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Opal C1

5owners with an opinion
40%of verdicts positive
0/0positive/negative since 2024
1 yrslongest happy owner
0happy after 3+ years

Praised for display and performance; criticized for reliability and support.

What people wrote

Likes itOwned 1 year
I don't normally participate in this threads but need to share: my Opal C1 is great. I've used it for more than a year now with only one software problem that was solved in a matter of weeks. It really does look far better than the built-in webcam with minimal inconvenience.
Doesn’t like it
Me, right now. At home. I like my camera and mic in meetings to be clear and high quality. Gets dark at 3PM, any all the webcams have atrocious noise in anything less than the brightest rooms. I was using the Opal C1 for a while on my PC, but gave it away due to lack of official support on Windows, and it constantly losing focus/focus hunting in meetings. But, > The Opal Tadpole Was made to go with you. Wrap it around your wrist or put it in its case to keep it safe. Who the hell is wrong to wrap their webcam around their waist?? > wrap your camera around your wrist as you go from meeting to meeting. ???
Likes it
I own the C1, and while I’m no big fan of the software - the quality is significantly better and makes it worth it in my opinion. I have occasional connection issues when I plug it in, but it usually settles after a few seconds. Most importantly, the new camera does not need any software - it’s just a high quality webcam.
Doesn’t like it
I purchased the Opal C1 and have had nothing but issues. Additionally, my experience with the company has been shady and disingenuous. My C1 has been far too hot ever since the day I got it. The heat causes it to shut down and disconnect after using for more than 5 minutes. The only way I can actually use it is in low power mode, which removes all of the cool features and makes the video look worse. I have tried all of their software updates for the past year and nothing changed. I reached out to them multiple times over email for support and none of their suggestions helped much. Additionally, they advertised that PC support would come soon. It never came, and when I asked for a refund because they cancelled PC support I was ghosted. They texted me ads multiple times today.
Likes itDoesn’t say they own it
What do you mean by crazy overpriced? Quality webcams usually cost around 300, which might look expensive to an uninformed - but it's a fair price for the product you get. The lens they're using is just more expensive which you can easily see if you look at the resulting video I.e. * Opal C1 (as good as it gets wrt picture quality, no 360) ( https://opalcamera.com/opal-c1 ) * Insta360 ( https://www.insta360.com/product/insta360-link ). Pretty sure this products "AI" marketing predates the current AI craze. They were using regular vision detection from what I recall (which has been a thing long before LLMs). And all the other features work very well too (noise cancelling microphone, gesture control etc).