Microsoft LifeCam HD-6000

• Average user rating: 1.5 stars out of 3 reviews
• My rating: 0 stars

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• 3 stars

  Good plug-n-play but autofocus is crazy-dumb.

  by getafterit on June 18, 2012

  Pros: out of box installation a snap - or so you would think.

  Cons: autofocus cycling makes camera unusable until you turn off TruColor, manually disable autofocus and hard-wire setting. just a poor, poor implementation of the feature. size for clip only usable on laptop - not on monitor with thickness more than 3/4"

  Summary: typical microsoft - made it easy at outset to have the thing running, but completely frustrating from a usability standpoint. c'mon guys - even the most basic product use ...

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  Summary: typical microsoft - made it easy at outset to have the thing running, but completely frustrating from a usability standpoint. c'mon guys - even the most basic product use would have uncovered this glaring mistake.

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  1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 2 stars

  Decent Camera with decent effects

  by AaronRicci on December 10, 2011

  Pros: Hd, lots of Special effects

  Cons: Every time you take a picture or video, or want to use one of those special effects, the picture gets fuzzy and it's aweful

  1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 6 stars

  Fair image quality; hypersensitive auto-focus

  by angry jubu on September 30, 2010

  Pros: Image quality okay (better than many, but not as good as it should be; clamp and cable configuration very good

  Cons: Auto-focus overly sensitive; should have glass lens

  Summary: The image quality is all right - decent for a webcam with a plastic lens, but at this price, and at this point in time, it should have a glass ...

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  Summary: The image quality is all right - decent for a webcam with a plastic lens, but at this price, and at this point in time, it should have a glass lens. However, Justin Yu is correct - the auto-focus feature is terribly oversensitive, and needs to be disabled in the software. I had two lengthy conversations with Microsoft's tech support; while they were more knowledgeable and conscientious than support generally is these days, they were unaware of the problem. They finally called me back a third time and told me they'd run tests and experienced the same problem. Apparently, months later, it hasn't been resolved.
  
  Bottom line: I returned it and bought a Logitech C905. Physically, the LifeCam is better designed - it has a small clamp and conveniently placed wire that doesn't interfere with the camera's motion - but the Logitech has a glass lens that gives a noticeably better image. I did have a bit of a problem with image flicker, but downloaded the new software and that seems to have fixed it. Unfortunately, the clamp and cable configuration is much more clumsy than that of the LifeCam. This is an ongoing issue with Logitech webcams; someone at Logitech needs to go back to design school.

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