What webcam do you use to duel?
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Posted on Oct. 1, 2013, 12:03 a.m. by joshhightower
I have recently moved away from all my magic playing friends and am trying to do some webcam dueling. I am trying to get the best quality I can. I have tried the logitech c270 which is 720p but does not have auto focus. The quality is barely playable. I was wondering if anyone else had gone through this before so I can avoid the hassle of returning a bunch of webcams. I think the next thing to try will be a camera with autofocus.
Any tips?
joshhightower says... #3
Well, I just tried out the Logitech c525 and it was certainly better than the 270 since it had the auto/manual focus setting. It would focus sharply on one card in the field of view, but with it a little higher up to see 8 cards, it was just barely less quality than what it needed to be. The middle rows were fairly readable, but the corner cards were fuzzy enough that if you weren't familiar with the text of the card it would be too difficult to read. So continues my quest to achieve remote mtg.
Hoping someone out there has had some success and can give me some tips.
October 2, 2013 1:37 a.m.
joshhightower says... #4
I am really surprised at the lack of information on the web for this topic. There are a lot of people saying they play, but really no one giving detailed reviews about the webcams they use. If no one has any input, I guess I will keep trying out different models and post my findings here.
Still hoping this bump might get someone's attention who has some additional input.
chandlerwrx06 says... #2
http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Portable-Webcam-Autofocus-960-000733/dp/B004YW7WCY/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1380609244&sr=8-8&keywords=webcams
seems like it would do fairly well, will auto focus to your hand when you play stuff, but should work. Not sure on its field of view though. . . may not be able to focus on something very close.
October 1, 2013 2:37 a.m.