Webcam with good/easy snapshot recording?

[Fat Tone]

Can anyone recommend a webcam that makes it very simple for a non-skilled user to take mug shots and file them sensibly?

He will need to photograph around 200 people in a day and be able to store the shots in a certain format in a certain place (on a networked drive) and with a 'surname-initial.format' filename.

I'm sure all webcams must come with s/w to do this but I need to make it as easy as possible for him. The camera also needs to perform reasonably well under artificial light.

TIA

T.

[az]

Erm, for still images, a digital still camera would probably be the better option. Most webcams have horrible quality, which becomes much more evident in stills.

AZ

[az]

He would have to do the filing on his own anyway - how would the camera know what the names of the photographed persons are?

AZ

[Fat Tone]

You mean the camera can't tell the name of the person just by looking?

Seriously though it just needs to make navigating & naming easy- some are a lot more clunky than others.

I don't mind getting a cheap digital camera for taking the stills as long as it comes with suitable s/w. My old Fuji MX-700 had snap-shot s/w that would let me trigger the shutter remotely.

[Fat Tone]

PS the resulting images will be ~qvga for use in a database. Quality isn't too important as long as the person is clearly recognisable.

[GNEP]

Can't you just draw them in MS Paint then?

[Fat Tone]

While some of them may be oil paintings...