Elgato Facecam

Elgato Facecam, you will think you're in a studio. That thing is pretty expensive so I don't recommend it to non-professionals but it's badass for those who always demand the best quality.

The Elgato Facecam is an intriguing webcam that ultimately shoots a bit too high for what it achieves. Its 1080p sensor and sharp lens can take in plenty of light and capture fine details in the best of conditions, and the ability to manually adjust exposure is a rare benefit we’ve yet to see in competitors. Even with manual exposure, though, it practically needs additional lights to get good performance, and any sort of awkward room lighting can result in a high-ISO shot that will either look very grainy or very smudged

You tried them all? Logitech Brio HD 4K? AVerMedia Live Streamer CAM 513?

Personally I think the Elgato FaceCam looks amazing; even the heatsink for 24/7 streaming (no microphone): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy7XWagX9Hg

Elgato says the Facecam’s sensor is surrounded by a heatsink, which it says allows for “cool 24/7 operation” without overheating. Webcams can get a little toasty, so this will likely be a good feature to have if you run multi-hour streams, or if you’re someone gunning to overtake Twitch marathon streamer Ludwig’s 31-day stream record. What the Facecam offers might make it a good option for streamers who can afford its $200 price, or people like me who occasionally jump into a video meeting

This cam has a very wide angle lens. Even with 1080p, image quality suffers to the point that it's not worth using if you have to zoom in from more than 24-30 inches away. For using on a laptop with it sitting 12 inches away, the wide angle is probably a good choice. So far, the software (camera hub...

The product works well, but it's an odd device. The default settings looked terrible out of the box. After some tweaking, it looks good for a webcam but doesn't look nearly as good as a DSLR in my opinion. The construction is cheap, light plastic. It is also far bigger than you would expect, somethi...

I like the the video quality of Elgato facecam a lot. But one issue is when connecting it to M1 mac mini, I found from time to time some frames are lost, no matter in the elgato camera hub or obs. It causes the video frozen for ~100 millisecond. My guess was the usb bandwidth isn't enough. But I tri...

First attempt at using this cam with OBS on a MacBook Air 2020, the recordings have flickering green lines and stuttering frames. I think it may be a faulty usb cable that came with the product. The image quality seems similar to a laptop cam, maybe a little better, but less than a cell phone cam. I...

This review may only apply to using Elgato Facecam on MacOS. The Elgato Facecam has the potential to be a great webcam, may be just need another round of firmware/software update. The original firmware/software that come with the product has some issue. For example, As long as the Facecam is turned ...

I had high hopes for this camera and was hoping to set this up as an improvement for my wife's laptop webcam. The image quality is indeed better than a typical laptop webcam, but it didn't work for my uuse case because it doesn't work over a USB hub. The camera must be connected directly to your lap...