With webcam that's such a thing. Many say they that they at least offer a semi-professional image quality. This rarely has unfortunately been confirmed. I have now, however, just bought the LifeCam Cinema Microsoft and am pleasantly surprised. Allen, who want something more than YouTube amateur quality, I can put this camera only to my heart. With the 16: 9 aspect ratio and 720p resolution especially people-close-ups come out full well. That's a huge difference when the results on the projector in the home theater look at. I am also of the appearance and the colors quite excited. That Microsoft has already very good job with glass elements in the lens and the fully automatic autofocus. Pans or small trips can therefore simulate, because there are at least a 4X digital zoom. The always great drama or not was with the various predecessors, which I had in use, possible. I turn frequently extensive scenes with different settings and several people - because the automatic autofocus is very helpful. Just when you will get close, is not equal to all fall off the screen or out of focus. Less necessary I'll find these bells and whistles, the LifeCam Cinema has to offer. Since you can put the people in the movie comic cowboy hats or otherwise deface. Who needs that? On the whole photo features I can do without. Because Microsoft would rather put more energy in the packaging of this camera that annoys namely boundless. Until that thing completely out of the box was that lasted. My Conclusion: Actually a cool device, but to the criticisms Microsoft should still work.