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The camera I'm using right now is pretty bad (at least for animation), and I can't capture the frames right on my computer with it. If I were to buy a new camera, which one would be better: a Logitech Quickcam Pro 9000, or a some kind of good digital camera?
Ps. I just noticed: this should probably go in the Hardware section. Sorry...
Well, the QC9000 is your safest bet, as it is widely used by brickfilmers. However, don't be afraid to shop around for a good camera. Be sure to ask questions when staff comes to help you.
I think the QC would be easier to animate with, but is the quality that good? After all, it's pretty small...
How big it is has nothing to do with it. You use a capture program, and you can get quite impressive picture quality out of it (i.e. 1240 by 750, or even 1600 by 1000).
But if the camera is smaller it has a smaller lense, so the lense is not as good. Also most cameras have removable lenses, so I could buy different ones for different effects.
But if the camera is smaller it has a smaller lense, so the lense is not as good.
Fail.
Thanks for the positive feedback 
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But if the camera is smaller it has a smaller lense, so the lense is not as good.
Okay, think of it this way. The average computer now has much greater capabilities then your average room-sized supercomputer of say, the seventies or eighties. Now, that ratio of size:power has also changed with cameras as well. It's not just the lens, anyway. There are chips in webcams and cameras that process the images they capture; not film. For a more relevant example, todays webcams have better quality than the film cameras used back in the early 1900s.
So, it's not a matter of size at all. I'd suggest a Quickcam 9000, like all the others have. I have one, and it's got great quality, and the webcam it's self if fairly small, which is perfect for brickfilming.
martx96 wrote:But if the camera is smaller it has a smaller lense, so the lense is not as good.
Okay, think of it this way. The average computer now has much greater capabilities then your average room-sized supercomputer of say, the seventies or eighties.
But that means, that if they made a room-sized super computer, it would be even better than a standard computer. So a bigger camera today is better than a smaller camera today.
Just watch this, it will prove Littlebrick's point. It was made with a QC9000.
Dang, I took to long, you stole what I was going to say. 
Well, it all depends if you want a camera that you can make amazing, smooth brickfilms with that's used by pros, yes. If you want a camera that you can take outside of your house like to school, vacations, etc., no.
If you just want a good camera for brickfilming, the QC9000 is a relatively low cost investment. But if you want a camera you can use outside and about the place, you would want to shell out some more moohlah for a Canon camera that works with RemoteCapture (and will therefore let you preview frames on your computer, and take them from there). Read this. Canon also has a bunch of other Remote-Capture-able cameras listed here, but I'm not sure if they'll all work with frame capture programs.
If you just want a good camera for brickfilming, the QC9000 is a relatively low cost investment. But if you want a camera you can use outside and about the place, you would want to shell out some more moohlah for a Canon camera that works with RemoteCapture (and will therefore let you preview frames on your computer, and take them from there). Read this. Canon also has a bunch of other Remote-Capture-able cameras listed here, but I'm not sure if they'll all work with frame capture programs.
Littlebrick wrote:martx96 wrote:But if the camera is smaller it has a smaller lense, so the lense is not as good.
Okay, think of it this way. The average computer now has much greater capabilities then your average room-sized supercomputer of say, the seventies or eighties.
But that means, that if they made a room-sized super computer, it would be even better than a standard computer. So a bigger camera today is better than a smaller camera today.
Oh my god.
Littlebrick wrote:martx96 wrote:But if the camera is smaller it has a smaller lense, so the lense is not as good.
Okay, think of it this way. The average computer now has much greater capabilities then your average room-sized supercomputer of say, the seventies or eighties.
But that means, that if they made a room-sized super computer, it would be even better than a standard computer. So a bigger camera today is better than a smaller camera today.
Computers and cameras are completely different things. 
QCP9k is pretty good. But doesn't work on Macs.
QCP9k is pretty good. But doesn't work on Macs.
Actually, if you can use BootCamp, it works perfectly fine on a Mac.
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