Elgato - Facecam MK.2

Facecam MK.2 is on sale right now for $120 at Best Buy! If you don’t have lighting and $100 is your entire budget, you want to make sure you have room to buy a light or two lights. I was going to recommend the lights I have but they’re out of stock. What I would recommend is to find lights that you can adjust the temperature of WHITE. If it’s a cheap light that has full colors, stay away from them. Many times the white on those only have a couple temp options and they aren’t bright. I can’t stress enough how important lights are—especially with these webcams!

About the same tbh. The MK2 might have a better base setting color wise and slightly larger fov , but they both do 1080p60fps. Another choice, though, could be an OBSBOT. I remember hearing good things about them, and they run $70-150 depending on the model. The tracking feature is an interesting bonus

people are giving you great webcam options already, but was gonna say make sure to check ebay for some savings. The amount of people who will buy expensive products to stream, then give up quick, means there are a ton of good, lightly used, streaming equipment on there so could easily get the elgato face cam mk2 for a deal, and is one I personally have used and it looks great. Def a great webcam to get and only upgrade to it, imo, would be going down the DSLR camera as a webcam road.

Whatever you do, don’t get the brio. I’d lean towards the OBSbot. It’s the same price as the Facecam MkII, and yeah you’ll only be streaming at 1080p, but the image will be that much sharper if your face cam is ever full screen if you’re running the webcam at 4k. The downside is, it’s only 30 fps so you’ll get a lot of motion blur unless you can change the shutter speed. If all you want is 1080p60, the Mk II is a fine choice and opens up the camera hub software for you which is a great piece of software.

Facecam Neo, Facecam MK.2 and Facecam 4K are now Switch 2 compatible after a firmware update Learn more - [https://www.elgato.com/us/en/explorer/products/camera/how-to-use-your-elgato-webcam-with-nintendo-switch-2/](https://www.elgato.com/us/en/explorer/products/camera/how-to-use-your-elgato-webcam-with-nintendo-switch-2/)

I'm a fan of the Elgato Facecam. I've had both the Mk 1 and Mk 2, and love them both. Software is good but not perfect. Good in low and bright light. Good color accuracy. Ability to utilize LUTs if you want.

I have a 922 Pro, it's 1080p30, so not a 60 fps cam if you need to be in 1080p. I also hate it, it's hard to get the colors right, even in good light. For now I am only using it as a top down cam, and not my main cam. For my main can I use an Elgato Facecam MK.2. And that is a 1080p60 cam, and the colors are much better. But to be honest, for a relatively cheap, and good webcam, with 4k30/1080p/60, I would have a look at the OBSBOT Meet 2. You can also get the OBSBOT Meet SE, at 1080p/100fps if you don't need the 4k resolution, for an even cheaper price.

Still, that will not change it's bad image quality when it comes to colors. It wash out almost anything. The OBSBOT Meet SE I mentioned is £80, and is a far superior camera for not that much more money. And that is a 150fps cam if you only want a 720p resolution. Or 100fps in 1080p.

I have two Logitech BRIOs sitting on the shelf, because they're useless basket-case shitgoblins. They error out, overheat, glitch, disconnect, and generally are just trash. I bought two because the whitesheet made them look like the perfect webcam. They are not. They look WORSE than a c920 even in perfect lighting somehow. I'll regularly take one off the shelf and update the software and firmware to see if it's fixed yet. Still no, so far. I'd recommend one of the Elgato Facecams if you're going with a webcam. The Mk2 or Pro both are at the upper end of what a webcam is going to be capable of, and punch almost on-par with a starter grade DSLR/mirrorless.

Elgato c920 is the gold-standard starter cam. You can find them on-sale for around $50 usually. Of those three, I'd go with the Elgato. Avoid the BRIO like the basket-case shitgoblin it is (I have two sitting on the shelf, they're worthless little turdbuckets that constantly error and look like absolute crap, even compared to a c920; I bought them when they first came out as their whitesheet makes them look like the perfect cam, but THEY ARE NOT). > Btw, I do stream at 4k60 You must be streaming to YouTube, then? Because Twitch's max bitrate would make any 4K60 stream look like hot fried poop. Absolutely unwatchable. Doubling down on the Facecam Mk2 (or bump up to the Pro), it's going to give the best quality out of the three.

