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HIDDENburticus09-09-2020 at 09:45 AM.
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sharpaxe
09-09-2020 at 09:47 AM.
09-09-2020 at 09:47 AM.
Not sure how good/bad this is. Willing to give it a try for my kid to learn virtually. Crossing my fingers Smilie
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PurpleWallaby6893
09-09-2020 at 10:01 AM.
09-09-2020 at 10:01 AM.
It's free return. So for this price, it's definitely worth a try
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stripes777
09-09-2020 at 10:15 AM.

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09-09-2020 at 10:15 AM.
In the past months, I've ordered 4 cheap webcams. none of them have worked correctly and all 4 have been returned. granted, they were all cheap ones < $20. Now, i dont even bother with the cheap knockoff brands.

1 didn't show any video
2 would only go to 480p when it was advertised as 720/1080
1 audio was broken.

For people that are a little more tech savy, you can use a spare cellphone and use droidcam or ivcam for free on your pc.
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DealzyForRealzy
09-09-2020 at 10:16 AM.
09-09-2020 at 10:16 AM.
Careful of the phone home feature in crappy cams.
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acraigl
09-09-2020 at 10:17 AM.
09-09-2020 at 10:17 AM.
Reviews are pretty abysmal, and the good ones really are hard to believe. Multiple citations of a portion of the manual stating "sex is good". Probably an auto-translate issue, but still. Also, only 25FPS, and that's probably under the best of conditions. Thinking folks should steer clear of this one.
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broker991
09-09-2020 at 10:23 AM.

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09-09-2020 at 10:23 AM.
I bought this. Terrible low light unless you have a ring light pointed at your face. Also not recommended if you have darker skin. You'll just turn into a shadow.
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09-09-2020 at 10:24 AM.

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09-09-2020 at 10:24 AM.
2K/4K/8K/50K doesn't mean much if you plan on using it for WFM or remote learning. The reason is most of the conferencing services cap your feed at a certain resolution. For example, Google Meet is capped at 720p and Zoom at 1080p.

If you own a Canon DSLR from the past 7-8 years with tethered shooting capabilities, you can download the free software from Canon and use it as a webcam. The quality of the feed is amazing compared to any of these off-the-shelf webcams because of the larger/higher quality sensor—my DSLR is attached to a 28mm f1.8 and the bokeh is so so sweet, I'm sure the entry level nifty fifty works fine as well, just be a tighter zoom.

I set it up last week for work client calls and have received so much positive feedback from it.

Ps, the canon webcam utility claims it only works with certain newer models, but older models work as well (xsi, t2i, t3i, etc), the general consensus seems to be IF it has the ability to shoot tethered with a cable, it should work. Sorry if this is too "in the weeds" of photography, PM me if you have questions and I can help the best of my abilities.
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Roocer
09-09-2020 at 10:26 AM.
09-09-2020 at 10:26 AM.
I think it's strange that there's push back when big companies like Google, Amazon, Facebook, or Apple want to collect camera/microphone information from a smart or mobile device. Then there are other people who seem perfectly happy buying a no-name Chinese camera/microphone device and plugging it directly into their personal computer at home just because it's cheap.
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lazybummm
09-09-2020 at 10:27 AM.
09-09-2020 at 10:27 AM.
Quote from burticus :
Seems like a good price for a HD webcam, random brand tho.

I mean I just spent $5 on a USB cable to use a Wyze cam cube as a webcam... that is 1/4th the price of this whole setup LOL
Interesting, haven't thought of that before, will try it out. Not sure how great the mic is in the Wyze cam...I just use my laptop and that way it's portable, I can go wherever
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mrdizle
09-09-2020 at 10:30 AM.
09-09-2020 at 10:30 AM.
Quote from acraigl :
Reviews are pretty abysmal, and the good ones really are hard to believe. Multiple citations of a portion of the manual stating "sex is good". Probably an auto-translate issue, but still. Also, only 25FPS, and that's probably under the best of conditions. Thinking folks should steer clear of this one.
maybe 'sex is good' is referring to the phoned-home reviews.
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BondT
09-09-2020 at 10:30 AM.
09-09-2020 at 10:30 AM.
Quote from anthem_the_cat :
2K doesn't mean much if you plan on using it for WFM or remote learning. The reason is most of the conferencing services cap your feed at a certain resolution. For example, Google Meet is capped at 720p and Zoom at 1080p.

If you own a Canon DSLR from the past 3 years, you can download the free software from Canon and use it as a webcam. The quality of the feed is amazing compared to any of these off the shelf webcams because of the larger/higher quality sensor—my DSLR is attached to a 28mm f1.8 and the bokeh is so so sweet, I'm sure the entry level nifty fifty works fine as well, just be a tighter zoom.

I set it up last week for work client calls and have received so much positive feedback from it.
I wonder if Nikon has the same software you r talking about. i have a D750
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anthem_the_cat
09-09-2020 at 10:36 AM.
09-09-2020 at 10:36 AM.
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I wonder if Nikon has the same software you r talking about. i have a D750

https://petapixel.com/2020/08/06/...-a-webcam/

I think you're in luck! Just not sure if your model will work. There's also SparkoCam but that's a piece of paid software.
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jdpriv
09-09-2020 at 11:09 AM.
09-09-2020 at 11:09 AM.
I have this and mine has a bug where it goes to sleep or gets hung and won't display video. I have to unplug and plug in before use. Other than that it is fine. Also I isolated it to using a USB extender. When it is plugged direct no issue.
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