Elgato Facecam MK.2 webcam review

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I wasn't expecting much from the new Elgato Facecam MK.2. It's apparently not really a sequel, and will just go on to replace the existing Facecam we loved so well. It's also a bit cheaper than the original cam launched at: The new one is starting at $150 while the MK.1 came out at $200.

But it's great. Really great. Pretty much a better webcam than the first in every aspect, and I am massively digging the new HDR mode the Facecam MK.2 employs. In my home office space, with a couple bright windows facing the side of my screen, it's ace not having those utterly blowing out the image every time I jump on a call in the daytime.

It's not messing around trying to be some 4K monster of a cam, but what the Facecam has always offered is a fantastic uncompressed 1080p stream. And it does it with aplomb. That was true with the MK.1 and is absolutely so in this updated Facecam MK.2.

Given the target audience for Elgato gear is the streaming market, that choice is a smart one. Why pick a higher, but compressed resolution that folk aren't going to embed in their stream anyway? What you really want is a lower resolution, but artefact-free video stream. To that end, the MK.2 is again offering 1080p60 uncompressed, with 720p120 included in a host of other resolutions and frame rates lower down the scale.

Supported resolutions: 1080p60, 1080p30, 720p120, 720p60, 720p30, 540p120, 540p, 60, 540p30
Optics: Elgato Prime Lens
Focus: Fixed (30 — 120cm)
Field of view: 84°
Sensor: Sony STARVIS
Connection: USB Type-C
Dimensions: 84 x 38 x 61mm
Price: $150 | £150

The new Facecam is still using the same Sony STARVIS CMOS sensor, and still delivers a great picture, despite the MK.2 having a noticeably smaller 'eye' compared with the first model. But that works for me, because one of the first things you'll otherwise notice is that it's far smaller as a whole.

The original is quite a chonky thing. A boxy beast of plain black plastic with just the concentric rings around the lens to mark out any