What kind of camera should we use for vision tracking?

[nickbrickmaster]

The Microsoft Lifecam 3000 is a USB camera. It was on FIRST choice, so many teams will be using it this year (It's out of stock at First Choice, but you should be able to buy some from Amazon). The upside to the Lifecam is that it is easy to use and set up. A downside is that there are no native mounting solutions. I've 3D printed one in the past, and will be building one out of polycarb this year since our printer is broken.

Axis cameras are discontinued I guess.

Really, any USB webcam or network camera will work. The Lifecam and the Axis (if you can find one) are the two major ones that teams use.