Baystate Jeepers

So I typically work on my jeep by myself. There have been many instances where I'd like to be able to take a look underneath while I move the steering wheel, drive, whatever. Would a simple lighted USB camera hooked up to a laptop work well? I was thinking about something like this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6826606007 Of course i would prefer something mac compatible, but i can always use the pc emulator. Anyone know much about webcams?

Yes, they can help make you a boat load of money

Logitech makes one which is Mac compatible... I'm sure there are others.

They make "security cams" which have IP addresses (some use Wifi) and/or USB ports... They are stand-alone devices (e.g. plug in to AC power, can be controlled remotely). These cams may work better as you can pan/zoom the head in real time, they will record video, and some models have built in lights. A little more $ though. The app to monitor / control the camera was an IE browser based one -- didn't see any that reported Mac compatibility.

JW

thanks jon. any suggestions for a model? it looks like the mac compatible logitech doesn't have a lot of features. anything else i should be worried about?

I have the logitech webcam for my mac... Not used it a lot. Got it for a job where I was working from home and talking to co-workers at remote locations.

I can't remember the security cam model we used -- was a couple of years ago... It worked OK, but it wasn't really high resolution or anything fancy.

Sorry, I can't give more details...

JW