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Re: [pwc] Follow up to Fake Quickcam Pro 4000 - wrong USB ID

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Subject: Re: [pwc] Follow up to Fake Quickcam Pro 4000 - wrong USB ID
From: Alan Brown <>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:45:22 -0500 (EST)
On Fri, 17 Feb 2006, Phill Coxon wrote:

> Is there any way I can test with software to probe whether the camera
> has a CMOS or CCD?

The difference is _quite_ obvious at low light levels.

A cmos camera will get noisy and yellowish with light levels comparable
to a 100W bulb in an average room. CCD will cope easily with this (and
lower) at frame rates of 10-20fps.

AB

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