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There are lots of solutions that are more seamless than the DSLR, but which are vastly more expensive, including just buying a webcam proper. But the fact that you _can_ use the DSLR as your webcam is cool, and may save some folks money if they happen to have a DSLR laying around.

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The problem with buying a webcam proper is that the industry has reached a "good enough" point where manufacturers will re-release essentially the same camera with no real improvements in resolution, hardware, or software.

I bought a Logitech webcam during the pandemic. Imagine my surprise when the webcam resolution was worse than the one built into my XPS 13.

The XPS has a 1080p camera. Were you trying to buy a 4K webcam and accidentally bought the super cheap 720p Logitech sells?

Opal C1, Instalink, continuity cam/droidcam, and a DSLR/mirrorless setup like in this article are essentially your upgrade options if you don’t want to pay for a 4k Logitech.

This is frustrating, I thought that the pandemic was going to create a demand for high quality webcams. I'd settle for a 4K phone quality. I bought the Logitech Brio thinking I'd get better picture than my phone (since it's a dedicated camera), which was a bit of a disappointment. I don't think it's terrible, but I had higher expectations of it.

thats exactly how i feel over the brio, picture is greate but i hoped for more

Smartphone's outer camera quality is what every manufacturer invest much now. It looks impossible to compete with, unless the sensor and lens are big.

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