Most other Webcams let you manually adjust focus, color saturation, brightness, and contrast, but the iSight takes care of focusing and adjusting for you. Though some may bemoan the lack of control, the camera took only a second to adjust when moved, and the image quality was always great.
iSight and iChat work wonderfully together: sound quality was crisp and clear; the microphone even picked up a conversation happening five feet away. Images on the transmitting and receiving ends were the clearest we've ever seen from a Webcam. Though we noticed a very small amount of noise, the image didn't lag at all, and we had no problem maintaining constant video and sound. With iMovie, the Webcam was just as flawless. It recorded clear crisp images at 30 frames per second, and the sound was of good quality. We experienced problems only when video chatting between a Mac using iChat and a PC using AIM. Though the instruction booklet says it's possible, we could not maintain a connection for more than 10 seconds. Apple's tech support couldn't help us with our setup, but we were able to successfully chat with tech support from our PC using AIM.
Apple covers the iSight with an industry-standard one-year warranty on the hardware. Free phone support is available for the first 90 days after purchase, and Apple's support Web site offers troubleshooting advice, FAQs, and a searchable user forum.
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