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Logitech 920

4owners with an opinion
75%of verdicts positive
0/0positive/negative since 2024
0happy after 3+ years

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To be honest, it's not really about Linux and reloading kernel modules. Fairly early on in the pandemic, I setup my Canon EOS as a webcam on my Mac. I immediately had a problem with an agency trying to record video of me with that setup. And it was generally a certain hassle to turn the camera on, get it focused properly (older model that doesn't continuously keep focus on video), etc. I went back to just using my Logitech 920. People probably can't mostly tell the difference given regular network glitches and so forth.
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Also, my experience with the 920 Is that it performs well (better than others I have) in low light. None of the samples from the article were low light. Most folks are in dimly lit conditions, and that’s where these tend to do better. Fundamentally, webcams suffer from the same problem as n95 masks: prior to the pandemic, everything was geared towards cheap, it just wasn’t a huge market. To invest in retooling would be a risk, there is no guarantee the market will be there. People are throwing a thousand dollars at phones with a significantly better profit margin. Webcams will NEVER catch up. He pretty much says this at the end of the article.
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This is something i've struggled with for a while, working remotely for years now, and not wanting to be depersoned by my team never seeing my face. I tried a logi 920, which i thought was pricey for a webcam, but the image quality is terrible. And every time it starts up, it runs in 60hz anti-flicker mode which flickers like crazy here in australia where we run 50hz power, so i have to start their awful software to change the setting. Eventually I returned it and got a canon m50. Image quality is good now. I saw some people on the internet saying it could be powered through the usb connection but that turned out to be false, so i have to change the battery every few days which is frustrating. I know you can get a pass-thru 'battery' that connects to a mains adapter, ive yet to try that. Also frustrating is having to reach up and turn it on before a meeting and off at the end. Next macOS has the feature to use an old iphone as a camera. If this works seamlessly (eg i can mount the phone behind my monitor and it charges itself and turns on and off automatically) it'll be even better.
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I have both the 920s and the Brio. The Brio’s image is sharper and more detailed but somehow the 920s’ image is more natural. I was underwhelmed with the Brio but I eventually got used to it. It’s not the upgrade to the 920s I had imagined it to be but it’s good enough to keep. And yes, I used Logitune to tune as much as I could. It was horrendous out of box.