The Facecam mk2 is a solid device. Remember that you'll hear complaints from those with problems, and nothing from all the people for whom it works without issues. I *will* point out that they just brought out the Facecam4K though; I'm waiting until Black Friday to see if there's a price drop since it's only about a month away, and plan to pick up a couple of them for my workbench setup. While 4K60 might kinda be overkill for a 1080p stream, it also allows you to pull a cleaner chromakey if you plan to use a greenscreen, and lets you "zoom in" (by resizing up to native and cropping the cam) with no picture quality loss, where a 1080p60 cam would turn into a much more pixelated view.

Elgato Facecam Mk2. No idea if it's on-par with an Iphone, but it's quite decent, does 1080p60, and should retain settings. It's actually on sale on Amazon at the moment. They also just brought out the Elgato Facecam 4K, but I haven't got hands-on with one of those. The specs look good, doing 4K60 video for $200, which is just insane. Tempted to pick one up myself at the moment actually, looking at it. The c920 settings reset is a Logitech firmware issue that pops up on some systems, and has been around for *years* now and is still un-fixed. Really annoyed with Logi in general for a lot of their camera and controller stuff.

Seconding this. Some people will say the others are "just fine" or suggest using your phone. Out of the box, the Elgato Facecam Mk2 has better picture clarity and color accuracy than the Brio does. Using its software you can also zoom in and pan around without a loss of picture quality. It's seriously one of the best external cameras you can get without springing for a much more expensive DSLR/Mirrorless option.

I recently got the Facecam MK.2 for 100 - Used - Like New from Amazon. If you can find a deal like that its a no brainer, so many options and settings you can experiment with and of course it works pretty flawless with obs as well. But definitely make sure to have proper lighting as well, cheap lights should do it for now

I don't understand the hate for the Facecam Pro in this thread. I got it as soon as it was available and always found it really really good, even when lighting isn't the best as long as you set it up correctly. And I mean close mirrorless quality, especially to the untrained eye. I'm sure people will laugh at that, but I'm serious. I do use a mirrorless over the Pro because I have one and it was way more expensive, so I should get my money out of it. I point the Pro at my cat bed. But I would have zero problem going back to using the Pro as my main cam because the quality is so good. It's just not as versatile, but that isn't really a big downside for most streamers as they're just sitting in one place with mostly static lighting. And for people who say it's bad and has never been worth it, I do wonder what you think has the same quality for the same price? I personally think the Kiro 4k looks a bit better out of the box, but not once both are properly set up. I haven't personally tried any of the tracking webcams, but I have almost every other one, and the Facecam Pro looks better than all of them. *Edit* I should note, I think the Facecam 2 looks about as good when it comes to color accuracy and such at a much lower price. That would definitely be my recommendation for anyone who doesn't stream at 4k. But if you want a 4k camera and don't want to go the professional camera route, the Pro is the way to go imo.

Whatever you do, don’t get the brio. I’d lean towards the OBSbot. It’s the same price as the Facecam MkII, and yeah you’ll only be streaming at 1080p, but the image will be that much sharper if your face cam is ever full screen if you’re running the webcam at 4k. The downside is, it’s only 30 fps so you’ll get a lot of motion blur unless you can change the shutter speed. If all you want is 1080p60, the Mk II is a fine choice and opens up the camera hub software for you which is a great piece of software.

I have both and they’re both great. Logi is good for starting out, and Elgato is the upgrade option. Lighting is important for either one, so if you’re not going to fix that then I’d say don’t bother spending more for the Elgato right now. Start with the Logi and upgrade once you’re ready.

just got my facecam mk 2 a couple weeks ago its honestly great.

