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The Orbit control panel is wonderfully simple. The main video settings allow you to adjust contrast, brightness and color saturation. For more exacting and experienced users, there is another properties box accessed via "More parameters" with which you can tweak the gamma and exposure of your image. You can also use it to set the final format for your video - black and white, horizontal and vertical symmetry or backlighting adjustment. It is here, if you want to extend the automatic mode, that you set white balance to offset incandescent or fluorescent lighting or use the "outside" option for daylight.

Conclusion

The Logitech QuickCam Orbit is a great high-end Webcam which stands out from the rest by an amazing technical innovation. The Face-tracking function combined with an automatic zoom keeps you in full-face focus all the time, so you really can have a face-to-face discussion with someone. And if you want to send a video-mail of the kids, then Orbit will make the job easy for you. This is all on top of its excellent sound and image quality. With broadband, essential for proper videoconferencing, and MSN Messenger, you can add chat capabilities to video conferencing.

For less than $130, what else can be say?