Creative Announces The Live! Cam Optia AF, The Most Advanced Webcam On The Market

With auto focus technology, true 2.0 megapixel sensor, precision glass lens and dual microphones, it sets the new reference standard.

Creative (NASDAQ: CREAF) a worldwide leader in digital entertainment products, announces the new Live! Cam Optia AF, the world’s first webcam to offer auto focus technology and a true 2.0 megapixel CMOS sensor. Finished in glossy black, with a new multi-element precision glass lens, it sets a new reference standard for webcam video quality.

Auto focus technology ensures that the speaker’s image is always clear. Complemented by the high-quality, multi-element glass lens it ensures a more natural experience during online chatting, while the high-resolution CMOS sensor allows video content to be captured in very high resolutions up to 1600x1200. This premium camera also features Creative’s unique dual microphone system and Live! Audio technology, which ensure top-quality speech without annoying background noise.

“The Live! Cam Optia AF is a unique contribution to better person-to-person communications,” explains Eoin Leyden, European Product Group Manager with Creative. “With its ultimate imaging quality and our truly innovative audio technologies, it enables people to chat and share information more naturally than ever before, while its simple, driver-free installation makes it easy for any user to enjoy its benefits within minutes of opening the box.”

Live! Cam Optia AF at a glance:

• True 2.0 megapixel (1600x1200) CMOS sensor with auto focus.
• Precision multi-element glass lens ensures best ever image quality.
• Dual microphones and Live! Audio technology ensures optimum speech quality without background noise.
• Live! View technology provides optimised light exposure, colour balance, and frame rates.
• Smart Face Tracking keeps the speaker in the centre of the video.
• USB Video Class (UVC) compliant for plug ’n’ play installation on PCs and notebooks without driver installation.
• Certified, high-speed USB 2.0 connectivity for video at 30 frames per second in VGA resolution.
• Camera swivels horizontally up to 270° with forward/backward tilt for optimum viewing angle. If rotated backwards, it automatically ‘flips’ the image to the correct orientation.
• Comprehensive software bundle for video and voice effects, video calls and mail, remote monitoring, image adjustments and image archiving.