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Using earbuds or earphones. I suppose my comment does seem like it’s talking about background noise. My major issue is echo cancellation. Background noise is a factor that really messes with echo cancellation but, if everyone is using on/in ear audio then it becomes less of a factor.
Mic positioning and proper gain control is a big one.
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> There is literally no legitimate reason why moisture on the bottom surface of an optical mouse should possibly have any effect on its operation or longevity. Sure there is. You got a lemon with an unexpected gap in the base panel and electronics don't like water much. That happens; that doesn't mean it's a defect by design, and the shouting about it needs a lot more substantiation than "well have you heard of this…
There is no idiom "road to hoe". Your Pollyanna view of consumer electronics and appliances is at variance from the reality. Are you by chance Libertarian?
And, uh, no. I am very far from a libertarian. I am not, however, inclined to jump at shadows.
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There is no idiom "road to hoe". Your Pollyanna view of consumer electronics and appliances is at variance from the reality. Are you by chance Libertarian?
Heaven forfend, an autocorrect typo spat out "road" instead of "row"! That's definitely a good-faith thing to jump on. And, uh, no. I am very far from a libertarian. I am not, however, inclined to jump at shadows.
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This appears to support just photos and document scanning. And also seems to use BT and WiFi. I have a friend who lives in a high rise with incredibly crowded wifi spectrum. Anything wireless that involves latency sucks in their apartment. They tried to use an old iPhone for VC, but the jitter added by their crappy wifi made that a non-starter. By contrast, this product uses a USB connection, and I'm guessing would p…
> This appears to support just photos and document scanning. Maybe try Googling again? https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/6/23156834/apple-iphone-webc... As for the issue with wifi, that's a legitimate shame for your friend, but isn't a reason for the feature not to exist for anyone.
I agree that it would be awesome to use an iPhone in this context. But given the problems my friend has, and given the problems in general with mac wifi and latency, any use as a webcam would be far better if it were wired. Hopefully that will leave a niche for this company. That, and using Android phones, and hooking any phone to a Windows box.
This made me laugh. > Using an iPhone as a webcam is easily the best option without dropping an excess of $1,000 for professional camera gear. Using the iPhone you already own, or a recent hand-me-down, a moderate investment in lighting, and Reincubate Camo, you can get excellent results and none of the frustration and hassle that accompanies standalone webcams. I don't have an iPhone. So if I want to buy one that is…
Don't use a sony A6**; they overheat. Use a fujifilm or an A7 series.
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I have the Lumina! I think the hardware has been pretty good from the very start when I got it about a year ago. The software originally was... not very good, but you guys have improved it by leaps and bounds over time. I still have to manually adjust the exposure (which is fine), and fiddle with settings to get the colors right, but it works better than any webcam I have so far. Keep up the good work.
>I still have to manually adjust the exposure (which is fine), and fiddle with settings to get the colors right Yikes, seriously? That’s the best you’ve used?
I'm the cofounder at Lumina - we're building a modern webcam designed to solve some of these problems. There's really been a lack of innovation in the entire home office space, with the webcam being particularly bad. It sucks that a decade-old product (Logitech C920) is still the bestselling product today -- that would be like if Apple stopped releasing new phones after the iPhone 4S (launched 2012), and it remained…
If you start with good hardware; large sensor, decent lens, good autofocus.. Then the software doesn't need to be doing much at all.
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> I watched one of the Lumina videos, and they were complaining the $2,000 Sony camera took forever to setup and configure for their demo Is that even a real problem? I started using my fuji mirrorless camera as a webcam during the pandemic and it was almost trivial to setup. All I needed to do was download some official software, plug the camera in and switch it on for it to start working as a webcam.
Except it cannot handle exposure changes at all, whether from a cloud or just moving around in the frame. So you AE lock and babysit. It’s just easier to link up your phone.