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Opal Tadpole – A webcam for laptops

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Re: Opal Tadpole – A webcam for laptops

#61

This is not a "mirrorless camera sensor", at least how it's meant to be interpreted. While technically mirrorless like all webcams, the sensor is under a quarter of the area of the smallest Sony mirrorless intechangeable-lens cameras.

By their definition my phone camera also qualifies as mirrorless.

Re: Opal Tadpole – A webcam for laptops

#62

> WRAP YOUR CAMERA AROUND YOUR WRIST AS YOU GO FROM MEETING TO MEETING. Who wraps their webcam around their wrist to go to a different meeting? I just don't understand the target of these ads/marketing.

I suspect that most people just complain about "another thing to lug around", this is marketing speak to that problem. Certainly I wouldn't be that excited to carry around multiple items all day. Probably still wouldn't wrap the camera around my wrist either though…

Re: Opal Tadpole – A webcam for laptops

#64

This is not a "mirrorless camera sensor", at least how it's meant to be interpreted. While technically mirrorless like all webcams, the sensor is under a quarter of the area of the smallest Sony mirrorless intechangeable-lens cameras.

Agreed, the line "WITH AN F1.8 LENS LETTING IN AS MUCH LIGHT AS A PROFESSIONAL CAMERA" is also quite misleading when using a much smaller sensor size.

Re: Opal Tadpole – A webcam for laptops

#65

This is not a "mirrorless camera sensor", at least how it's meant to be interpreted. While technically mirrorless like all webcams, the sensor is under a quarter of the area of the smallest Sony mirrorless intechangeable-lens cameras.

They call their other webcam "DSLR quality" so at least they're consistent in their exaggeration.

Re: Opal Tadpole – A webcam for laptops

#66
Is this a joke? Why is this camera marketed like a designer watch? And the market category seems absurd: attach this camera/microphone to your expensive computer that already has a camera and microphone built in.

Altogether it comes off to me as parody, except they will actually take your money.

Re: Opal Tadpole – A webcam for laptops

#69
post #64

This is not a "mirrorless camera sensor", at least how it's meant to be interpreted. While technically mirrorless like all webcams, the sensor is under a quarter of the area of the smallest Sony mirrorless intechangeable-lens cameras.

Agreed, the line "WITH AN F1.8 LENS LETTING IN AS MUCH LIGHT AS A PROFESSIONAL CAMERA" is also quite misleading when using a much smaller sensor size.

What a scam.
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