Razer Kiyo X - Full HD Streaming Webcam (1080p 30 FPS or 720p 60 FPS, Auto Focus, Plug and Play, Fully Customisable Settings, Flexible Mounting, Compact and Portable) Black

picture is clear the quality is durable, great value for money, the mount options seems very well made sturdy, the privacy cap is brilliant

I was a little unsure about the Kiyo Ultra from reading reviews, some quoting needing an account login to use the camera interface, but when I got it, it worked perfectly as a plug-and-play camera straight in OBS, which is what I will be using 99% of the time anyway, and for the slightly more fine control of the Razer interface software, no login was required. It's not goin to be my go-to camera for web chatting since the sound quality leaves something to be desired (I might use it as a camera but get the sound with something else), but for video and still image quality, it's almost as good as the Panasonic FZ1000 it replaces in my home setup, but with the added convenience of being smaller (thus also fitting on a simple gooseneck mount), and being a webcam I can simply just plug into my computer without a capture card. And it's no wonder that it is, considering its 1"/1.2 sensor is only a tiny bit smaller than the 1" sensor of the FZ1000, but with the added advantage of a fixed focal length lens. So, the two only real caveats I have for this camera, which may or may not be important to you: the built-in microphone isn't great, and autofocus isn't anything to brag about either. I always use manual focus when recording with webcams as no webcams I've used are great in that department, but it is more noticeable with the longer focus throw and fuzzier out-of-focus area of the large-sensor Kiyo Ultra.

I was drawn to this thanks to the 1/4 inch screw in the base of the camera head, allowing a neat and flexibile mounting option with tripods and clamps etc. Having the little mount that rests on top of the monitor and obscures a small amount of screen annoys me - my monitor has a very narrow bezel. You can tell it's quality when you open it up - fancy packaging (think Apple but lime green), heavy metal body, quality thick braided cables. And it's comically huge on anything below a 27" monitor. I decided to return in the end for a couple of reasons. Image was sharp and accurate. But be careful what you wish for - it made me look my age. It didn't deal well with two windows behind me - face was not bright enough. Bundled software (Razer Synapse) allows tweaking but didn't seem particularly stable and caused me problems on a work machine where permissions etc are locked behind administrator rights. May not be the fault of the camera, but fails the plug and play test which my 20 quid Logitech passed with flying colours. That same Logitech deals with the brightness issue perfectly well also. Overall, probably the right choice for content creators, but for getting to meetings it might just add additional hassle - and a further layer of software for MS Teams to get confused about.

Incredibly good camera. Minus the requirement for USB-3 for a smooth capture, which I really can't fault it for, it's a perfect camera for the price, with great clarity in colour and overall quality.

This review is for Mac users only. I do not know if the issues I have replicate on Windows based machines. Unlike windows based machines, there are no drivers or apps for a mac to adjust settings like FPS. I took my chances as the unit has excellent reviews: 1. Pro's - Solid unit, great quality feel - Excellent image and colour balancing - a step up from standard MacBook Pro webcam, except as below :-( - Decent auto focus 2. Cons (for Mac users) - No software or apps for Mac OSX to upgrade firmware or adjust settings on camera - Possibly due to no app, image is fuzzy on straight lines, like a set of drawers or dark eyeglass rims. See attached photo, zoomed in. Extremely irritating to have fuzzy lines around eyeglass rims and furniture items with straight lines, like drawers. This effect is less pronounced on Zoom and FaceTime but truly awful on Teams (image shown) which is what I use for work 90% of the time. Unfortunately had to return as a result.

AWFUL, AWFUL SOFTWARE. DO NOT BUY EDIT: And the support is just as bad. A dozen emails to their support team trying to resolve this, and I've had a dozen pointless responses. They cannot or will not submit a bug report / feature request to their software engineering team to even begin the process of resolving this. I'm upgrading this review to add more details. DO NOT BUY THIS CAMERA. The software is awful, the webcam is unusuable in Teams or Zoom meetings. It constantly loses its settings. Two days in and now the Pan/Tilt/Zoom settings have stopped working completely. Awful software and buggy firmware have ruined what should have been a really good webcam. DO NOT BUY. I'm opening a return with Amazon for mine now. ==================================== Original review: First of all, this is a nicely made camera, and first impressions are good software and excellent customer support. The ring light works well, and also makes it very obvious when your camera is on. But. The software is awful. - The camera isn't named in Zoom, I have to select "USB Video Device". My Logitech was named. - In fact, the camera settings are so bad that it's useless for calls in Teams or Zoom - The preview settings in the Synapse software in no way match the camera view in Zoom, so the settings utility can't fix the problem - While Zoom is using the webcam I can't access or change camera profiles in Synapse So basically, THERE'S NO WAY TO ADJUST WEBCAM SETTINGS. You can adjust the settings while in Synapse only. You can't adjust the settings for any actual application, and the preview in Synapse doesn't match what the other applications will get. Worse, the settings are lost every reboot (which I now see is reported online by many previous customers). And two days in I find that the pan, tilt & zoom settings no longer have any effect. This is so much worse than my Logitech it's a joke. Logitech's software allows you to change pan, tilt, zoom, focus WHILE YOU'RE IN A MEETING. Imagine that, a webcam that actually lets you use it as a webcam. With Razer you're locked out of all of that, the softtware is it's useless. The Razor is clearly false advertising - "Full Camera Controls with Razer Synapse 3" is a lie. You have partial controls with Synapse, which may or may not work, and which don't cross to other applications. I purchased this camera as an upgrade from my Logitech because I wanted the ability to quickly switch profiles. I have to use Zoom, Teams and OBS with work, and all three need slightly different zoom, pan, tilt and settings. The promised "Full Control" in Synapse 3 is no such thing, you have basic lighting options, and then Razer have added an "Advanced Settings" button which opens the standard Windows webcam control dialog. The problem is NONE OF THESE "ADVANCED SETTINGS" ARE SAVED, which means profiles do not include: - Saturation - Sharpness - Zoom - Exposure - Pan - Tilt - Low light compensation On top of that, the Razer software has no way to easily switch between profiles. Synapse profiles have no way to add the Kiyo device. Checking online you can add mouse profiles, keyboard profiles, lighting profiles, all of which can be assigned to hotkeys. But Kiyo appears to be in a walled off section of the Synapse software. So the only way to change webcam profiles is to: - Close the application you're using - Open Synapse - Navigate to the Kiyo webcam - Change your webcam profile - Manually change "advanced" settings - pan, tilt, zoom, exposure, etc... - Close Synapse - Relaunch your application AWFUL, AWFUL SOFTWARE. DO NOT BUY

The quality of the camera itself is great, and it would be good value if it wasn't for the fact that it goes dark every time I try to use it and have to mess with the settings, with no real fix being available, its makes it frustrating. The ring light is a good bonus though.

Excellent! Way better image quality than standard built in webcam - don’t like how it just hangs on the laptop screen by a 5 mm lip and that’s basically it - plus the lead is pretty think and plugs directly into the back meaning need a little space behind it - need to install a pretty big multi purpose app to change settings