Why can’t you buy a good webcam?
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Why can’t you buy a good webcam?
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Re: Why can’t you buy a good webcam?
#2oh yeah, the webcams suck big time. even the expensive ones. just get a dslr over hdmi. it's 100x better and used dslr is cheap these days. you can even get panasonic gh4/5 which is a real video camera.
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#3I use https://www.elgato.com/epoccam on my iPhone and for a few dollar is far superior than every webcam I've tried in my life.
Re: Why can’t you buy a good webcam?
#4Take a modern phone, use an app and connect the phone as a webcam.
This way you save money, time and a blog post (:
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#5I'm pretty happy with my Logitech C920 HD - never had any issues with picture or sound quality.
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#6I use https://www.elgato.com/epoccam on my iPhone and for a few dollar is far superior than every webcam I've tried in my life.
Good way to burn your battery.
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#7If you have the guts to switch to Raspberry (or follow this guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fcbP7lEdzY) the Raspberry HD camera is really good!
Re: Why can’t you buy a good webcam?
#8Take a modern phone, use an app and connect the phone as a webcam. This way you save money, time and a blog post (:
If only you'd read the blog post, you would have saved yourself money, time, and a comment on HN.
He talks about phone-connected webcams using an app.
Re: Why can’t you buy a good webcam?
#9Take a modern phone, use an app and connect the phone as a webcam. This way you save money, time and a blog post (:
It is covered in the article
Re: Why can’t you buy a good webcam?
#10I use https://www.elgato.com/epoccam on my iPhone and for a few dollar is far superior than every webcam I've tried in my life.
Similarly, and multiplatforms, I recommend DroidCam (https://www.dev47apps.com/). The interface could use some polish but it works well on android/ios phones to Mac/Windows and Linux.