Recorded with the C920’s built-in microphones, the audio in my sample video was loud and clear, but a little flat. A cheaper, 720p camera, the Logitech HD Webcam C310, was grainy in comparison and wasn’t as sharp in low light. A photo I took with the 930e made my light red shirt look more like a cherry red. Logitech’s business version of this camera, the $98 C930e, offers almost identical performance but has a 90-degree field of view and colors that are more vibrant but less accurate. Most built-in laptop webcams capture only enough to show a single person’s torso. The C920’s 78-degree field of view is more than enough to squeeze a second person or large object into the frame. The colors weren’t as accurate as in the photos, and lights were a tad too bright, but you could still make out a ton of detail in my face and the surrounding room. The camera allows you to video-chat at 1080p (Logitech notes that the webcam can support Facetime for Mac only at 720p), and the videos that I recorded came out crystal-clear. In better-lit environments, such as under the fluorescent lights at my desk, I could easily make out individual hairs on my head and stitches on my shirt. When I took still photos of myself in our brightly lit labs and a pitch-dark, windowless room, I was astounded at the 5-megapixel (5168 x 2907) camera’s clarity, detail and color accuracy. MORE: Best Ultrabooks (Thin-and-Light Windows Laptops)Īfter using the Webcam C920, I’m not sure how I’ll ever go back to a crappy laptop webcam. If you’d rather not have the webcam positioned above the monitor, you can use the built-in tripod mount to attach the camera to any stand you want.Ī 6-foot USB cord hangs from the back of the webcam, which should provide more than enough length to connect the device to your laptop or desktop. I had no trouble mounting the C920 on both my work laptop and external displays. The C920 also has a hinge to adjust the arm’s length and a rubber foot to hold the device in place. The camera has an arm that hugs the back of your monitor or the lid of your laptop. But all that bulkiness houses a 1080p camera flanked on both sides by LEDs and microphones. You can’t miss the C920 when the black, chunky device is attached to your laptop or monitor.
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