The biggest selling points of the Facecam are manual ISO adjustments and the ability to save the profile to the camera itself. Those are game changers.
@@jonthepizza No it doesn't, in fact even random software accessing the camera sometimes don't see those settings. And a power cycle wipes them. Razor software also comes with the real downside of making your system unstable or less usable in other ways. I've seen it cause a windows 10 login to take minutes instead of seconds. It's just not worth the risk. I wouldn't touch anything razor related.
Using the Kiyo Pro personally, and since they've released the camera there's been a firmware update that has mostly resolved the focus breathing you mentioned in the comparison. Previously mine would have focus breathing occur once every 5-10 seconds, now it only readjusts when I shuffle in my seat a bit. Much better since the firmware update!
Thanks for the comparison!!! Many other channel will compare it to older webcams to favour it. The Elgato Webcam should be compared to the Razer Kiyo Pro and the Dell Ultrasharp Webcam. They all have the same sensor and same RRP.
Yeah and a lot of reviewers leave the bad AF on the Kiyo Pro the whole time - even tho there was a firmware fix for it a while back but also with the Elgato being fixed focus, it seems more sensible to use the Razer in manual mode too.
One bonus to the Kiyo Pro there for content creators doing tech or other stuff is they can use the manual focus to do extreme close-up shots (for instance painting miniatures, or working on a circuit board) as well as whole room shots (like say for a music performance) - if the Elgato is completely fixed focus then it can't do the close-ups and I'd be interested to see how well it focuses on far away things. For some creators this isn't an issue but for some that would be a deal breaker. It's also likely you can fine tune focus better on the Razer for a sharper image. Do wish Razer would make the software better tho - I should point out you can still use synapse for live settings by simply deactivating the preview pane and using the OBS feed, but they've split the settings between synapse and "advanced" which uses the standard windows webcam dialogue - they should just have everything in the synapse window. Also their preset management could be a lot better.
For me the good mics from the kiyo are the reason why i bought it. They are way better than the one in my laptop and for meetings and sessions with clients it good enough.
You should have mentioned the razor's wide angle field of view. As a pianst I will be needing Razor's wider field of view to accomodate the entire piano. Elgato just does not cut it. That was the main reason i chose the Kiyo Pro over Elgato
Hello ty for the review, I had a problem with the Kyo where it would change color while I was streaming with it so I will probably buy the elgato webcam and return the Kio pro.
Hmm I have razer kiyo pro and I just bought the elegato and I'm not a fan. The razor does a much better job in low light then the elgato. Both great cams but I'll probably be returning the elegato 😅
that's great to read this, cause i'm about to go for the razer pro, since the elgato is pricey, and i heard marvels about razer pro as well, in terms of handling just fine low light conditions, and having great colours!
Yeah I have both and the Kiyo Pro is so much better in low light and the colors pop. The Elgato just doesn’t want to pop in colors unless I bump up the ISO.
I just bought Razer Kiyo Pro 2 days ago to replace my Logi C930e and I'm super happy with it, need to tweak it a bit tho. Razer has backlight compensation more as I saw on the video vs Logi StreamCam. Also Kiyo do the details job, uncompressed, and lastly, it's obviously like a big lens in your face hahahaha. Depending on how you stream tho, if you stream just to pop out your face and make it on small cam at side of screen while you gaming, just use your phone camera without green screen and it's all good. As Twitch DJ streamer, it takes a lot of effor too to offer great things. The Music, Visuals, Overlays, Equipments, everything. But Twitch community has been so amazing since I start stream from July 2020. Literally from Zero to Hero. Lastly, this Facecam makes me want to buy it too ahahaha but I already go the Kiyo Pro. If you want to compare Facecam to Kiyo Pro, watch this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-P05pJgQf8nU.html
Did the Kiyo Pro have the latest firmware (I think 1.05) for this test? It should help with the focus options. I grabbed the Kiyo Pro because it's down to $130 right now *Went down to 99.99 for Black Friday*
@@BK-ml5kr I returned and bought again to take advantage of the updated 99.99 price. Amazon refused to provide credit. Ideally try to get batch 2120. Directly plug into laptop or motherboard port. Don't use a USB hub that doesn't have an additional power source. So far it has been great.
@@BK-ml5kr yeah. Case ports should be ok, but the back is the best. The key is to avoid underpowered hubs. Then people complain about disconnects and blame the Webcam. Also Synapse will tell you to update the firmware. Out of the box will be 1.03
So as of 2024 Which one is the best with firmware updates and everything?? As of now the Razer is 79.99 ElGato is 129.99 Please leave your opinion/comments or experiences below.
Great review . Facecam for the win. But what if a guy wanted to go to the next level. What DSLR would you recommend for twitch content. I would like something nice but not to ridiculously over priced.
I'll answer my own question. Elgato Facecam running Nvidia Broadcast is as close as you can get for under 400$ CDN. Çareful though Nvidia broadcast requires a RTX card and will cost you about 40-70 FPS.
Most of these products are missing the point. Yes I would love to install a new webcam for work but the chances of an IT dept letting you download the software is pretty much zero. If you cant find a way to customise a webcam outside of that software then most of us home workers just go ..meh .. so what?!
Except that's not really the target audience for these webcams. Even though out the box without the software, they'd be way more than enough, probably even overkill, for work-purposes. And just out the box they're 100x better than what you'd get at work anyway. But, either way, these would be more for your streamers and content creators.