Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 9th Jan 2006 11:28 UTC
Apple When Apple introduced the latest incarnation of its iMac G5 product line, the reactions were almost exclusively those of praise. They had managed to make the iMac G5 even thinner, while at the same time upgrading its specifications. Apple also introduced Front Row, a remote control, and a built-in iSight camera. MacSupport was so kind as to provide OSNews with this new iMac G5; here are our findings.
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The camera
by Buck on Mon 9th Jan 2006 12:53 UTC
Buck
Member since:
2005-06-29

Gee, you could've turned some light on instead of being illuminated by the glow of the display!
At least that'd greatly reduce the amount of color splotches. Digital cameras need lots of light.

RE: The camera
by Thom_Holwerda on Mon 9th Jan 2006 12:57 in reply to "The camera"
Thom_Holwerda Member since:
2005-06-29

Gee, you could've turned some light on instead of being illuminated by the glow of the display! At least that'd greatly reduce the amount of color splotches. Digital cameras need lots of light.

The lights WERE on.

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RE[2]: The camera
by Gryzor on Mon 9th Jan 2006 13:45 in reply to "RE: The camera"
Gryzor Member since:
2005-07-03

The lights WERE on.

Who's got a "real" iSight to compare? I'm interested in seeing the difference.

Thanks.

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RE[2]: The camera
by Peragrin on Mon 9th Jan 2006 16:33 in reply to "RE: The camera"
Peragrin Member since:
2006-01-05

The lights WERE on.

Then you didn't have a good light source. My brother bought his first computer a few weeks ago and got the 17" with 512mb of ram. When he told me this I went out and bought an iSight to chat with him. With both camera's you need a light colored background and at least one good light source in front of you. Griffin's ilight(?) is a good exmple of use though not availble for the G5. You don't need much (I used a AA flashlight on weak batteries).

What I thought was great was the quailty of ichat video over a crappy connection. My connection was 802.11g 5 feet from the router. His was 802.11g 100 feet from the router through 3 exterior walls. The video was sometimes choppy but never the audio.

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