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Hi - I assume your question is which webcam did I use for narrow FOV - for actual camera, it's trivial to pick a lens or zoom :). I ended up getting Logitech B

Hi - I assume your question is which webcam did I use for narrow FOV - for actual camera, it's trivial to pick a lens or zoom :). I ended up getting Logitech Brio. It's expensive for a webcam, and honestly I'm a bit peeved - I don't feel I am getting my money's worth in terms of image quality. The software is also absolutely atrocious, so I don't really use it. But it is the best compromise of image quality and FOV that I could find. (if your question was about DOF / bokeh/ blur, no webcam will do that and so far I haven't liked any software options. I just put a black collapsible photography background behind me so nothing but me is in the photo to begin with :)

osener 4y ago
I find the LogiTune software good enough for managing my Brio webcam. Certainly less buggy and frustrating on Mac than some other official software I tried previously. https://www.logitech.com/en-us/video-collaboration/software/logi-tune-software.html https://www.logitech.com/en-us/video-collaboration/software/...
- NikolaNovak 4y ago
  Interesting. The default seems logitech capture which immediately hits all the fans on my laptop. Wonder what the difference is... Thx!
- Tomte 4y ago
  Unfortunately, the C920s resets all its setting when losing power. I'm using it on my home computer and my work laptop, but don't want to install the software on the work laptop. So I must live with the extremely wide FOV there.
  - rahimnathwani 4y ago
    I have a script which runs after login and after resume from sleep. It runs guvcview (Linux tool for managing webcams) and loads a saved profile that has my preferred zoom and focus settings.
- NikolaNovak 4y ago
  Looks like I wasn't the only one confused between Logi Tune, Logitech Capture, Logitech Camera Settings, etc :O https://www.reddit.com/r/logitech/comments/nw17w1/brio_cam_which_software_to_choose/ https://www.reddit.com/r/logitech/comments/nw17w1/brio_cam_w...
wenc 4y ago
I have both the 920s and the Brio. The Brio’s image is sharper and more detailed but somehow the 920s’ image is more natural. I was underwhelmed with the Brio but I eventually got used to it. It’s not the upgrade to the 920s I had imagined it to be but it’s good enough to keep. And yes, I used Logitune to tune as much as I could. It was horrendous out of box.
Abishek_Muthian 4y ago
Considering Logitech hit a goldmine during pandemic induced lock-downs by selling >10 year old webcams at premium, I don't see any reason for them to innovate or at least improve their products in near term. Perhaps we've overestimated the need-gap[1] for good quality webcams? Most people seem to be just fine with mediocre webcams for that video call in which their video is anyways going to be compressed and resized to small window if there are multiple participants. That doesn't mean I didn't waste my time in trying to build a better webcam like others here, I tried to convert a old point-and-shoot into a webcam using CHDK firmware but I couldn't find a way to get the video stream. [1] 'Make entry level webcam better' - https://needgap.com/problems/185-make-entry-level-webcam-better-webcam-video https://needgap.com/problems/185-make-entry-level-webcam-bet... (Disclosure: I run this problem validation forum)
- NikolaNovak 4y ago
  Most people yell at their computer. Preciously few people who spend 6+hrs a day on calls and meetings, get a good headset with a boom microphone. Nobody correlates the "what? Did you say something" and overlaps and garbled voices and muffled noise cancelled uni-directional simplex conversations on them not getting a company-expensed headset. Improving on the built-in laptop video is not even on the radar :D

osener 4y ago

I find the LogiTune software good enough for managing my Brio webcam. Certainly less buggy and frustrating on Mac than some other official software I tried previously. https://www.logitech.com/en-us/video-collaboration/software/logi-tune-software.html https://www.logitech.com/en-us/video-collaboration/software/...

NikolaNovak 4y ago
Interesting. The default seems logitech capture which immediately hits all the fans on my laptop. Wonder what the difference is... Thx!
Tomte 4y ago
Unfortunately, the C920s resets all its setting when losing power. I'm using it on my home computer and my work laptop, but don't want to install the software on the work laptop. So I must live with the extremely wide FOV there.
- rahimnathwani 4y ago
  I have a script which runs after login and after resume from sleep. It runs guvcview (Linux tool for managing webcams) and loads a saved profile that has my preferred zoom and focus settings.
NikolaNovak 4y ago
Looks like I wasn't the only one confused between Logi Tune, Logitech Capture, Logitech Camera Settings, etc :O https://www.reddit.com/r/logitech/comments/nw17w1/brio_cam_which_software_to_choose/ https://www.reddit.com/r/logitech/comments/nw17w1/brio_cam_w...

wenc 4y ago

I have both the 920s and the Brio. The Brio’s image is sharper and more detailed but somehow the 920s’ image is more natural. I was underwhelmed with the Brio but I eventually got used to it. It’s not the upgrade to the 920s I had imagined it to be but it’s good enough to keep. And yes, I used Logitune to tune as much as I could. It was horrendous out of box.

Abishek_Muthian 4y ago

Considering Logitech hit a goldmine during pandemic induced lock-downs by selling >10 year old webcams at premium, I don't see any reason for them to innovate or at least improve their products in near term. Perhaps we've overestimated the need-gap[1] for good quality webcams? Most people seem to be just fine with mediocre webcams for that video call in which their video is anyways going to be compressed and resized to small window if there are multiple participants. That doesn't mean I didn't waste my time in trying to build a better webcam like others here, I tried to convert a old point-and-shoot into a webcam using CHDK firmware but I couldn't find a way to get the video stream. [1] 'Make entry level webcam better' - https://needgap.com/problems/185-make-entry-level-webcam-better-webcam-video https://needgap.com/problems/185-make-entry-level-webcam-bet... (Disclosure: I run this problem validation forum)

NikolaNovak 4y ago
Most people yell at their computer. Preciously few people who spend 6+hrs a day on calls and meetings, get a good headset with a boom microphone. Nobody correlates the "what? Did you say something" and overlaps and garbled voices and muffled noise cancelled uni-directional simplex conversations on them not getting a company-expensed headset. Improving on the built-in laptop video is not even on the radar :D