ElgatoFacecam MK.2 – Premium Full HD Webcam for Streaming, Gaming, Video Calls, Recording, HDR Enabled, Sony Sensor, PTZ Control – works with OBS, Zoom, Teams, and more, for PC/Mac

This is a wonderful webcam. I'm coming from the Razer Kiyo Pro and the Facecam mk2 is so much nicer to use. The image quality seems to be comparable but the elagato has less motion blur and far superior software.I've had constant issues using razer's streaming products that don't seem to exist in the elgato ecosystem. I'm very happy that I was finally able to switch everything over.The camera is very easy to use and set up. It's integration with obs is flawless and there is additional camera control software from elgato that you can use if you'd like. It is optional software and not required for use.This is probably the best bang for the buck webcam you can get right now. It's my favorite so far at least.

Just upgraded to the new Elgato camera for my streams, and I can confidently say—it’s 100% worth it. I own professional videography cameras, and somehow, this compact little beast still outperforms them when it comes to streaming. The image is crisp, the colors are clean, and the low-light performance is impressive. It’s small, sleek, and doesn’t clutter my setup, making it perfect for both streaming and meetings. Whether I’m live on TikTok or Twitch (@solarties), this camera keeps me looking sharp every single time. Elgato really nailed it with this one.

I didn't even actually believe it would be that great, but it truly is. I always prefer to keep my room dark, and have poor lighting anyway, so I was very surprised to see good colors being represented, a bright image, and surprising clarity. It worked right when I plugged it in. The only thing, it feels kind of cheaply made, like it's literally a plastic box. Great camera though

The camera works well and is very responsive. However the cost is a bit high for a 1080p device.The software on this camera does not allow you to create virtual backgrounds without greenscreens. If you are wanting to replace your background without using a greenscreen, this camera and software are not for you.

I've been using a Logitech Streamcam since its release and have mostly liked it. It works great in good conditions, but shifted to a more enclosed area with very little natural lighting. And ever since doing that, I've had trouble with it washing out the picture if there's artificial light, or being too dark if there's not. I have a mostly Elgato lighting set up (2 key lights and a light strip) as well as a stream deck. The Logitech has never had good software, but that wasn't a big deal until recently.Given the streamcam was good enough. I am teach undergraduate and graduate students almost entirely online, so I wasn't needing a professional setup, just for meetings, zoom, and recording videos (using xsplit with a small video of me in the corner of a presentation). Recently, the lighting frustration bothered me more and more and I saw this Mk.2 release. I decided to try it out and see if it was an improvement.Yes, yes it was very much. While the lighting isn't perfect, the overall quality is so much better I have no regrets at all about shifting to a similar range alternative. The low light works great, the overall image and recording is better, and the software is far and away more user friendly. I can control many functions through my stream deck, making for more dynamic adjustments on the fly in presentations, online live sessions, etc.Comes with a pretty thick 3.0 USB cable, but if you have a USB C slot in your computer you're wanting to use you'll need to buy your own. Which I did. But having only the 3.0 makes this useable for even older setups.

I bought this to work with the Prompter as a simple plug and play replacement for using a mirrorless camera. While I knew that the dynamic range and colors wouldn't be as good, I figured for $300 that this camera would at least run so smoothly I'd be able to forget about it and concentrate on all the other aspects of running my stream.I was wrong.First and foremost, let me say that I believe the biggest handcuff to this camera is the software. While you can plug the camera in and select it as a hardware source in OBS or Teams, it operates at it's base settings. To get more out of it, you need to run Camera Hub where you can select the resolution and framerates, add background blur, pan/tilt/zoom, adjust exposure and auto focus, and preview the feed before using it in your signal chain. I have never had issues running Camera Hub for the Prompter or EppocCam before so I didn't think this would be any different. But as soon as you try to run 4K, the feed gets so choppy and laggy the Preview is unusable. Okay, so maybe it's just the Preview function that's laggy and the feed into OBS won't be. Wrong. Any time I tried using anything other than 1080p, in any framerate combination, the feed became unusable. This is all running on a PC with an RTX3090, i9, and 64gb RAM so the machine is not the limitation here. Oh, and selecting the resolution doesn't mean other programs like Teams won't force change the resolution in Camera Hub when the Elgato Virtual Camera is selected. My only solution to all this was to set it at 1080p and leave it. Paid for 4k, forced to use 1080p.Then there is the rediculous autofocus shifting every few seconds with no way to adjust the 'speed' or 'rate of acquisition' like you can in even the most bottom tier cameras. Moved a little? The displayed scene aggressively resets focus by cycling through the focal distance range. Looks like a quick zoom out/in/center. I don't expect mirrorless camera caliber focusing, but this just looks and feels awful. The way around this is to, you guessed it, use Camera Hub and change some settings. Like turn off auto focus and set a manual distance, or 'lock' the focus once you're in. Sounds great until you notice the 'lock' has turned off on it's own and now your audience is getting that ugly focus stutter every time you move.TL;DR this camera was promising but is poorly executed, dependent upon poorly optimized software, and exceedingly frustrating to use. If you want to blow $300 on a "4k" camera that will only comfortably run at 1080p and make you regret using autofocus, then sure get this. Otherwise look elsewhere.P.S. I used the provided usb-c cable plugged directly into my tower's usb-c port, which is a 3.2 gen 2 10gbps port. The hardware chain beyond the camera itself was not the issue.

I love this webcam it captures everything clear and efficiently