OM Camera - a new angle

Ian Stirling OpenMoko at mauve.plus.com
Wed Sep 19 16:40:46 CEST 2007


Gabriel Ambuehl wrote:
> On Tuesday 18 September 2007 20:12:04 Ian Stirling wrote:
> 
>>I'd want several megapixels, ability to take at least several second
>>pictures, for use around dusk.
>>Optical zoom would be a big plus.
>>LCD size not hugely important.
>>Wifi and bluetooth would be a big plus.
>>USB-host too, to enable printing directly to devices, or offloading a
>>few pictures to someones memory card.
>>
>>Have you seen the price of decent wifi enabled network cams?
> 
> 
> For my uses, a cheap one would be plenty, but I don't want it to be a security 
> hole in my network...  Ideally it could do MPEG4 at VGA@30fps, too. I can do 
> without the Bluetooth.
> 
> If it was a digital pocket cam rather than a cheap network cam, I definitely 
> want optical finder, optical 3x (or more) zoom with decent optics, at least 6 
> megapixels and very short time from hitting button to actually making picture 
> (the delay disturbs me rather badly on my trusty old Powershot).


I was more meaning a pocket cam that could also be stuck on a mount as a 
network cam.




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