Facecam MK.2

I have been streaming for a while now and I feel like I'm ready to upgrade some of my equipment! I now use my vlog camera, which is the DJI osmo pocket 3, as a webcam. But due to me also using it to make youtube vlogs, I keep having to set it up each stream, which takes a LOT of time for me.. So I am thinking about investing in a good webcam / camera for my streams, but I don't wanna pay thousands of euros for a camera like I see bigger streamers do. Do you guys have any recommendations?

I ordered the Elgato one and I'm loving it soo much!! appreciate the tip!!

The Facecam mk2 is a solid device. Remember that you'll hear complaints from those with problems, and nothing from all the people for whom it works without issues. I *will* point out that they just brought out the Facecam4K though; I'm waiting until Black Friday to see if there's a price drop since it's only about a month away, and plan to pick up a couple of them for my workbench setup. While 4K60 might kinda be overkill for a 1080p stream, it also allows you to pull a cleaner chromakey if you plan to use a greenscreen, and lets you "zoom in" (by resizing up to native and cropping the cam) with no picture quality loss, where a 1080p60 cam would turn into a much more pixelated view.

c920 is the gold-standard starter face cam. Has some long-running firmware issues, but the price is decent at around $70. I'd also recommend looking at the Elgato Facecam Mk2. Closer to $130, but solves most of the problems the c920 has, and is generally a better camera overall.

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hey, so I've just purchased an Elgato Facecam Mk2 after reading that it's one of the best webcams out there. However I've had it for a couple weeks now and I'm not exactly blown away by how it performs in low lighting, or sometimes with lighting.. I have a fairly powerful ring light that worked great with my fairly cheap Nexigo, and I assumed this would be a big upgrade, however I was just on a call with a client and they said my webcam looked like any other webcam, even with the ringlight brightening my face. Is this a settings issue, or am I expecting too much?

It's pretty good for the money, it works out of the box, can be controlled with the Stream Deck, and copes fairly well in most conditions. But it is still a 1080p webcam. You're not going to get anything that looks like having a real camera, because it's a fraction of the price, it's just a webcam. If you decide to send it back, Linus Tech Tips just did a video comparing lots of different webcams at different price points.

Best choices would be the elgato facecam mk2, or the new elgato 4k. For the LED you will want to find a method of covering it or research for specific webcams with the ability to turn them off since it's a privacy concern a lot of webcams directly link the LED to the sensor so if the webcam is in use the LED will be on.