I have a Logitech C920 and am looking to upgrade. Something suitable for streaming.
Some annoyances with the Logitech: sometimes autofocus fails and poor reproduction of blacks. Ex: Lack of detail when a black cat is on screen.
I already have a nice mic-- the webcam doesn’t need one.
Just wanted to say that I was pretty disappointed with the C920 as well. The difference to my work MacBook’s webcam is quite literally night and day. With the C920, anything but bright, frontal, uniform illumination gives you a bad to mediocre image, while with the MacBook I could pretty much sit in complete darkness and nobody would notice a difference.
I think if you want something actually good for streaming you’ll have to use a real camera that can stream to your PC instead of a “webcam”. Not sure which brands are compatible with Linux though. Many streamers do list their streaming equipment in their bio, so you might just want to look around for someone like that with a good looking stream or just ask.
Yes. One thing that motivated me was comparing side-by-side the C920’s result with my iPhone’s webcam. My test subject is a black cat in a black cat bed. With the C920, it’s just one black blob. With the iPhone camera, you can at least see the distinction between the bed and the cat.
Well, Apple is, Apple.
Maybe a Logitech StreamCam will deliver better results for you? I don’t have complaints about my C920 but I don’t push it so far like you seem to do.