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> In my opinion, investing in a solid AV setup is a service to your colleagues, particularly where your role involves managing people. I’m currently running a S
by throwup238 2y ago
> In my opinion, investing in a solid AV setup is a service to your colleagues, particularly where your role involves managing people. I’m currently running a Sony ILME-FX3 with the standard FE 28-70mm F3.5-5.6 lens, hooked up to an Elgato Cam Link 4K.
There's nothing worse than a remote coworker who spends less than £4,000 on a full frame webcam setup.
- jnsgruk 2y agoI'm glad you agree ;) Obviously in this case my setup is... overkill! But I think you can do a lot better than the average laptop camera with a Logitech C920 or Brio, and a Yeti Snowball or similar - I started there and worked my way up to where I am now, and was lucky enough to have been donated a rather nice DSLR along the way.
- tracker1 2y agoExactly... you can go a long way with a low-mid range webcam. I'm using a NexiGo which is pretty cheap, but still way better than most laptop webcams. There are lots of options in the sub-$200 mark. I am using a Bose Quiet Comfort headset (over-ear, noise cancelling) which isn't cheap, but again still way better than the in the box, or on the webcam mics. There are definitely stand alone mics that work way better than baseline. None of that has to cost a lot... but the distant mic that nobody can hear well from, or the cam that just distorts all resemblance of color/contrast in use is just bad in practice.
- throwup238 2y ago> lucky enough to have been donated a rather nice DSLR along the way That makes more sense! My first thought was that you had a side hustle on OnlyFans :-)
- incognito124 2y agoI'm 83% certain this is sarcasm
- plaidfuji 2y agoI’ll offer my own take - there’s nothing more guaranteed to unfairly reduce your influence as a remote employee than crappy audio and to a slightly lesser extent, crappy video. Do it for yourself.
- prepend 2y agoI do feel bad for people with genuine technical issues and bad equipment but I feel a bias against tech workers who perpetually have broken cameras and mics that don’t work.
- valiant55 2y ago100% agree. I can't stand to interact with some people who have desk mics with a noisy pet. Just fork over 50-100 USD for a decent headset.
- brailsafe 2y ago> there’s nothing more guaranteed to unfairly reduce your influence as a remote employee than crappy audio and to a slightly lesser extent, crappy video What about being neurodivergent in a way that people who find themselves in management have no clue about? Seems like equipment investment may be one of the most fair playing field levelers if a lack of it is your only setback.
- piyuv 2y agoYou’re right, but native MacBook Pro cam and mics are plenty enough
- runjake 2y agoAnd if you want a big jump in video quality from there, use your iPhone’s Continuity Camera feature as the webcam. https://support.apple.com/en-us/102546 https://support.apple.com/en-us/102546
- FireBeyond 2y agoI am someone who is a photographer on the side with $X0,000 of gear. I've also even experimented with a DSLR and prime lens as my webcam of choice (with the EOS Webcam utility). But now? Logitech MX Brio or something like the Dell Pro Webcam. I use the Brio and a Yeti X microphone. Crystal clear audio and video. 4K video is overkill for remote work, though the downsampling helps. I don't believe any of the major meeting software will even share your video at 1080p (or if it does, only by tweaking multiple switches AND by your counterparties having both the bandwidth and similarly tweaked switches). There's investment, and then there's overkill, which even as someone with GAS (gear acquisition syndrome) I see here.