On Wednesday 07 February 2007 09:48, Keith Powell wrote: > On Wednesday 07 February 2007 6:05 am, Ric Moore wrote: > > Anne, this might sound crazy, but it's worth a try. I was dinking > > with my little logitech and by turning the lens to focus it better, > > the color and contrast also improved. Sounds dumb, but worth a > > shot? Ric > > Ric. > > Butting in for a few moments. > > I too am having aMSN picture problems. The picture is very "brown" in > either daylight or artificial light. In fact, it is brown in other > Linux video chat programs (Kopete and Ekiga). If I even 'touch' the > brightness control, it immediately goes very over-exposed. Altering > the focus doesn't improve it at all. > > I'm not flaming, just stating facts, but in Windows Live Messenger, > with Logitech's driver, the picture is excellent for a 640x480 > camera. Correct colours, and it works in far lower light levels than > is required in Linux. > > I'll now retire into the background again! > Using the focus ring on the webcam, I've found a setting that gives a much better colour (and I think the focus is sharper, too). I had to slightly adjust the ekiga settings after this, but that was easy. Now I need to try it out live. I'll report back when this has been possible. Anne
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