Comparing the BEST webcams for Streamers: Elgato Facecam vs Logitech Streamcam vs Razer Kiyo Pro
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ค. 2024
- We test out three of the top webcams for video-game streamers. These cameras offer HDR, vertical video and 1080p at 60fps capture. Follow Ashley Esqueda as she explains the pros and cons of each one.
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Logitech Streamcam: bit.ly/2Wt0VAd
Razer Kiyo Pro: bit.ly/3mwX0Nr
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Logitech Streamcam: bit.ly/2Wt0VAd
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is razer's webcam software still not available for macOS?
@@crwhhx rgvvv
Synapse is pronounced
sin-apps.
She sounds like she’s about to say “Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks...”
Thankful for the ending side-by-sides. Throughout the video I couldn’t tell which one I liked best, but that part made it clear to me which one had them looks I wanted 👍🏻
2:52 flashes Elgato Facecam name, starts talking about the Logitech Streamcamera
Thank you for such a thorough review, I learned so much. I look forward to seeing more of your reviews.
Thank you! It's great to see the side by side by side comparison. Really helpful for a musician doing livestream with a 3 camera setup.
I have wasted my night watching videos on these cams and nearly bought the wrong one until I came across this video.
Excellent run-through of the software and great side-by-side at the end, particularly around 22 minutes where we see two cameras with rubber hands and fuzzy hair.
Elgato it is for me.
Thank you so much.
Very nice explanation. I never knew about Logitech Capture. One of the reasons why I was looking for a new camera was I was disappointed with the c900. Now I can improve everything, thanks to this video. New subscriber. Thanks!
Thanks for this video! I have the streamcam but after watching this I’m going to buy the elgato facecam tomorrow. I would love to know your settings for it the color of your eyes really pops and the details from the camera just looks a lot crisp to me 🤘🏻
Thank you SO much for this video! It really made me decide on which camera to get! :D
Good review!. Does this three cameras will work natively with the Xbox Series X?
Great video. Facecam looks the best, maybe you could make a extension to this video and use room light bulb settings 60-100watt (low light) without lighting set up. The avg person doesnt have lighting set up. If you do please add the AVerMedia PW513.
Nice video, thanks.😍 what camera do you use to record this video?
I wish you had included links. I'm having trouble finding the Elgato Facecam on Amazon. They have a ton of cheaper models but that's not what I want.
Curious to know which one did you use for the video
Appreciate the software dive. Was looking at the logi streamcam but hate that it creates another output and you can’t save settings to device 😠
Thanks. Much appreciated.
Now how about one on sportcams?
what program do you recommend me to record videos with the Elgato facecam?
Goodness gracious, you made these webcams looks AMAZING! Like mirrorless quality lol WHAT is your lighting setup!? PLEASE do a video on your lighting! Studio tour 😁
Yeah, idk how she did it!
How bad is the delay on logitech software? :/
Thank you! Great comparison and I found your commentary very useful!
@cnet does it support with raspberry pi?
I have the streamcam and am extremely disappointed. It does not handle color or light very well at all. The adjustments in the logitech software are nice but the inability to save the settings to the camera killed it because if you try to adjust lighting for you face, you either get really weird glow or it's too dark to see details. Also if you use if as a virtual camera in OBS, the camera is laggy and always desynced. For this reason I'm now buying the elgato face cam. I'd recommend you save yourself the headache and do the same
Between Elgato and Razer Kiyo pro wich is smother?
Oh my god I’ve been looking for a good video that compares these three cams because I couldn’t decide until I found this vid. Thank you so much for making this video. Much love
So which one did you choose?
@@MachoHasGame I went with the elgato face cam I really it’s very good
Why didn't you include the Avermedia PW513?
Can you use the Logitech Streamcam without its app? You mentioned its very good out-of-the-box.
Does the Kiyo Pro have autoframe as well?
I have the previous generation Razer Kiyo webcam. It's ok, but honestly not crazy about its color rendition, aggressive autofocus hunting and that dated Advanced Settings you mentioned with the software. I bought it for the built-in ring light, but even that disappointed. I'm ready for Elgato or Logi.
I know this video is a little older and if there is one person I truly trust it's Ashley, she has been around for awhile and appreciate her honesty! Great job Ashley!
