Editing ISight (section)

==Built-in iSight==
[[Image:MacBook iSight.jpg|thumb|A built-in iSight on a White MacBook.]]

Although external and internal iSights have significant differences, Apple has used the "iSight" name to brand its built-in video camera found in their [[MacBook]] (includes [[MacBook (Retina)|Retina MacBook]] (2015-2019)), [[MacBook Air]] and [[MacBook Pro]] notebook computers, [[iMac]] desktop computers produced since late 2005 and the [[LED]] [[Cinema Display]]. While the external iSight is similar to the built-in iSight, the built-in iSight uses an internal [[USB]] 2.0 interface and not the FireWire 400 (IEEE 1394a) interface used by the external iSight camera.<ref>[https://developer.apple.com/documentation/HardwareDrivers/Conceptual/MacBookPro_0601/Articles/MacBookPro_0601.html Apple Developer Connection, "15-inch MacBook Pro Developer Note"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010192847/http://developer.apple.com/documentation/HardwareDrivers/Conceptual/MacBookPro_0601/Articles/MacBookPro_0601.html |date=October 10, 2008 }}, Last updated: May 9, 2006.</ref> Further, the built-in iSight has a plastic lens, is fixed-focus, and uses a [[CMOS]] [[active pixel sensor]], rather than the [[Charge-coupled device|CCD]] used in the external iSight. With the LED-Backlit MacBook Pros, Apple has moved to using a sensor capable of 1280x1024 pixels. The built-in iSight can also be used in the [[Photo Booth]] application on [[macOS]] and [[iOS]]. 

In 2011, the iSight branding on cameras built-in to displays on the MacBook Pro and iMac was renamed to FaceTime camera. The FaceTime HD cameras included with the 2011 and later models of the MacBook Pro and iMac can output [[720p]] [[high-definition video]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201300|title=Identify your MacBook Pro model|website=Apple Support|language=en|access-date=2020-02-11}}</ref> The [[iMac Pro]], released in December 2017, introduced a newer generation FaceTime HD camera which now outputs [[1080p]] video. This newer generation camera was later built into the 2020 27-inch iMac model in August 2020.

===Security concerns===

Some MacBooks are affected by the [[iSeeYou]] vulnerability, potentially allowing their iSight cameras to record the user without the user's knowledge.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2013/12/18/research-shows-how-macbook-webcams-can-spy-on-their-users-without-warning/|title=Research shows how MacBook Webcams can spy on their users without warning|first1=Ashkan|last1=Soltani|first2=Timothy B.|last2=Lee|newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://techland.time.com/2013/12/20/apple-please-give-us-a-fix-a-guarantee-that-our-isight-webcams-are-safe/|title=Apple, Please Give Us a Fix — a Guarantee — that Our iSight Webcams Are Safe|first=Matt|last=Peckham|magazine=Time |date=December 20, 2013|via=techland.time.com}}</ref>