Features:

You probably make a video call in good lighting most of the time. When you do with a Logitech webcam—thanks to Fluid Crystal—your video will look smooth and sharp, rich and clear. 

But sometimes good lighting can be tricky to get right. With Fluid Crystal, bad lighting won’t stop you from making a good video call. Making a video call in a low-light living room? Have a bright kitchen window behind you? Don’t worry.

Fluid Crystal gives you what you need to make your video calls (and recorded videos) better.

• Smoother video motion, without annoying choppiness, in real-world conditions

• Sharper pictures, so your videos will look more detailed, more real, more true to life

• Richer colors, so you’ll look more natural during a video call (and when you record a video or take a pic)

• Clearer sound, so you’ll sound more natural, too And it’s now in every Logitech webcam.*

(* Requires installation of included software.)

Not your average webcam

The quality of your video call depends in part on the quality of your webcam. Even if the lighting, the connection and the computers involved are ideal (and no one moves around much), any old webcam can make video calling a frustrating experience. And most of the time people use their webcams in less-than-perfect situations. Other webcams (for example, the one built into your laptop) try to adjust for poor lighting—but can produce choppy video, muted color and fuzzy images.

We know that in the real world you don’t have a fancy Hollywood production crew lighting your video call. You shouldn’t have to. We’ve done it for you.

We tune each of our webcam components—from the lens stack to the frame rate to the color saturation ratio—so that your video calls are natural, without artificial color, annoying choppiness, pixelation or other frustrations. (And you’ll never need to worry about how the multi-element lens stack is designed, or how many times an image refreshes per second, or how much time our engineers spend tuning the hardware and the software.)

Real difference for the real world

Joy. Laughter. Tears. There’s nothing like seeing your loved ones face-to-face. To be there—with the people you really care about, the people you work with, the people that you need to look in the eye, even though they may be on the other side of the world.

And thanks to Logitech Fluid Crystal Technology, the video calls you make with a Logitech webcam will be smoother and sharper, richer and clearer in what we like to call real-world conditions—yours.

A lot of webcams out there want you to stay put. Move or get too close and the camera can have a tough time automatically focusing on you—even if it’s got a good lens. That can leave you looking hazy and out of focus. And that’s probably not the look you’re going for.

At Logitech, we don’t want your video to become a blur. So we created an autofocus system that lets you move around. It zeroes in on whatever’s in the center of the frame, like your face. When you move, the webcam automatically tracks your motion and refocuses the image. You’ll be crystal clear in less than three seconds

Ready for your close-up

Want to zoom in for a kiss? Or hold something up to the camera? Our autofocus system can handle it. It focuses in and out automatically with precision and speed—even if the item is only 10 cm from the camera. No choppiness. No blur. Just a clear, sharp image.

How’d we do that?

We used the same type of motor used in mobile-phone cameras, a voice coil motor (VCM), and optimized it for webcams. They’re compact, don’t use a lot of battery power, and can handle shock and vibration. The lens moves back and forth to adjust focus until the webcam gives you the sharpest image possible. It also helps stabilize the webcam so your video and photos are in focus and have low distortion. So, you can go ahead and make your move.

A better way to video call

Webcams let you see and talk to your friends and family—wherever they are. But with most webcams, you need to wear a headset or you’ll get a distracting echo.

Neither option sound appealing? With Logitech RightSound™ technology, you can avoid both. Acoustic echo cancelation software means the whole family can gather around and have a more natural conversation—without passing around a headset.

The echo explanation

You’re on a video call with your friend. You’re both using webcams with integrated microphones and typical computer speakers. Here’s where the trouble happens:

Your friend says something to you. His voice is captured by his microphone and sent to your speakers. But then your microphone picks up his voice from the speakers and sends it back to him as an echo—which can really ruin a conversation.

The RightSound™ fix

You use a webcam with RightSound technology. The software identifies the sound wave featuring your friend’s voice as it comes through the speakers. When your microphone picks it up, the software filters out the repeated wave so it doesn’t get sent back to your friend. And that means they don’t hear an echo.

Two-way talk

Other webcams eliminate echo by muting your microphone when the person on the other end is speaking. It’s kind of like talking on a walkie-talkie—not a very natural way to have a chat. RightSound technology doesn’t mute your mic so you can both talk whenever you want. It makes your video calls just like talking to someone in the same room.

General Requirements:

• Windows® XP (SP2 or higher), Windows Vista® or Windows® 7 (32-bit or 64-bit)

For HD 720p video calling and HD 720p video recording:

• 2.4 GHz Intel® Core™2 Duo

• 2 GB RAM

• 200 MB hard drive space

• USB 2.0 port

• 1 Mbps upload speed or higher

• 1280 x 720 screen resolution

Basic requirements:

• 1 GHz

• 512 MB RAM or more

• 200 MB hard drive space

• Internet connection

• USB 1.1 port (2.0 recommended)

Warranty Information

• 2-year limited hardware warranty

Package Contents

• Webcam with 5-foot cable

• Logitech webcam software with Logitech Vid™ HD

• User documentation

Technical Specifications

• HD video calling (1280 x 720 pixels) with recommended system*

• HD video capture: Up to 1280 x 720 pixels*

• Logitech Fluid Crystal™ Technology

• Logitech More HD technology

• Autofocus

• Photos: Up to 8 megapixels (software enhanced)

• Built-in mic with Logitech RightSound™ technology

• Hi-Speed USB 2.0 certified (recommended)

• Universal clip fits laptops, LCD or CRT monitors

Logitech webcam software:

• Logitech Vid™ HD

• Logitech RightLight™ 2 technology

• Video and photo capture

• MAGIX™ photo and video editing software*

• 1-click Facebook®, Twitter™ and YouTube™ HD upload (registration required)

• Logitech Video Effects™: fun filters, avatars, face accessories, video masks and mask maker**