Prime lenses can focus, you just can't zoom optically. (Digital zoom is effectively just crop)
Good to know that both Ashley and Ashley's PC survived this review
Hey, hoping u can answer this. I work in a company with high security and as a result, wer not given access to download any softwares etc. Would these webcams work like a simple plug and play or do we also need to download a software to run it. Thanks
Software is needed to adjust the settings for all of them. You can use any of them without software on the auto settings. The facecam allows you to tweak the setting using the program on a different computer and save those setting to the hardware so when you plug it in a different computer you will use the saved settings instead of the auto default ones
Was Ashley able to test with the latest firmware on the Kiyo Pro? Synapse now shows a passive/responsive option to make the focus less aggressive. Essentially it has been addressed. Also, it is $100 on sale right now, so it's the best option possibly now of the three cameras, especially for low-light.
this helps ty
One thing to note is that the synapse software is bad in general. Froze my pc every time it was opened and after realizing it was an issue I had to uninstall. I got it since it was on sale too but ended up returning it.
Amazing video. Fantastic detail. Well done and Thank you!
Can you please review the polycom webcam?
nice review, can you review streamplify cam? thankyou
An awesome review, thanks!
This review and the side by side by side comparison made the difference for me. great job. I like the Elgato but the Logitech won on price and out of the box use. Thanks.
I almost choked on my drink when i thought you said "Horizontal fliposaurus and vertical fliposaurus" xD.
you could have tried to get a better manual focus on the Razer. That wasn't a good comparison.
The Elgato just seems to have a higher internal ISO. Not really a ding against the camera considering the jump in sharpness.
I love Razer Kiyo Pro! Special with tripod, looks great!
I think the reason these cameras are a bit washed out is they are expecting most people NOT to have good lighting. But, that’s only my opinion.
Great review!
Thank you, I was torn between the Kiyo Pro and the FaceCam. After watching I’m going to save up my money for the FaceCam
For this review im sure buy Razer Kiyo Pro.. Thank you CNET
Thanks for the good explanation!!!
Glad it was helpful!
I might be misunderstanding something. The Razer is f2.8 and the Logitech is f2.0 but you said the Razer has the smaller aperature..
Great review 👏
what about AVerMedia Live Streamer CAM 513. i hear its better
With next update of this video add creative brand to the selection as well. Thanks.
very helpfull - thank You 💜💖
Fun review! I think the Elgato Facecam is the best webcam here, Logitech's is alright, and Razor's should be avoided, it's not very good imo. Look at the motion blur when she moves her hand, pause at 20:35, the Facecam's sensor is clearly more effective and crisper overall. I personally own the Facecam and think its exceptional, especially compared to the older Logitech c922 Pro.
21:02, just look at the difference. Clearly Facecam wins in clarity, it is a much better webcam.
best way to see is to pause the video at that time
The Razer is in mf mode and clearly out of focus. That's a testing fault, just saying.
I have all of these cameras. The razer is the best. She isn't calibrating it correctly... The low light from the razer is also amazing.
@@john_casey In other tests it looks way better. Maybe you gave the explanation why.
Honestly, they Kiyo Pro looked better before you changed the settings. Looks like you left it too warm during the side by side. I think you should have kept the white balance on during the comparison.
su delineado es precioso y perfecto, yo no puedo hacermelo así :( realmente el delineado en los ojos cambia mucho la mirada y la embellece. uwu
Excellent review ❤
WHERE did you get that Psychonauts shirt🤩 SO COOL!
You just look good regardless the type of zoom Ashley :)
That helped, thanks
Light?
Review dell 4k ultrasharp webcam next, although not for streamers
Elgato hand down (once optimal settings are dialed in). It's the only one where you can literally see her eyelashes with how crisp it is.
Huh. from the Side by side comparisons it seems the Streamcam actually has the highest frame rate? I thought they were all @ 60? On my 144hz display it almost seems as if the G Streamcam has almost double the frame rate.
Elgato's Facecam has an aperture of F2.4, Razer's garbage has F2.8, and Logitech Streamcam has F2.0.