I tried the Elgato Facecam MK.2, OBSBOT Meet 2 and Insta360 Link 2C. I decided to keep the Link 2C because it looks best imo.

as everyone here says , how deep is your wallet , i personalty use a Elgato camera MK2 and a Fifine Mixer and Shure MV7+ but there are definitely way better cameras that are out there , the main one alot of streamers use is the Sony ZV-E10 Mirrorless camera's with wired power via a dummy battery unit and HDMI to a Elgato cam link or capture card #

I bought the webcam mk2 and it lags pretty bad under any kind of load, I would probably recommend any other elgato webcam

Elgato Facecam Mk2. No idea if it's on-par with an Iphone, but it's quite decent, does 1080p60, and should retain settings. It's actually on sale on Amazon at the moment. They also just brought out the Elgato Facecam 4K, but I haven't got hands-on with one of those. The specs look good, doing 4K60 video for $200, which is just insane. Tempted to pick one up myself at the moment actually, looking at it. The c920 settings reset is a Logitech firmware issue that pops up on some systems, and has been around for *years* now and is still un-fixed. Really annoyed with Logi in general for a lot of their camera and controller stuff.

I recently got a Elgato Facecam MK.2 (replced my 1080p sony camcorder) and really love it so far, good quality for a fair price, and quite new as well. If you wanna go higher in budget also checkout the Facecam Pro which would even be 4K and has more settings than the mk2

Well Since I didnt get a response I bought both cameras from Amazon and returned the one I didnt like.. If anyone reads this or runs into the same issue the Elgato Facecam MK.2 was a disaster to setup in OBS with a green screen and pretty good lighting.. I tried and tried and tweaked and still couldnt get it right. I plugged in the OBSBot Meet 2 and it was almost perfect right out of the box, With some minor tweaks its crystal clear @ 1080p60. Dont even waste your time with the Elgato Facecam MK.2

It looks like Elgato Facecam Mk.2 does not work. I tried a USB 3.0 cable, USB 2.0 cable, and a USB C USB 4 cable.

I’d recommend checking out some comparison videos if you haven’t already. Even after being configured in a controlled lighting setup, the Elgato Facecam MK.2 still looked worse and less natural than the Obsbot Meet 2 did straight out of the box for me (for the same price). After browsing a lot of threads too, I'm not the only one. A lot of people are disappointed with the Elgato, and when compared to the Obsbot, it almost always loses

Best choices would be the elgato facecam mk2, or the new elgato 4k. For the LED you will want to find a method of covering it or research for specific webcams with the ability to turn them off since it's a privacy concern a lot of webcams directly link the LED to the sensor so if the webcam is in use the LED will be on.

Elgato mk2, its nice! Pretty good with no lightning aswell

No matter what webcam you end up getting, you'll need to spend about the same or double that to get good lighting to make it look super good. I have the Elgato Facecam MK. 2, which I got for about $130.

In my testing the Elgato out of the box was significantly worse as far as colors and light than the others, but yeah, once u tune it. you can get close to the others

I would pick the Elgato out of those 2. The OBSBot is cool, but the software has been hit or miss for me. Also look at the Insta 360 Link. Happy streaming!

I have the facecam pro and facecam mk2 And I prefer the Mk2 because with the pro I had artefacts and more noise. I want to upgrade to a DSLR though but I’m waiting for a new CamLink that can do 4K60 with no compression or buy a 4K X capture card

This is the camera I started out with (the C920x version).   It was a good little camera but it does take some work to get looking good!   I’d suggest turning off auto white balance and setting it to what you have your Elgato lights set to. Since you have consistent lighting, the white balance shouldn’t change too much and the auto setting will often be incorrect.   You’ll also want to set the gain and brightness.   You can change these settings within OBS by clicking the ‘Configure Video’ button in the video source properties window. Also realize this camera was originally released in 2012… 13 years ago… EDIT: If you want to change it for a better camera both Elgato Facecam products are great with great color and exposure.

