Your Webcam Sucks, and Your Boss Cares

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Your webcam sucks, and your boss noticed. Communication is more than making sure you can hear the other person, which still only happens 50% of the time on Zoom anyway. Put your best foot forward, and convince your company you need to keep working from home.

But first... what am I drinking???

Every Zoom meeting should end with a Matchless Bar 2022 Imperial Stout. With added vanilla and cocoa nibs, it's like drinking a smore, with just the right amount of dark chocolate at the tail. 11%

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[milohoffman]

Nah, when working from home, having a BAD CAMERA is an advantage. They can't tell you have not shaved or taken a shower, and just slipped a sweater over top of your PJ's right before the meeting if your webcam is poor quality. The last thing I want is to have a professional video image. Then you have to waste time LOOKING professional for no reason. I actually went through and tested all my webcams and looked for the one with the worst picture, that made me look the furthest away from the cam and use that one on purpose.

[TheRogueBro]

I'm glad your shirt has the RJ45 pinout in the RIGHT order... Only a monster uses T-568A!

[riskin]

Excellent and very topical content, and I LOVE the shout out to Veronica Explains! I discovered her channel several weeks ago and I'm enjoying her stuff. Always good to see new creators get support from the community.

[dnbxiue]

Props to everyone who intentionally ran their webcams at 240p to get off of zoom as fast as possible during the pandemic.

[CoalitionGaming]

In my recent testing, Nexigo webcams make for great looking budget options as well as the Avermedia PW315. The Nexigos honestly surprised the heck out of me especially after manual adjusting. Worth checking out as well!

[denverag]

When we went work from home, i went out and bought a 4K capture card and used my 'hobby' camera, an A7iii with 85mm F1.4, and i milked that for all it was worth. On a tripod, and about 6 feet away, it sat either next to, or under the TV i used in my livingroom. While i sat on a leather with brass rivet recliner next to a stone and brass fireplace(not my choice but its there, and i'm not spending the money to pull it out) Above and in front of me was an edison style warm white bulb inside of a metal cross mesh 'shade' behind me was the dinner table an chandelier blown to hell by the massive bokeh from an 85mm full frame lens set to F1.4

[Richard]

Great video, I was lucky in setting up my home office a couple of years before any lockdowns, I still have a pair of Logitech c920s one for my desk position and one for the whiteboard, they are tweaked for colour and exposure, and the desk and my room have Philips hue lighting coordinated with the camera settings. Audio is done though a pair of Konftel Egos I have found them great.

[NateTheBrewer]

Honestly while my c922 isn't as good as many of the others in the video it has a better picture (1080p but only 30 fps) than that StreamCam that Logitech sells for double the price. Logitech really seems to love cutting in on their own higher price range products with mid range ones that compete well with them.

[dougtemple]

I use a Razer Kiyo Pro, MSRP 199, recently on sale with Best Buy for 99 bucks. The auto-focus sucks, so I just manually focus it to where I need it, and the built in cam rivals my condenser mic in quality, while not picking up as much background noise. It gets my wholehearted recommendation.

[VNLEASHED]

Great video! I personally prefer using a phone as a webcam, but getting it mounted every time sucks. The desk mount seems like an awesome idea, so I might look into a dual ball mount for my phone and a light for zoom calls and livestreams :D

[Elemental_Shift]

Any tips for reducing screen glare/reflections in my glasses? I barely noticed any in your video.

[Thesaltymaker]

Step
One in making your on cam appearance better is actually realizing it matters. Appreciate the video. Thanks.

[killerpixelk]

super helpful vid. Thank you very much! I loved seeing video examples of the cams. You helped me a lot making my purchase decision!

[LinkZ]

Gotta double check what bulb you're using on camera too. I swapped around my bulbs the other day and there was visible strobing on my face the whole time I was on camera

[gdrriley]

the sad thing is a 10 year old canon or sony camcorder with a 20$ HDMI to USB adapter still kicks almost every webcams a$$ when it comes to video quality.

[SalmonColor]

Thank you for this video! I've been in the market for a Webcam but have struggled to make a choice! This helps a ton!

[nicholasl.]

Great video and all, but where can I get that shirt?

[Bynming]

If my boss wants me to have a good webcam, my boss will tell procurement to get me a good webcam. That being said, all the managers in my org have horrible webcams. Some even use the microphone of their $15 earbuds in meetings.

[ziaride]

My boss removed my webcam. Every work laptop comes with a zip lock bag with the webcam and microphone which was physically removed. Haven't had a single video call in 2 years of WFH.

[dfgaJK]

Damn that's a low compression video call you were on! No compression artifacts or desync at all! What software do you use??? 🤣