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Fair enough, though this does mean you have to factor in the cost of a mic on top of the already slightly chunky asking price. See our full Elgato FaceCam review (opens in new tab). Elgato's reasoning is that anyone who’s willing to spend almost $200 on a streaming camera probably isn’t planning to use a crappy on-board mic, and either has or is going to acquire their own. The focus is fixed, and in a move that seems surprising but makes sense once you think about it, there’s no onboard mic.

In other respects, the camera is pretty simple. The default image it produces is bright – some might call it overexposed – but if it’s not to your taste then it’s easy enough to fix the settings with Elgato’s Camera Hub software. It shoots video at a streaming-friendly resolution of 1080p, uncompressed, with a 60p frame rate. The Elgato Facecam is a relative newcomer to the streaming circuit, placing a firm emphasis on accessible, high-quality content.

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