Linksys WVC11B Wireless Camera?

Purchased this camera and it more or less works as advertised. It would be a
good deal for the money (compared to the VEO), except for one flaw:

The camera cannot handle looking outside at snow!

Even when changed from Automatic to Manual with all the brightness and color
settings to zero, most of the screen is white with just vague shadows visible.
Early evening and interior shots are fine.

The security motion notification email works fine (once you realize that DNS
entry is mandatory).

Does anyone know how to adjust this camera to handle high light / low contrast
conditions? Or have a recommendation for another camera that can handle high
light conditions?

I can't handle looking outside at snow either! Its one of the reasons I
moved to the west coast (Vancouver, Canada). :-)

Any chance you could post a link to your live camera so we can get an idea
of the image quality?

Dann

"Clark W. Griswold, Jr." <73115%2e1041%40compuserve%2ecom> wrote in message
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> Purchased this camera and it more or less works as advertised. It would be
a
> good deal for the money (compared to the VEO), except for one flaw:
>
> The camera cannot handle looking outside at snow!
>
> Even when changed from Automatic to Manual with all the brightness and
color
> settings to zero, most of the screen is white with just vague shadows
visible.
> Early evening and interior shots are fine.
>
> The security motion notification email works fine (once you realize that
DNS
> entry is mandatory).
>
> Does anyone know how to adjust this camera to handle high light / low
contrast
> conditions? Or have a recommendation for another camera that can handle
high
> light conditions?

I second the posting a link to give an idea of image quality!

Also, you can get "neutral density" filters that photographers use on
cameras to cut the light coming in... one of those might help and they
aren't too expensive.

--
Alfred Anderson
Internet: Anderson_Alfred^(E-Mail Removed)
"Dann Porter" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I can't handle looking outside at snow either! Its one of the reasons I
> moved to the west coast (Vancouver, Canada). :-)
>
> Any chance you could post a link to your live camera so we can get an idea
> of the image quality?
>
> Dann
>
> "Clark W. Griswold, Jr." <73115%2e1041%40compuserve%2ecom> wrote in
message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Purchased this camera and it more or less works as advertised. It would
be
> a
> > good deal for the money (compared to the VEO), except for one flaw:
> >
> > The camera cannot handle looking outside at snow!
> >
> > Even when changed from Automatic to Manual with all the brightness and
> color
> > settings to zero, most of the screen is white with just vague shadows
> visible.
> > Early evening and interior shots are fine.
> >
> > The security motion notification email works fine (once you realize that
> DNS
> > entry is mandatory).
> >
> > Does anyone know how to adjust this camera to handle high light / low
> contrast
> > conditions? Or have a recommendation for another camera that can handle
> high
> > light conditions?
>
>