Thanks, I managed to track down a OV511 based webcam in the form of the Swann SmartCam Deluxe Model EC-300. It works with the vid package. 

Now I just need to find some tunables to improve the quality, the OV511 was a low cost solution in it's day and the modern webcams show that! :)

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On Fri, 15 Nov 2002 18:17:10 +1100
Daniel Carosone <dan@geek.com.au> wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 09:11:24AM +0100, Thomas Runge wrote:
> > Well, there are Linux drivers, afaik. But the list of supported
> > cams is limited (my d-link seems to be not supported) and we
> > still have the problem of porting the drivers.
> 
> try pkgsrc/graphics/vid, at least the DESCR suggests it might be useful.
> 
> I don't have one, and haven't used the pkg, I just happened to
> notice this while looking for something else entirely, and
> remembered the question.
> 
> --
> Dan.
>