just to bind settings.
Quikly delivery,thx you.
Quikly delivery,thx you.
Published 1 month ago by BARBI
5.0 out of 5 stars
Really Good HD Webcam
I have used this a lot to talk to my friends all over the world and the picture quality is great, easy to set up and easy to install, would recommend.
Published 1 month ago by Yoshoku
3.0 out of 5 stars
Need a webcam for a good price? this is it.
For the price, this webcam does what it needs to do, however the camera is only capable of 720p and is rather laggy, and if you are recording with this microphone you HAVE to use... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Jonathan Mccrum
5.0 out of 5 stars
great
i really loved it... i recommend every1 to buy it.. n enjoy. the quality of sound really good. and the video also good...
Published 1 month ago by Sarwar
5.0 out of 5 stars
Verry Nice
Verry Nice
I choose this because i need fore my computer and is good quality
I like
And i recommend this to my mom
I choose this because i need fore my computer and is good quality
I like
And i recommend this to my mom
Published 1 month ago by Cristian Andrei Irimia
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect
Was sceptical about this camera as I have purchased many before with bad image quality,
so far this one is good, even in low light, sometimes the focus is a bit touch and go,... Read more
so far this one is good, even in low light, sometimes the focus is a bit touch and go,... Read more
Published 1 month ago by pisces1973
5.0 out of 5 stars
What fun
Great little camera this, and the software that came with it has provided my fellow Skypers with many laughs as it superimposes "bunny ears" or "cursing #x! Read more
Published 2 months ago by Andreas Evans
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great camera with one minor exception
So this is a fantastic webcam from Microsoft, shooting at good resolutions and streams smoothly compared to other webcams of the past. Read more
Published 2 months ago by M. Stratton
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