It's terrible out of the box. With a firmware update and bit of tweaking it's not bad. Under Linux, you can use guvcview to play with the settings to your liki

It's terrible out of the box. With a firmware update and bit of tweaking it's not bad. Under Linux, you can use guvcview to play with the settings to your liking. Here's an example command line for Zoom purposes: v4l2-ctl --set-fmt-video=width=1280,height=720,pixelformat=MJPG --set-parm 30 --set-ctrl=contrast=32 --set-ctrl=sharpness=176 --set-ctrl=zoom_absolute=133 --set-ctrl=tilt_absolute=-36000 -d /dev/v4l/by-id/usb-046d_Logitech_BRIO_*-video-index0 For Windows, you can check out the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwXR27wLhoE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwXR27wLhoE For webcams, the only other decent option is the Avermedia PW513, which only came out a month ago.