Genius Widecam F100TL 1080p HD

I use this as a security camera. With it mounted up under the eaves of thr house, I can now see the full width of the garden and most of the length as well. My previous camera only had an 80 degree field of view but this one with its 120 degree field of view is much better and it was also cheaper.

This 120-degree camera enjoys indeed a wide-angle. 3 pbs are : connection through USB only, size of the camera itself (it is totally portable but seems a tiny bit big when mounted on a MacBook Air) and the colors : the image tended to be yellow in the inside with artificial light when compared with Apple Facetime camera's, but that may have been due to specific conditions on the time of trial.

Nice and compact design, the wide image angle is the best feature. On the downside the image can only be focused manually for rotating the lens, but this does not seem to be doing much. It is also difficult to tell when to stop rotating the lens, at some point you feel some resistance, if you do it too much the lens can break (from communication with the company). Also, the image can have some flickering and blurriness, I felt that its quality was worse than that of my Dell laptop camera, which should not be considering that you get a separate camera exactly for this reason, i.e. good quality image. On the other hand, the company is very helpful and responds quickly to questions.

The camera is very good, very wide angle, although a crop option would have been nice even the image quality decreases.

So, I have a couple issues with this camera. Firstly, the camera lacks an on/off switch, or even just a cover. This coupled with a lack of an led to indicate when it is recording means you would not know if the camera was being used by someone else, who could just watch you. There are a couple options with this, point the camera directly upwards, or install their proprietary software. The issue with the software, is, like all software, it's vulnerable, and while it now be secure, what about in a few years when it's no longer supported?Then comes to the image quality. Yes the camera has an impressively wide angle, making it capable of capturing a full conference room. However, you then have to accept that people will be nothing more than a grainy blur of skin. Oh, and the claim of 1080p is utter tripe. it maybe pushes 480p. The onboard microphone isn't sensitive enough, and you'll have better luck being hear trying to shout across the country.The cable is an appropriate length, and the camera is aesthetically alright. Ultimately I chose to return it and look upmarket and elsewhere.(also, couldn't work out how to operate the manual focus, and found no reference to it in the instructions, as the bezel on the front did not rotate like indicated on the packaging.)

This camera was bought to do conference calls using Skype on a Mac. It works perfectly and the audio quality is amazong, even across the who of our boardroom. This is money well spent to get a workable conference facility jsut using Skype and the Camera and it works fine on Mac too. The only challenge was mounting it on a wall, which required a modified L bracket.

Good product. Wide view is a bit too wide. My integrated laptop webcam gives a close-to-real view. However, for a widecam is fine.

Excellent 120 degree field of view for meeting rooms. Just wish the optics and CCD were higher quality as the image can be a bit grainy.