I switched over to using a camcorder with a power switch and electric lens cover. It sits on small tripod behind my monitors, has far better color correction/wh

I switched over to using a camcorder with a power switch and electric lens cover. It sits on small tripod behind my monitors, has far better color correction/white balance controls than most webcams out there that I’m aware of. But it makes it quite evident when it’s in use vs not, as the physical lens cover is electronically tied to its power status (automatically shuts when off) and the device is not present to the OS at all when device is powered off. So far zero problems with using it and OBS when flipping its power state back and forth multiple times in a day. Teams/Windows handles the presence/absence gracefully and quickly. It’s also nice to have an IR remote for it, though I rarely use it. I think the only thing to watch out for in this set up - that is potentially inherently worse than a webcam - is latency of video signal. You get what you pay for in cameras, so a cheap camcorder outputting over hdmi may introduce unbearable latency in video signal.