Logitech QuickCam Express

The Logitech QuickCam is an affordable, cheap solution if you do not have a webcam. It's picture is quite low quality and it's framerate is very low. Seeing as my QuickCam is around 3 years old I guess it is old technology but I'm guessing you are reading this review because you are looking to grab one. It comes with confusing software, the manual and the webcam with quite a long lead. The webcam itself does look cheap and lives up to it's price. Being that I just brought an Advent Auto Focus 2MP webcam earlier today, the difference in quality is outstanding for the £25 I paid for it. As I said before, this is a low budget webcam.

The Logitech Quickcam Express was my first Webcam. With the exception of a grainy picture (despite low light adjustment) this is a fine webcam, and it comes with a micro headset and microphone.

The instructions are poor, and they would confuse someone new to computers. Following the instructions to the letter, the first software download hung, so I attached the camera, and my PC found the new hardware and then the wizard installed the software.

Features of the camera software include QuickCapture, so you can take a picture with your cam or record - ideal for monitoring the baby sitter! A button for MSN; A link to the Logitech website; Camera settings so you can adjust the camera features and a link to Theodora - this jumps to a different Logitech web page and does nothing.

To sum up, it is very good in daylight, but once you are in a shadow the picture is grainy. There may be better camera's, and there may be worse - this one is average, and if they could sort out the grainy picture and the software problem, it would be a great camera!