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Logitech Introduces Web Cam for Notebooks

January 3, 2008

Logitech has unveiled the Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000 and the Logitech QuickCam Pro for Notebooks , featuring lenses designed in an exclusive collaboration with Carl Zeiss, one of the world's leading optics companies. Combining Logitech's webcam leadership with Carl Zeiss's 160-year history of optical expertise, these new QuickCam Pro-series webcams establish a new standard for webcam image quality - making video calls of image-perfect detail and clarity, a reality.

The company's cooperation with Carl Zeiss represents a significant step in the evolution of video communications. Logitech's exclusive collaboration with Carl Zeiss - the recognized leader in optics for many applications, including cameras, eyeglass lenses and space telescopes - ensures that the QuickCam Pro 9000 and the QuickCam Pro for Notebooks are the first webcams to meet Zeiss's world-renowned standards for lens design and manufacturing. The new QuickCam Pro-series webcams incorporate a Carl Zeiss Tessar lens, a lens design renowned for delivering superior sharpness while being very light weight and compact.

QuickCam Pro 9000 - The Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000 use a premium autofocus system for fast, fluid focusing that eliminates the inconvenience of manual focusing. With Logitech's autofocus system, the QuickCam Pro 9000 compensate for changes in image-edge sharpness.

For the office and the home, the Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000 comes with a flexible universal base, which allows it to rest comfortably on nearly any monitor.

Logitech's autofocus system refocuses images in less than three seconds and helps ensure that images remain crisp even in extreme close-ups (up to 10 cm from the camera lens). It works effortlessly with popular video messaging applications, including Skype, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger and AIM.

For high-definition video capture, the QuickCam Pro 9000 records video at up to 30 frames per second. QuickCam Pro 9000 supports the 720p high-definition (HD) video format, recording to disc at a resolution of 960 by 720 pixels, hence people can capture and view incredibly sharp video clips.The Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000 features a true two-megapixel sensor than can capture up to eight-megapixel photos (with software interpolation), as well as RightSound and RightLight 2 Technology - all working together to enhance the video calling experience.

QuickCam Pro for Notebooks - The Logitech QuickCam Pro for notebooks uses a premium autofocus system for fast, fluid focusing. You don't have to face the difficulty of manual focusing with the autofocus system in the QuickCam Pro for Notebooks. Logitech's autofocus system compensates for changes in image-edge sharpness and refocuses mages in less than 3 seconds. Hence you can enjoy crisp images even in extreme close-ups(up to 10 cm from the camera lens).

For the on-the-go professional, the Logitech QuickCam Pro for Notebooks is sold with a protective travel case and an adjustable, spring-tension clip that accommodates even large laptops with panels up to 20 mm thick. The versatile QuickCam Pro for Notebooks also includes a stylish stand that can sit on a desktop and raise the webcam to eye level. It works effortlessly with popular video messaging applications, including Skype, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger and AIM.

QuickCam Pro for Notebooks records video up to 30 frames per second. It supports 720p high-definition (HD) video format. This facilitates recording to disc at a resolution of 960 by 720 pixels hence people can capture and view incredibly sharp video clips. The Logitech QuickCam Pro for Notebooks features a true two-megapixel sensor than can capture up to eight-megapixel photos (with software interpolation), as well as RightSound and RightLight 2 Technology - all working together to enhance the video calling experience.

RightLight 2 Technology automatically adjusts for low and uneven lighting environments, such as when a window creates harsh backlighting. Logitech's improved RightSound Technology significantly reduces background noise, with new noise suppression, in addition to virtually eliminating echo and feedback.

With more than 15 million downloads in the last two years, Logitech Video Effects  - which include avatars, face accessories and the new Fun Filters - make video calling more entertaining. The Video Effects software allows people to completely transform themselves into three-dimensional animated characters (avatars), or add accessories such as glasses or funny hats to their on-screen image.

Pricing
The Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000 and the Logitech QuickCam Pro for Notebooks webcams are both priced at INR 6,495.

Warranty
Both QuickCam Pro for Notebooks and QuickCam Pro 9000 enjoy two years warranty.

Distributors

Rashi Peripherals are the distributors of QuickCam Pro for Notebooks and QuickCam Pro 9000 in India.

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