Web camera is the device that is helpful in video conferencing and in the monitoring activities for the surveillance department. Apart from those uses, it is mainly used for the personal purposes in the computers. In laptops the web camera comes integrated. I-Ball is one manufacturer like the Compaq, HP, Intex etc. in the field of web camera. The model to be discussed here is the face2face web camera. The i-ball is a 2 mega pixel camera with interpolated resolution. The angle of the lenses is wide in nature. The device comes with six auto lighting LED’s for night usage. It has a light sensor that can detect the amount of light needed by the camera. Video capturing is also a good experience with this camera, since it has 1280 x 1024 pixel resolution.

The two main important features present in the face2face web camera is the integrated microphone and the auto face tracking function. The auto tracking tracks the face for capturing. The in built micro phone is a high sensitive device. The device uses USB 2.0 interface for interfacing it with the personal computer. The camera has a 4X zoom with digital clarity and auto focus as explained above. The device uses another higher technology for image sensor. It uses CMOS image sensor and it can focus up to infinity. White balance and exposure features are automatic in the IBall face2 face camera. This device is priced around one thousand two hundred Indian rupees and it carries one year warranty.