Webcam/photo booth syndrome!!

20 Jul 2005

Hi
Why is it that webcams seem to posess the same qualities that the old-fashioned photo booths used to, (and maybe even the current ones still do) namely making people look terrible.
No matter how good somebody looks, photo-booths seem to make people look, well, weird!
Myself and my better half often chat on webcam and while she usually looks fine, I seem to appear 20 years older than I am! Don't get me wrong, I'm no oil painting, but I'm sure I'm not as bad as the webcam makes me appear! webcams seem to present you in the least flattering way!
Has anybody else noticed this phenomenon?
Also, I thought that my new fangled broadband connection would give me real moving webcam video, but I have since discovered that there is a slow upload speed and fast download speed.
This means that although video can be received at high speeds, the sender can only upload at their slow upload speed so both ends of the webcam chat suffer this slow speed.

20 Jul 2005

maybe you do look 20 years older in real life and not as good as your better half does .
rolleyes

20 Jul 2005

I hate showing myself i just pull stupid daft faces lol lol

but i like watching mmmmmm

20 Jul 2005

I love webcam. It hides all my flaws and softens the wrinkles. :lol2:
Just ordered the all new singing and dancing webcam with sound and zoom and remote-control.
Let the games begin!

20 Jul 2005

Quote by middxcouple
Has anybody else noticed this phenomenon?

Yeah. I think it depends on the quality of the cam (mine's cheap, as with everything in my life wink

) and the light at the time.
Face shots of me on a webcam look not good confused

20 Jul 2005

It is due to the resolution of the video. When the pic is very small it looks fine. As soon as it is enlarged it looses quality. In my opinion one of the best is at present. The picture quality is very good comapred with msm and .

20 Jul 2005

We use out digital camera as a webcam and the quality is very good as it 3 millions pixels rather then just a standard webcam.

20 Jul 2005

It depends on several factors, the time of day and ambient light has a tremendous impact on the image . At night I find it flatters as it softens the focus and flattens one or two excess laughter lines.
Of course that may be the two hours of make I apply before camming....(only kidding :shock: )
I find I have to reset it quite often too as the focus tends to drift out over time ...factory default restore does it for me also find the background wall paper colours on the pc can affect the colour your cam portarays you on the screen (reflected colour).

20 Jul 2005

I dunno what you are all talking about!
I personally look fantastic on web cam but pretty crap in real life! :P

20 Jul 2005

well, i Suppose it all depends on the light :P
but mine only comes out occasionally :P :twisted: so doesn't matter :grin:

20 Jul 2005

Quote by BigDanny12999
I dunno what you are all talking about!
I personally look fantastic on web cam but pretty crap in real life! :P

I got to agree Danny
.................................................just don't take that bum off yer face wink

20 Jul 2005

i dont have a web cam!!! :cry: :cry: :cry:

20 Jul 2005

Quote by Libra+Love
I love webcam. It hides all my flaws and softens the wrinkles. :lol2:
Just ordered the all new singing and dancing webcam with sound and zoom and remote-control.
Let the games begin!

Give me a shout when u've got it, hun!!! :twisted: :rascal:

22 Jul 2005

I don't have a Webcam.....but when I sometimes Webcam with a good friend of mine he looks like he's lost loads of weight and looks really slim....it's very disturbing......

22 Jul 2005

Alex I ordered mine from dixons it's one.

22 Jul 2005

Good evening all
Alex, I disagree with you !!
I think that all your avatars are fab !!! :bounce:
Regards
Dan wink

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