Los Angeles, CA--Television has been with us since the 1920's, but the world had to wait for the Internet before we could have viable picture phones. Now, of course, you can hook a webcam up to Skype, Facebook, MySpace, and dozens of instant messaging systems and send not just your words, but your face, around the world in real time! Everyone from gamins to grannies has a an avatar, or two or three, and a webcam, or two or three, and is typing, talking, and sending live digital video of themselves around town and around the world. A dream that engineers have been pursuing since 1928 has at last come true.
But why do the pictures usually look so bad? After all, this is the era of unlimited bandwidth, blazingly fast quad-core processors, and cheap HD cameras and Displays. Shouldn't it all look a little better than it does?
You bet it should. The problem is lighting! Webcams generate a lot of digital "noise" at low light levels, and can't handle a lot of contrast. Most home or home-office lighting is too dim and too contrasty for webcams to handle, and usually comes from too high up and from the wrong direction--from behind the subject, since most room lighting is in the center of the ceiling.
Now you have the Webstar! Our simple, elegant solution to webcam lighting provides a smooth, even, daylight-balanced glow from a ring of LEDs surrounding your webcam. This is the same type of lighting that professional photographers use for model shoots to give that flattering glow and smooth, 3D effect.
With your camera mounted in the Webstar, you will send your friends a stunning representation of your face, with lines and blemishes minimized, eyes brightened, and expression maximized--a moving portrait of you as you speak!
It's time to stop being frustrated and start being beautiful online--with the Webstar.
WebStar's array of 120 super-efficient LEDs offers two levels of illumination, is conveniently powered entirely by your computer's USB port, and consume less than 3 watts, making it the greenest way to brighten up your image online. Its unique spring-loaded clamps securely grip most webcams and many smaller compact digital cameras. A solid base and sturdy, flexible goose neck allow stability and easy positioning of the camera for webcast and video-conferencing.
You can also aim the Webstar at any small object you need to photograph, be it for eBay or insurance records or a product catalog. The Webstar's even glow of pure, balanced light reveals as it flatters, and minimizes the confusing shadows thrown by most other lighting systems. You can even unscrew Webstar from its gooseneck and mount it carefully around many DSLR camera lenses for macro or portrait work.
The fact is, you'll keep finding new uses for Webstar every week.
Available online from Ovallite.com, and soon to be arriving at a retail store near you.
