PANASONIC BL-C10A Network Camera

Rating:
Summary: Not too shabby...
Review: I am not an expert on webcams but I have done a lot of research. My main computer is a Windows XP machine but I wanted to view webcam images on my Mac Powerbook and cell phone. First of all, the price is right, about half the cost of a Toshiba camera I was thinking about. Set up was automatic with my Linksys router. Image quality is good and has several settings. It has some nice features that are easy to use. You have to play with the confusing buffer/transfer/email settings for a while so you don't get overloaded with email. Motion is often blurry. For Mac users, Safari and IE will not work on your free Panasonic web page. Firefox will. On my i500 Palm Smartphone, WebPro browser doesn't work but Blazer will. It works great with Snappermail too. So far, I am happy with my purchase even though it doesn't have sound, wireless, or weather resistance.

Rating:
Summary: Excellent Camera, Excellent Value.
Review: I purchased this network camera to keep an eye on our cats while we were vacationing and just to check in on the house. I was very pleased by the quality and ease of use the camera has.

Setting up the camera was very easy and I had no problems.

The camera's clarity is incredible for its price range, considering that it also pans and scans (with great range of motion).

Speaking to clarity, when the camera moves in any direction, the motors makes a little noise... Not obnoxious or anything, but curious cats had to come check it out each time we moved it while away. Using the snapshot ability on the camera, we got some of the best pictures of the 'kids' we've gotten from any camera when we were there in person.

The camera worked flawlessly - what a great way to ease your mind if you have good internet access where the camera is and where you'll be.

Highly recommended... I'm writing this review because I'm back to order another for different part of the house. :-)

Rating:
Summary: Great product
Review: Just received my camera. Setup was a breeze.
I have not yet used the Dynamic IP service from Panasonic, but I think it will work fine as any other service of this type.

The automatic PnP function did not work trying to configure my Linksys router. A minor nuance if you do not know how to setup your router.

Image quality is very good, but not excelent. The camera has a little trouble working on the white balance, but the provided controls on the browser application let you adjust, so no problem here either. Again, image quality is way above webcams, better that other network cams on the price range, but below than higher ticket net cams.

A nice feature is that you can set up to 4 positions (there are five already preset: camera corners and home position), so you can easly go from checking the door to the desk, etc. in one single mouse click.

Althoug it is designed to be set on a fixed position, on my tests I hooked up to a mini-tripod. By accident, I pull the network cord making the camera fell to the hard floor from about 5 feet. Nothing happened to it.

For the price, it is a highly recomendable PAN/TILT Camera.

Enjoy.