Digitus USB Webcam

I ordered one of these earlier this week and it should be here tomorrow. The idea is to try and use it for live video work with UMPCs. It’s got auto focus and a LED lamp but the build, lens, sensitivity and drivers are all unknowns. If everything works out, it should work out well for handheld UMCP and live Ustream work.

Product details here. I paid 30 Euro on Amazon.de for it. Don’t order until i’ve tested it

Update: Mads has done some research into snake-cams. Thanks!

Like many places in Europe today, its sunny and warm and as the wife and kid are off working the fleamarkets, it only makes sense that I get on my bike and do a bit of UMPC photo blogging.

• Bag – 238gm. Jack Wolfskin Bodybag.
• Nokia N82 – 110gm for live GPS tracking (Sportstracker.com – see my current position) and music.
• Canon S2IS. 512gm (I need to get something lighter) for the pics
• Samsung Q1 Ultra. HSDPA. 700gm for live photo editing, captioning, blogging and possibly some live streaming.
• The software: Windows XP, Live gallery, Live Writer. Sportstracker (Nokia)
• The blog: Chippy’s moblog.
• Pics probably going up on flickr too.
• Total weight: 1.7kg including spare AA and Nokia battery.

I hope the N82 lasts a bit longer thanthe last time I did a similar thing. I’ve switched to GSM-mode only (GPRS/EDGE data) which should give me about 3 hours of battery life.

Update: I’ve made a post about the whole experience with details on the process and hardware.