So idk if you're a photographer or videographer, but higher the number, smaller is the aperture that lens can do, smaller the aperture, less light goes in. That means the camera will compensate either on the shutter speed or the ISO. I can't tell you how each of these cameras work exactly, but I would guess it'll compensate on shutter speed, slow it down so makes time for more light to go in the camera.
The consequence of slowing down the shutter speed is 2 things, if you shake your hand fast you'll notice a motion blur, and if the shutter speed is lower than 1/60 the camera will decrease the fps, even though if you look at the properties is gonna show 60fps.
So that's why you'll notice the other ones can't keep the same consistency as Streamcam. If I may give you an advice, when you're interested in buying a new camera, prioritize the aperture (of course dslr and mirrorless is completely different, then it's good to know how powerful and clean is their ISO). Oh and never buy Razer they're just bs, I mean gorilla glass??? Wth are you gonna do with a webcam to need a protection against scratches?!?
I'm a hobbyist photographer for 6 years, and thank you for coming to my TED Talks, I broke my left hand and now I have have lots of time and boredom.
.... is there a 2024 update video on this subject yet?
the facecam is so good and sharp.. daaaaamn. is a level up against the others.
For people only watching the comparison part of the video. It's not reflecting the Razers ability to record detail, it's out of focus as you can see between 14:26, 19:50 (both razer and second timestamp is very blurry) and the auto-focus issues has mostly been resolved by firmware updates.
I want to buy this camera, the autofocus doesn't seem to work well
@@gonzalohillary7224 I have it, I like it. Id say it sometimes goes out of focus but most of the time the focus adjusts back again within a couple of seconds
Also wanted to know mic quality / sound difference. Nothing on that, strange !
Just like how you don't usually use monitor speakers, you probably won't use a webcam mic either.
Elgato Facecam for the win, amazing camera!!! i love mine so much, closest thing you can get to a dslr but a better price
Watching this video on a 4K screen makes the Logitech and Razor cams seem more blurry than Elgato. Is it just me?
But logitech biro 4k?
I was comparing these three and it was really close with Elgato and Logi... but then you showed the feature where the Logi would flip... SOLD! haha thank you!!
you missed the timestamp for the side-by-side
I just use my gopro hero 9. No complaints, excellent quality
GoPro Hero 9? Still better than 3 Webcams.
Costs as much as 3 webcams too
Please also test on Mac and Linux.
You do nice works guys, ❤️✈️
It’s Eric by the way sherwood we used to hang back in the day I stream twitch now ;)
Prime lenses can have focus. A prime lens is just a lens that doesn't have zoom. So most webcams use prime lenses.
The Logi Cam is great but the StreamCam program overrides QuickTime on the Mac and causes the Mac to freeze and shutdown. It’s fine on it’s own though.
Is there a way to workaround that ? Trying to get a cam soon but i use an imac
Elgato is good but logi's auto focus function is better
What the camera you're using here that is not any of the reviewed webcams? 😂 It looks softer and not as vibrant as the others!
I Appreciate everyone who finished watching a 22 minute video in 1 minute
you're able to hit the like button before you even watch, Just FYI😉👌
Picture of Elgato facecam is the best. It is sharp and realistic
I think the Logitech looks the best.
More videos like this
3 webcams maravilhosas
What's her name
Found replacement for sydnee goodman here.
80 bucks: c920, c922 pros
100 bucks: Streamcam Logi
200 bucks: Facecam Elgato
currently the best option is the Streamcam if you tweak some settings
2:53 erm, what?
Elgato beats them easily.
yep
Why does she sound like Sydnee Goodman ?
The Elgato Facecam looks the best, but seeing it’s currently £129 and Logitech Streamcam is £75 (Black Friday deal), Logitech seems like a much better option for someone who is looking to start streaming for the first time and doesn’t have the biggest budget for it
you can pictures look great
You look like Joyce Byers from Stranger Things!!
ashley, i cant focus 😂😂😂
So nice
Логитек определенно на голову выше остаьного хлама. Брио бы увидеть в сравнении.
elgato is the best choice, not a single frame drop
wait.. at 1:58 she says the logi cam is the only one to use USB C.. but the elgato uses type C as well.. now i see at 2:53 the title cards are all wrong. sorry but this review/comparison video is all over the place, i can't continue this vid