Could anyone who has the previous version comment on light response? I went out and bought a random webcam model from a local store for 7GBP as a proof of conc

Could anyone who has the previous version comment on light response? I went out and bought a random webcam model from a local store for 7GBP as a proof of concept so that I could start hacking on the code. 640x480, but that doesn't matter too much for testing. It is completely unusable in most lighting conditions. I wanted to point it out of the window to track wildlife. Sunlight just overloads the sensor and you get white, low light and it's fully black. Is this something that requires higher cost equipment? I can't see how it could be useful as an ipcam if outdoor lighting destroys it.