My setup is: Older Nikon D71000 DSLR here with 17-55mm on wall-mount Elgato Cam 4k dongle mentioned in the article two good lights with nice diffusers to the l

My setup is: Older Nikon D71000 DSLR here with 17-55mm on wall-mount Elgato Cam 4k dongle mentioned in the article two good lights with nice diffusers to the left and right of my monitor facing the wall, for reflected light HyperX glowy red mike with physical mute, love that thing This gear works 100% of the time, all the time, in Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, Webex, you name it. Bootup is definitely does some things, turning on two lights, camera on/off switch, and a small button on back of it to shift to the 1080p output. But at this point it is just seconds, muscle memory. I get a lot of compliments on quality, clearness, and the natural optical effect of out of focus blurred background. And I definitely notice other people's poor lightning, bad quality picture, artifacting of cheapo webcams or got forbid native built in laptop cameras.