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L**P
Nice Camera, But Not for Me
I am a Linux user. Though the description does not say it supports Linux since it is plug and play and needs no special drivers then it works with the generic UVC drivers included with Linux, Windows, Mac, etc. so I tried this camera. The camera works.Let me start with what I liked:1. Well packaged, in fact beautiful packaging with a helpful foldout with instructions for setup and troubleshooting.2. Default color/saturation/sharpness settings were on point. No need for me to make adjustments.3. Image clarity was on par with my other 2k camera.4. Included light for certain low lighting situations.5. Auto focus works well.6. Package includes USB-A to USB-C adapter.7. If adjustments were made to the saturation, sharpeness, etc., these settings were stored on the camera and were held when switching the device to a different computer so there was no need to keep making the same adjustments between power offs.What I did not like:1. The brightness of the camera light. It is fine if you are not going to look at the camera, however, I like to give "eye to eye" contact so to speak. It is blinding if that is how you prefer to speak on camera.2. The microphone. Though, it doesn't sound hollow like other web cam microphones which is a plus, it was too low and had to be boosted to 150% to be heard properly. My wife has a soft voice and it still wasn't enough of a boost for her. Boosting the microphone, created extra high-pitched noise in the backgound when recording audio on Audacity but not when using Zoom because it has it's own noise suppression technology.3. UVC errors. On Linux, the driver expects UVC standards to be followed by the hardware. I have tested several cameras over this past year and not all adhere to the standard; this causes errors. There are work arounds for a number of these errors that cause the UVC driver to ignore the error and do things "differently" or in a non standard way. Since I use multiple cameras, I don't want to go through the process of setting up for a camera that has a bug in it's firmware or simply wasn't programmed with the proper standard only to have to undo the "quirk" as it's called in Linux to run my other cameras that have the standard properly implemented. I don't keep cameras that don't follow the standard. Reason One: These quirks create other issues sometimes. This camera doesn't have the audio part implemented correctly which may well be the reason for the microphone volume issue mentioned above. Though, I could work around this by using a different microphone, we come to Reason Two: I used this webcam on 4 different Linux systems all with the same error, however, on one system in particular I was doing something special with this camera and because of the camera's deficiency, it triggered the UVC control udev debugger to spam a log file with error codes (all the same) until it had used up all the space on system partition. This can render a system unbootable in certain scenarios. I fixed it and used one of the work arounds in case it were to happen again but for this reason alone, I would not recommend this camera to Linux users until the firmware bug is fixed in it.Other thoughts:1. The camera video worked well when the light source was behind the camera (One set up I have) but failed when there was lighting behind myself (Another set up I have). My other 2k camera handles the second setup properly, which is also a Casecube camera. The Zoom software's low light adjustment was used to compensate for this camera's lack of lighting ability and it looked fine afterwards.2. I've tested other cameras that had the same audio quirk error code as this one and looking at the reviews, those who use Windows tend to not experience any issues. I've heard that the Window's driver is a little more forgiving when the webcams are not properly implementing the UVC standard. This should mean this camera should work fine for those using Windows.3. Let me reiterate, the description does not guarantee it works with Linux but it should. My 2 star review is based on my Linux experience. When the UVC standard is properly implemented, I have had no issues with any webcam I have used in the past and I have used several.4. Using the work around I selected for the UVC debugger, I could continue to use this camera without concern for my drive being filled with error log entries, but I probably won't.
W**�
finally a clever design with HD video quality
The media could not be loaded. Privacy is the most concern when it comes to web camera so I never buy a webcam without a privacy cover.Having said that, removing or closing the privacy cover on the webcams are very cumbersome and it's not so easy sometimes, specially those sliding cover. The flip up privacy cover works better and easier but they don't always stay up and sometimes comes down. I often see my kids not utilizing the privacy cover on their webcams because of these reasons but when I saw this webcam, I knew right away that they did something different and done right!This webcam has a unique design where you push the side in and the camera lens moves inwards, naturally going out of sight from the opening, hence blocking the camera lens. When you push it again, it pops out and the camera lens comes back to the opening. It's very easy and dead simple and clear way to use the camera with privacy in mind.What's cool is that it also has a light built-in, which is only visible when the camera lens is visible. You press the button on top to turn on the light and it really does make a difference in video quality due to the light. I'm also impressed with the video quality but wasn't surprised since it has 2K SONY CMOS sensor. One of the best video quality I've seen in a webcam.I've used it with Zoom, Google Meet, and Skype so far and they all worked flawlessly with high quality video and they had no problem hearing me through the mic on this webcam. Amazing camera with high quality and clever design. Well done! Highly recommend it.
L**H
Are you KIDDING ME?
The media could not be loaded. (***Edited to upload my sample video. I stream games on YouTube using this WebCam right now, and super happy about it. WebCam color settings are default, cropped to fit and used "0.04" sharpening in OBS. No external light sources other than 3 monitors. Two of the side monitors had notepads open to give little light, that's about it. Mic is laptop's mic, no other external mic available. Actual footage is actually much better than what you see here... more clear)I am in a culture shock right now! I am not a new streamer and I have looked around for many years, finally end up spending $500 for a Canon camera to stream nice looking webcam quality last year. I sold that camera because I am now streaming on my new laptop instead of bigger desktop, but its webcam is not even close to be an acceptable quality, so I ordered this one a few days ago (shipped super fast, by the way). I set it up couple of minutes ago (came with a tiny tripod, which is a very nice touch)... but when I saw the quality on my OBS's preview, my jaw dropped.. I could NOT believe the quality, angle and resolution!!!Here is what will happen... it will be sold out for good very short time, or price will go up to 5 times what I paid for ($32.99) very SOON! So, I would suggest you to get it as soon as possible. Nothing to do with "you get what you paid for" this is "you get 5 times more than what you paid for"... no joke!(Image is a raw screenshot, without any editing)
J**Y
Pretty Nice Webcam
Overall, this is a pretty nice webcam. Much better than their previous round model. The picture quality is good, it mounts nicely on my monitor. My only complaint is that the lens is too wide angle. I feel like I have to sit very close to the camera in order for my image to fill the screen, at the normal distance, I seem very far away from the camera. It should zoom in a bit more.
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