hazelmaryjackson
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I have recently reorganised my home network and freed up a laptop (running Vista) which I want to set up as a fixed weather cam, mounted (inside) my bedroom window. I have done a trial run with a small logitech camera (C310HD) via ustream. The feed works fine but the camera is c--p for this because I am focussing on the sky not a face next to the camera. I wondered about the logitech C910HD. Would this be any better? The webcam will be static when in use. From what I can make out it seems to come down to fps and the logitech 910 claims 45fps. (We have a broadband cable modem always on and there is no problem with capacity or cost).
Separately I wondered about taking the laptop on the road from time to time storm chasing. We have a dongle (with 3) on a contract with 5GB month. Here is where I start to struggle with the technology. How much of the dongle contract's 5gb capacity would I use if I was streaming on line from out on the road?.
At this stage I am not planning on recording with the webcam - will use my digital camera for anything really interesting - but streaming while driving along. I want to start small and get comfortable with the technology first. Could I use the same web camera for fixed streaming in the home and out on the road?. If so would the C910 (or just out C915) do the job.
(As an aside I can buy the Logitech webcam 9000 hd pro very cheaply on Amazon at present. Is this a viable alternative to the C910 and 915 models?) All suggestions and advice appreciated.
Separately I wondered about taking the laptop on the road from time to time storm chasing. We have a dongle (with 3) on a contract with 5GB month. Here is where I start to struggle with the technology. How much of the dongle contract's 5gb capacity would I use if I was streaming on line from out on the road?.
At this stage I am not planning on recording with the webcam - will use my digital camera for anything really interesting - but streaming while driving along. I want to start small and get comfortable with the technology first. Could I use the same web camera for fixed streaming in the home and out on the road?. If so would the C910 (or just out C915) do the job.
(As an aside I can buy the Logitech webcam 9000 hd pro very cheaply on Amazon at present. Is this a viable alternative to the C910 and 915 models?) All suggestions and advice appreciated.
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