On Friday, 5 November 2021 01:20:57 AEDT Andrew Pam via luv-main wrote: > On 4/11/21 10:23 pm, Russell Coker via luv-main wrote: > > Is there anything obviously wrong with the 1080p one from Kogan for$19? > > At that price, I'd be surprised if it actually has a 1920x1080 sensor! > Many cheap webcams list the displayed image size, not necessarily the > actual raw capture resolution. The image is upscaled by the firmware or > the driver, which is a terrible marketing cheat.
That sucks. On Friday, 5 November 2021 00:20:26 AEDT Irving Tjiptowarsono via luv-main wrote: > I have had this link for a while now, perhaps it could be useful: > https://reincubate.com/support/how-to/why-are-webcams-bad/ Seems like we can expect them to be bad. So I guess it's a market for lemons so I should just buy something cheap as I'll get something nasty even if I pay more. > I'm considering turning an old phone into a webcam, or using this as an > excuse to grab the raspberry pi high quality camera module (already have > most of the other bits)... If using a phone as a webcam then I might as well just run Zoom or the web interface for Jitsi/BBB on the phone. For making YouTube videos and for shorter video conferences I've got a USB-C microphone that I could attach to a phone and I've got a phone tripod somewhere. For the day long training sessions I've still got a problem as a phone battery won't last that long and the USB-C microphone precludes USB-C charging. > Some people at pyconf au suggested getting a ring light to help with > image quality. Might be worth a try. I guess so. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