Elgato c920 is the gold-standard starter cam. You can find them on-sale for around $50 usually. Of those three, I'd go with the Elgato. Avoid the BRIO like the basket-case shitgoblin it is (I have two sitting on the shelf, they're worthless little turdbuckets that constantly error and look like absolute crap, even compared to a c920; I bought them when they first came out as their whitesheet makes them look like the perfect cam, but THEY ARE NOT). > Btw, I do stream at 4k60 You must be streaming to YouTube, then? Because Twitch's max bitrate would make any 4K60 stream look like hot fried poop. Absolutely unwatchable. Doubling down on the Facecam Mk2 (or bump up to the Pro), it's going to give the best quality out of the three.

Yes. I did the like exactly same upgrade. It's very nice.

The Facecam mk2 is a solid device. Remember that you'll hear complaints from those with problems, and nothing from all the people for whom it works without issues. I *will* point out that they just brought out the Facecam4K though; I'm waiting until Black Friday to see if there's a price drop since it's only about a month away, and plan to pick up a couple of them for my workbench setup. While 4K60 might kinda be overkill for a 1080p stream, it also allows you to pull a cleaner chromakey if you plan to use a greenscreen, and lets you "zoom in" (by resizing up to native and cropping the cam) with no picture quality loss, where a 1080p60 cam would turn into a much more pixelated view.

People often say if you want upgrade from a 1080p cal, 60hz...next step is an actual camera, not a Webcam. I looked up the cost tho and yiiiikes not for me! I'm gonna use the elgato mk2 or my trusty logitech c920 for forever I feel like at this stage ??

I have the Elgato Facecam MK2 and it is a ripper. The supporting software allows me to dial in the light and zooming look I want and save them to one of presets.

Hi everyone, I’ve been looking into webcams lately and honestly spent way too much time testing, researching, and also reading through this and other subs. Figured I should make a list at this point. Hope it saves someone else the time : ). I personally went for the [**OBSBOT Meet 2 - $129**](https://hwturtle.com/go/B0D9W7J9SK) as an all rounder. I know that no list ever matches everyone's opinion so don't come for me, and instead let me know what you're using and your thoughts. Also note: some of these can be overkill for home office but I still added them in case budget is not a topic for some of you. **Best Budget Webcams 2025 (< $50)** * [**Logitech Brio 101**](https://hwturtle.com/go/B0BXGFFSL1)\-**$36**\- 1080p webcam with natural image, narrower FOV, great low-light performance, and a surprisingly decent in-built microphone. * [**Anker PowerConf C200**](https://hwturtle.com/go/B09MFMTMPD)\-**$49**\- 2K resolution, wide field of view, sharp picture for the price. * [**EMEET NOVA 4K**](https://hwturtle.com/go/B0CY2C7H6S)\-**$57**\- 4K webcam, but requires software to tune image quality cuz it's kinda flat out of the box. * [**EMEET C960 4K**](https://hwturtle.com/go/B0CJHZ92P6)\-**$45**\- Affordable 4K webcam, but also needs software adjustments to look its best, autofocus can be a bit inconsistent. Best out of this range:[**Logitech Brio 101**](https://hwturtle.com/go/B0BXGFFSL1) **Best Webcams Under $100 (Mid-Tier)** * [**EMEET S600 4K**](https://hwturtle.com/go/B0CYQ5P6T7)\-**$59**\- Sharp 4K video and reliable autofocus, one of the strongest options under $100. * [**OBSBOT Meet SE**](https://hwturtle.com/go/B0DQ196WLW)\-**$69**\- 1080p at 100 fps, consistent autofocus on objects (a bit slower), smooth for face tracking tho. * [**EMEET Piko+**](https://hwturtle.com/go/B0DZ6RZFXZ)\-**$89**\- 4K with dual lenses for super fast autofocus but lacks a monitor stand. * **Logitech C920x Pro**\-**$60**\- 1080p, classic webcam for streaming and video calls, clear image and natural colors, dual microphones for stereo sound, reliable autofocus, solid low-light performance. Best out of this range: [**EMEET S600 4K**](https://hwturtle.com/go/B0CYQ5P6T7) **Best Webcams Under $150 (Upper Mid-Tier)** * [**OBSBOT Meet 2**](https://hwturtle.com/go/B0D9W7J9SK)\-**$129**\- 4K webcam, highly rated for image quality and excellent value-to-performance ratio. * [**Logitech Brio 4K / Brio Pro X (2017)**](https://hwturtle.com/go/B09NBWWP79)\-**$149**\- 4K, decent autofocus, still popular * [**Elgato Facecam MK.2**](https://hwturtle.com/go/B0CW1S7XP5)\-**$117**\- 1080p webcam, not amazing out of the box but can be tuned for better results. It does not have an in-built microphone * [**Insta360 Link 2C**](https://hwturtle.com/go/B0DDTGY8FG)\-**$149**\- 4K webcam, strong performance, more expensive than OBSBOT Meet 2. Best out of this range:[**OBSBOT Meet 2**](https://hwturtle.com/go/B0D9W7J9SK) **Best High-End Webcams 2025 (< $300)** * [**Logitech MX Brio Ultra HD 4K**](https://hwturtle.com/go/B0BFJ4CRKD)\-**$179**\- Logitech’s premium flagship 4K webcam with improved clarity. * [**Elgato Facecam Pro**](https://hwturtle.com/go/B0BJL7Q3SR) \-**$299**\- 4K at 60 fps, smooth video but no built-in microphone. Also can be overkill for home office. * [**Razer Kiyo Pro Ultra 4K**](https://hwturtle.com/go/B0CT6FFK4R)\-**$410**\- This camera is the closest to DLSR camera, excellent optics, crisp 4K video. Autofocus is a bit slower, Mac users need 3rd-party software. Overkill for home office Best out of this range:[**Razer Kiyo Pro Ultra 4K**](https://hwturtle.com/go/B0CT6FFK4R) **Overall Best Webcams 2025 (Personal Picks)** * The best webcam overall for most people:[**OBSBOT Meet 2 - $129**](https://hwturtle.com/go/B0D9W7J9SK) * The best high-end webcam:[**Razer Kiyo Pro Ultra 4K - $300**](https://hwturtle.com/go/B0CT6FFK4R) **(This is an overkill for home office)**

