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Offline W3DRM

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Logitech Pro 5000 "on" light...
« on: January 28, 2007, 10:32:13 PM »
Got a Logitech Pro 5000 webcam for Christmas and am using it to view the weather outside my house. I have one little problem with it - the green "on" light on the camera itself is being reflected in the window it's shooting through. Is there any way to turn off the light? If not, I'm thinking about placing a piece of black electrical tape over it so it doesn't look like I have a UFO floating outside my front window.  :lol:
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Re: Logitech Pro 5000 "on" light...
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2007, 11:20:39 PM »
Don,
What kind of software are you using to run your cam online? I use webcamxp and it gives you the ability to disable the light. I did look at the 5000 but decided not to buy it because I wanted to get the lens as close as I could to the plexiglass on my outdoor enclosures. If you notice on the cam I purchased (QuickCam for Notebooks Pro) below the lens stick out about a 1/2 inch so it will always be flush. It has the Right Light 2 technology with 1.3Mpixel and only the size of a pack of gum. BTW, I saw your cam the other day and the mountains looked really cool! Here's a link to the webcams below. The Beach Parkway and Aqualinda Cam is currently down. Going to have to fix that tomorrow.

http://www.capeweather.com/webcam.html


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Re: Logitech Pro 5000 "on" light...
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2007, 11:28:00 PM »
Would a piece of electrical tape over the light work for now?

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Re: Logitech Pro 5000 "on" light...
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2007, 11:38:18 PM »
I vote for the handyman's secret weapon.  Duct Tape!   :mrgreen:

Notice I used the "Mr Green" avatar as in Red Green.
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Re: Logitech Pro 5000 "on" light...
« Reply #4 on: January 29, 2007, 07:52:37 AM »
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If not, I'm thinking about placing a piece of black electrical tape over it so it doesn't look like I have a UFO floating outside my front window.


That is exactly how I fixed that very issue with my Logitech 4000. Has worked just fine for 2 years now. :D

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Re: Logitech Pro 5000 "on" light...
« Reply #5 on: January 29, 2007, 10:03:46 AM »
electrical tape, duct tape or you could take some black spray paint and spray a small amount into the cap of the can.  Then take a brush and coat the light with a small model paint brush.  Or for that matter you could use black model paint.  Heck a black sharpie permanent marker might even work.
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Re: Logitech Pro 5000 "on" light...
« Reply #6 on: January 29, 2007, 09:14:47 PM »
Thanks for the suggestions! For now, I've solved my problem with a small piece of electrical tape over the lamp. As to software, I'm using Logitech QuickCam and Image Salsa. Am going to get Movie Salsa eventually so I can save daily sequences. Right now, I'm just happy to get an image on-line.

My only other problem at the moment is late afternoon when the sun hits the lens and I get a black spot plus a narrow vertical white line above and below the position of the sun. Have had suggestions to use some window film in front of the lens to cut down on brightness. Not sure that will help though and I'm wondering what the effect of the sun will be on the image chip...
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