And while photos did suffer from a “white sheet” effect, putting the emphasis on the face is the right choice here. The edges of my head were tinged by light in shots I took with it, but none of my face was hidden by excessive shadow. The Anker, however, again retained most of its fidelity in these conditions. While it did catch a glimpse of the buildings outside my window, which is impressive given that many webcams instead render windows as pure sheets of white, my face is bathed in too much shadow for me to want to call anyone under these conditions. The Logitech was, unfortunately, mostly unusable. While this is an over exaggeration of most user setups, it can help shed light on how a webcam might work under heavy light saturation. I also took shots with the Anker PowerConf C300 and Logitech C920 pointing towards my window, to test how they work in an overexposed environment. Streaming mode, meanwhile, locks the camera at a 90-degree field of view and turns on 60 fps recording, while custom mode lets you set your own field of view and frame rate combinations in addition to getting the option to toggle on the HDR and Anti-Flicker settings. Personal and Meeting modes both use a “flexible angle” that adjusts the field of view and image framing based on your head movement and placement, although the former tends to be more zoomed-in while the latter is more zoomed out. Regarding those features, the Anker PowerConf C300 comes with 4 shooting modes, including Personal, Meeting, Streaming and Custom. But while the Anker’s visual fidelity didn’t quite live up to those $200 Kiyo Pro’s, probably because it doesn’t have the Kiyo’s powerful sensor, its strong suite of features still make a strong argument for spending slightly more on it than you would on a more casual but proven camera like the Logitech C920. That’s a level of customizability that’s usually reserved for more expensive, enthusiast shooters like the Razer Kiyo Pro.
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