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Originally Posted by beer30
As hony said camcorders make the best webcams. Just all in how much you wanna spend. A simple decent webcam can work fine or you can go to a camcorder with a power pan/tilt head on a tripod remote controlled of course. The thing I've found that seems to make or break how a cam looks is lighting, the lighting has to be right or chances are the girl will look like crap hot or not.
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Most of the girls I've seen on webcams look better with the lights off...
But if you got a hottie - turn the lights up baby! I've found that the 40-watt compact florescent lamps in the 4200 to 55oo kelvin range work the best with most cams. Use a cheal clip on reflector and a chunk of flash defuser cloth (available at most professional photo stores). These bulbs are cool enough to work under and inexpensive to operate. I do not recommend halogen bulbs - first, most have the wrong color temp and they are WAY too hot.
Bulbs in the 4200 to 5500 K color temp should be available at most photo shops but you can get them a lot cheaper from a professional bulb store (I use Bulbs Plus locally). Make sure you get the right color temp as this can throw things way off - then test them with your cam. My bulb store let me test a few until I got the right balance for my cameras.