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And when active, it turns green letting you know the camera is on. When connected, a small-led light on top of the webcam glows right when powered and lens covered. It can be rotated left and right on the clip, but has no tilt option available. The monitor clamp is adjustable and mounts easily and securely on top of my MacBook, iMac and Asus notebook. The lens sits in the center, which is mounted on a hinged monitor clip. ItвЂ™s small, sleek, and is available in a white finish. The Studio P5 packed a lot of power in a pretty compact package. For those with a MacBook Air, you need to use USB Hub to connect the P5 to your notebook. (Imag credit: Anuj Bhatia/Indian Express). The Studio P5 comes with a regular USB port, but I wish it would have used USB C.

The hybrid work environment will continue to exist and video calling is the reality of the new real world.

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Whatever the reason is, I feel PC makers need to come up with solutions to design their laptops in such a way that allows them to fit 1080p Full HD webcams. In comparison, the front-facing cameras on smartphones are constantly getting improved and can shoot videos in 4K UHD.

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That is why, even premium laptops from makers including Dell and Lenovo, use 720p webcams. My off-the-record conversations with executives revealed that physics doesnвЂ™t allow PC makers to use high-quality cameras in laptops. I tried to find out the reasons why the cameras are so bad on laptops. I did everything вЂ“ from tweaking settings to changing the lighting in the room to improve the picture quality and despite the brandвЂ™s overdose of putting AI in everything including webcams, I was disappointed. Soon I started to realise how bad the webcamвЂ™s quality is on laptops. But Covid-19 changed everything all and I had to use video for all interviews.

I hate my laptopвЂ™s webcam, and I am sure you do tooД«efore the pandemic, I rarely saw myself taking video interviews unless the situation didnвЂ™t allow me to meet the interviewee in person. IвЂ™ll be the happiest person to see an improved webcam on laptops. Or at least give you a reason to question PC brands and know when they will start using high-quality cameras in laptops. If youвЂ™re thinking about making the jump from a crappy laptop webcam to a real webcam, my experience might help you decide. Instead of waiting for a miracle to happen, I ditched my laptopвЂ™s webcam for video calls, and switched to a Poly (formerly Plantronics) Studio P5 webcam.

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