Compare Prices : Creative Live! Cam Optia AF - Expert Reviews

Pros: Can do remote monitoring and time-lapse video ; ball-and-socket joint provides flexibility ; camera rotates 270 degrees ; stand works equally well on top of desk or atop a monitor

Cons: Image quality struggles in low light ; buggy software ; face tracking feature is useless

Verdict: If remote video surveillance or time-lapse photography is something you want to do with a Webcam, the Creative Live Cam Optia AF is a good pick. For all others, Logitech has a better (and slightly cheaper) Webcam.

Review summary: The Creative Live Cam Optia AF is the ideal Webcam if you are looking to shoot objects other than yourself: your talented pet or your back door or your rose garden. For simply recording video of yourself sitting in front of your PC, Logitech's ...

Review summary: and compatibility with most Windows video chat applications.

Review summary: If you can put aside Creative's issue with mid-word punctuation, the Creative Live!Cam Optia AF is well worth a look as your

Pros: The Creative Live!Cam Optia AF comes into its own as a surveillance webcam. You can twist it 270 degrees to point it at just about anything, and then leave it to take stills at intervals you set, or when motion in its sight sets it off. You can catch ...

Cons: The Creative Live!Cam Optia AF may have a 2.0-megapixel squished inside, but that doesn't mean it's as good as Logitech's offerings with the same specs. In comparison, it struggles in low light, but at least with a lamp on your problems are solved. ...