Can I use the lights on the camera without using the camera itself? I have a decent camera on my laptop but the lighting in my home is not very good.
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Yes, you can use the lights without the camera. You can direct the light to suit your needs. Another trick I use is to put a mirror behind me to give surround light as in a studio.
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No the lights are worthless. They wont even light up your face. Why use this as a light? Just buy a desk lamp.
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I'm pretty sure you can. When I first was setting mine up I came across a mode of white light only programs.
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S. Albert - I was thinking the same thing - taking the laptop and Minoru webcam out and capturing something interesting (more interesting than my face). But when going through the reviews, a few people have said that the picture gets overexposed easily and it works much better indoors. That's the only reason I'm hesitating to buy this thing. Hopefully they'll get it fixed soon -- someone mentioned that it was possibly just a software fix.
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Use a tripod and have multiple batteries it should work fine. There will be a slight color distortion is shot during the day, but at night as with all full spectrum cameras you really need good lights to use with it.
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No. Just setting for low light filming, which IMO are very good even when there is minimal light.
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You can just plug it in. I use mine for filming, to through a slash of light across the background. It has frame for gels.
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I never tried that. I just use the monitor that the other camera came with. ( I bought this camera to use in a second room )
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You should not need to to anything, the camera will switch. At night you should see a ring of red lights around the eye of the camera? If not then it's not working ... If you do it should work just in black and white. Night vision you never get color. Hope that helps...
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They are just lights. What camera you use does not matter. They do need to be plugged into an outlet.
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Yes, take the batteries out and plug in the USB cable. Turn the camera on. The computer will power the camera :-)
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There is no light associated with the camera. I don't know of a link, but the following may interest you. I have used the infrared light supplied by another camera to provide the illumination for this camera. The camera WITH the infrared light is on the corner of our house pointed toward our driveway. The second camera is hidden near the front door and also pointed toward the driveway. The infrared light provided by the corner camera is more than enough to illuminate the driveway for the bullet camera shown here.
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Do Not purchase. This camera does not perform as advertised. However works fine in normal light. To answer your question LED lights are barely visible. Hard to tell if camera working.
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On the cord that plugs the cam into your computer there should be a switch you can rotate to control the light and turn it off. Hope that helps.
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I rarely, if ever, have to use the flash since there are so many options for using ambient light indoors and out. however the flash can be used as a last resort. I find that with lights on in interior shots, using the right options, even using manual settings, I get a better result than using artificial lighting from a flash. Take several shots using several settings using AUTO, MANUAL settings, SCENES and see what type of effect best meets your requirements. Great, flexible camera.
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You can use it without the light, but it is not as clear. The light makes things much clearer.
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Hi Linda,We have used this camera extensively at many varying lighting conditions and have always been very satisfied with the results. The amazing part is that I have always left the setting in automatic and used the factory defaults. Someone with a bit more expertise that I, can get much more out of this camera. For the technically challenged, as am I, this is a great camera that does everything extremely well. Enjoy.
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I did some experimenting. After dark, the ceiling lights and lamps were off in the living room. So the only light was coming from the television. I took several photos, without the flash and they look great!