Looked everywhere and nothing. I tried multiple cables and still nothing.

There are several quality webcams that look as good as regular cameras these days. Elgato Facecam Pro and Facecam MK2. Osbots line of cameras. Insta 360s line of cameras. And on a budget, even the EMEET 4K camera. I was using a Canon SL2's and moved to Elgato cameras and the quality is good with zero complaints from viewers. And the software for webcams is easier and faster to make adjustments on than it is for DSLR/Mirrorless cameras in many cases. So, I'd say if you're mostly filming from your deck or some stationary situation, a high quality webcam will more than take care of your needs.

Adamantly here to say the C920 is absolutely garbage. Unless you’re in the most perfect of rooms, the white balance and exposure of this webcam is truly awful and you’ll need a white index card to calibrate it constantly. You can see many videos of this on YouTube. I just bought an Elgato Facecam MK.2 for $109 and it’s fantastic for the price. Just slightly over your budget but well worth it for the customization/LUT software alone, not to mention the actual quality of the camera you’re getting for the price. Very happy with my purchase and i imagine I can still get 25-35 back by selling my c920 on eBay.

Returning as we speak. I bought this because i thought it'd be better than the MK.2. The facecam MK.2 clears this one easily.... 

Yup! I have both! The Pro just has 4k @ 60fps whereas the mk.2 is 1080p @ 60fps. But on Twitch the highest quality you can stream at (as of right now) is 1080p @ 60fps. This video is a great deep dive into the Mk.2: https://youtu.be/AoO7M-P5gqs?si=XZT3IxKOV9hZdW--

Yes absolutely. The Elgato Facecam MK.2 is a recent purchase of mine ($129.99 on sale I think it was) and it’s fantastic. Integrates well with my current setup, is controllable by my Stream Deck, and it has loads of customization features and LUT support etc.

Overhead light is the worst thing you can have in your setup. Turn it off. Also I commented elsewhere in this thread that you should look at the Elgato Facecam MK.2 ($109)

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