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Review on πŸ‘€ Logitech C920x HD Pro Webcam by Ada Dudek

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Nothing unusual, normal product.

It's a perplexing choice; we don't know why a high-quality, high-priced camera needed to have its functionality severely constrained. The optimal shooting distance for this camera is between 3 cm and 1 m; any further and it becomes completely worthless. The image on the older QuickCam Pro 9000 is far sharper, but the color reproduction suffers. While others may experience bugs in the software, I haven't had any problems.

Pros
  • Excellent performance in low light, beautiful solid construction, with a tripod mount.
Cons
  • As has been said, the camera's focus is optimized specifically for Skype calls, so that it can capture details from a subject who is seated no more than a meter away. The camera's inability to focus "to infinity" means that it cannot capture details in the far distance. The condition is unbearable for such a pricey camera. A 16-bit 32-kilohertz stereo audio stream is output by the camera, although it is unclear what this means given that the two microphones appear to pick up essentially the same signal regardless of where the sound is coming from. Hearing suggests that the channels are only partially mixed, the output is mono, and there are some randomly placed artifacts across the channels. It's preferable to keep only one mic and up the sample rate to 48kHz.