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Seeking lighting + wide angle camera recommendations


 

Hi all,

I'm looking for recommendations for:
  • Face lighting for Zoom calls, something smaller that fits on a desk, and is strong enough to overcome some backlighting.
  • Wide angle camera/360 microphones to support hybrid meetings.
This is just for me and my business of 1, so I'm not looking at institutional pricing, something more affordable.

Thank you

Trina

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Camera - any recent iPhone or Android equivalent can be turned into a good camera.

I've been taking notes on this part recently:
Reincubate Camo - Use your phone as a pro webcam, free




I don't know what your photographic background is, so I'm trying to avoid mansplaining. Are you aware that wide angle lens tend make things that are closer appear big and things further away seem small? This often doesn't work for faces.

I can't speak to the lighting or audio portion.

Cheers
Mark


 

Strangely?enough - I just saw this a second ago:? - I have heard others say good things about it. I have no personal experience. Although 24mm wide angle is as wide as I would go and f2.4 - should mean shallow depth of field and so little in focus in the background.

Cheers
Mark


Trina Isakson
 

Thanks Mark. To add more clarification, I'm looking for a wide angle camera so that for some hybrid meeting situations, a wide-angle camera can capture a group of people around a table that are in-person. Not for just my face. One (pricy) example is??that is a 360 camera and microphone.

So still would love tips for face lighting, and for a wide angle camera + 360 microphone for hybrid meetings.

Trina


 

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Trina

I¡¯m also curious to know what people recommend.

We are still using Logitech wide-angle cameras for groups of people around a table that are in-person. It¡¯s been around for so long, but we haven¡¯t found anything better. We use a separate good mic. for the sound.

We were invited to facilitate a small meeting where the university used an Owl (your expensive example). It really was a terrible experience - somehow you could never quite see who you wanted to see or hear what you wanted to hear (despite what it says about sound). It assumes you want to see a primary speaker and so focuses on who it thinks ¡±the" speaker is. But we just simply wanted to be able to see everyone in the room. Perhaps it could have been set up better, but we put it on the list of equipment we »å´Ç²Ô¡¯³Ù want.

Bev





On 4 Mar 2022, at 17:26, Trina Isakson <trinaisakson@...> wrote:

Thanks Mark. To add more clarification, I'm looking for a wide angle camera so that for some hybrid meeting situations, a wide-angle camera can capture a group of people around a table that are in-person. Not for just my face. One (pricy) example is??that is a 360 camera and microphone.

So still would love tips for face lighting, and for a wide angle camera + 360 microphone for hybrid meetings.

Trina