anyone own a 3Com HomeConnect PC Digital Camera webcam??

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anyone own a 3Com HomeConnect PC Digital Camera webcam??

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I recently bought a 3com homecoonect pc digital camera from a friend. On the
first setup, all the video/images came out blurry. I've tried to adjusting
the rotating lens without luck. So, I took it apart and I notice a blue
square glass that sat between the rotating lens and sensor was all blurry. I
tried cleaning it with rubbing alcohol and that didnt work. It looks like
some kind of mildew buildup. Can this blue square glass be replaced? I'm
currently using the webcam w/o it and the some of the image/video look over
exposed(too much white balance).


"J. Clarke" <jclarke@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
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> cadnyc wrote:
>
>> anyone own a 3Com HomeConnect PC Digital Camera webcam??
>
> A lot of people do but obviously not enough for it to be worth 3com's
> while
> to keep it in production. It was originally made by Vista Imaging, where
> you can find some more information, and is currently apparently being made
> by Inside/Out Networks, whose latest drivers are dated 10/28/02, which
> shows how aggressive they are about continued development.
>
> I have two of them. I never found either to be particularly useful.
>
> Why do you ask?
>
> --
> --John
> Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net
> (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
>

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thanks, j.clarke. i've already emailed ionetworks.com and i hope to hear
from them soon.


"J. Clarke" <jclarke@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
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> cadnyc wrote:
>
>> I recently bought a 3com homecoonect pc digital camera from a friend. On
>> the first setup, all the video/images came out blurry. I've tried to
>> adjusting the rotating lens without luck. So, I took it apart and I
>> notice
>> a blue square glass that sat between the rotating lens and sensor was all
>> blurry. I tried cleaning it with rubbing alcohol and that didnt work. It
>> looks like some kind of mildew buildup. Can this blue square glass be
>> replaced? I'm currently using the webcam w/o it and the some of the
>> image/video look over exposed(too much white balance).
>
> Not sure what to do there--mine do have that blue square but it appears to
> be quite clean and shiny. Perhaps Inside/Out might have replacement parts
> available. <http://www.ionetworks.com/> Note that the camera is under
> "environmental monitoring".
>
>> "J. Clarke" <jclarke@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:ctispt0gp9@news4.newsguy.com...
>>> cadnyc wrote:
>>>
>>>> anyone own a 3Com HomeConnect PC Digital Camera webcam??
>>>
>>> A lot of people do but obviously not enough for it to be worth 3com's
>>> while
>>> to keep it in production. It was originally made by Vista Imaging,
>>> where
>>> you can find some more information, and is currently apparently being
>>> made by Inside/Out Networks, whose latest drivers are dated 10/28/02,
>>> which shows how aggressive they are about continued development.
>>>
>>> I have two of them. I never found either to be particularly useful.
>>>
>>> Why do you ask?
>>>
>>> --
>>> --John
>>> Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net
>>> (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
>>>
>
> --
> --John
> Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net
> (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)