HoverCam Neo 3 Review

By George Harding

Here is a device that will solve all your scanning and copying problems. The name gives you an idea of what the product looks like. An extended arm, supported by a vertical post, contains a camera and a light to illuminate the object to be photographed.

The arm contains not only a light and camera, but has an additional camera as well, to provide you with the versatility to photo just about anything from any angle. The unit is portable and collapses to fit in your briefcase.

The photo is usually saved to your computer, in a choice of three resolutions, the highest of which is 1600 X 1200. A computer is not required, though. There are VGA connections for projection of the image directly through a projector.

When saved to a PC or MAC, you have a choice of five formats: jpg, png, bmp, tiff, gif and pdf. In addition, the image can be saved in any one of four compression levels.

The image can be cropped as needed and can be rotated as needed so that it is properly oriented. Photo balance of brightness, contrast and saturation can be adjusted as needed.

As if that were not enough, not only can a document or object be photographed, you can prepare a video of a process or lesson with this versatile device, at 30 fps. It can be saved and projected to a class or a group meeting. The video is saved as an avi file type.

The unit comes with a power cord and a USB connector cord. It also comes with a flexible plastic sheet, with notations about document size and placement. The Quick Start brochure is very limited, showing only how to set up the device and connect it to a PC or MAC.

This is a great device that is easy to use, flexible and produces excellent results.

HoverCam Neo 3    www.thehovercam.com        Price about $300