Others say...

"satisifed"
This is the first webcam I have ever purchased. I bought it solely to communicate with someone that is long distance. I have a relatively new iMac G5 with Mac OS X 10.4.11 software running on it. After downloading skype, it was plug and go. Easy to use and sufficient for communicating with friends, especially for the reasonable price. Because it is on a mac, any of the additional features the camera may come with do not work, no zoom or anything, so if you are looking for something with a lot of features this is not for you. I am happy with the purchase as it does what I need it to do but it would be nice if it did more. It sits fine on my flat panel monitor but sufficient lighting is important as it otherwise tends to be a little dark. There is a slight delay when I move around... as I said good for communication with friends and family but that's about it. Also, sound is fine with the built in speakers but if you desire to speak privately - you may wish to look into headphones so everyone else isn't in on your conversation. I have not tried any out to know which are compatible...

"You may not be able to use this on your system"
I agree with an earlier review about "good hardware, bad software." Never got this to work reliably on my XP system and ended up returning it. It would forget it had a camera installed after reboots or come up in applications as "In Use" when nothing else was using it. Never got it to work successfully with Skype.

After researching the Logitech support forums it appears there are some serious problems with a fair number of customers. It either installs and works fine or it doesn't. And if it doesn't, the forum basically states "unresolvable" for most of the problems raised (like the 'in use' and 'loses device between system restart.' It also appears there is only one solitary engineer supporting the software.

In summary, it may be worth a try *if* you can return it. If it works for you it seems to be a nice camera, if it doesn't, don't waste 3 days like I did reinstalling, switching usb ports and boards, trying different versions of the drivers, etc. Just send it back.

"good cheap surveillance solution"
After some thefts, I purchased 2 of these cameras. Connected to a computer and combined with a capture software (free download, not part of this camera), they became a cheap motion-activated surveillance solution.


"Great!"
This was given as a holiday gift to a non-tech savvy family with their first child away from home for Christmas. They were able to set it up and each other and celebrate together. That says it all!!

"Logitech Pro 5000 USB camera"
Highly recommend this product! Great resolution even in lower light situations and has a quality built-in microphone. It also has the ability to take high resolution snapshots. It was plug and go with my Mac no additional drivers required. The iChat video conferences that I held with the new camera drew praises regarding video quality.