Over the last few years Elgato has managed to present particularly useful products to the world, which have made the world of streaming much easier for many content creators, who find themselves embracing the company’s news with particular happiness, thanks to the possibilities that come their offers. We are talking about a company that has managed to successfully embrace different areas, and that has decided to give us a new product with an eye for streaming, entering a sector that is certainly already haunted, but which often fails to present the article. right for certain needs. The novelty of the company is the Elgato FaceCam, which we have had the opportunity to try thoroughly, and which we want to talk to you about in depth in this review, deepening the potential of the device and the target it aims at.

Complete and functional

Once you open the package, not particularly aggressive in design, as it is simply colored light blue and perfect to summarize the main features, you are immediately in front of the new Elgato FaceCam , ready to be connected to any PC and used within very little time. As you can immediately see, the dimensions are by no means excessive, as we are talking about 79 x 48 x 58 mm , without counting the base for attaching the product. We are talking (obviously) of a wired device; the USB input is located on the back and a USB 3.0 cable must be usedfor correct operation, as the company recommends, it is better to avoid adapters and make sure a direct connection with the PC, which arrives in a port for 3.0 or (obviously) better. Particularly useful note that we would like to point out in this Elgato FaceCam review , the cable can be removed and is not permanently connected to the product, which allows for easy replacement in case of damage , instead of rendering the product completely unusable. .

The FaceCam of Elgato is designed in particular to adapt to the setups of streamers and content creators , allowing an improvement for their video content, and also providing rather interesting features. As confirmed by the company, the complete absence of an integrated microphone is not accidental, given that this detail is hardly useful for users, and it was therefore preferable to invest one’s strength to improve the supported features and the video sector of the product, definitely more important.

To make the most of the product, however, it is necessary to create a tailor-made setup that allows maximum graphic rendering, avoiding dark environments and improvised workstations. Also thanks to the tripod, the FaceCam can easily be positioned with few problems, but it is necessary that for the best result the framed subject is in the center of the shot, and that the recording environment is correctly lit, as well as that there is a distance approximately between 30 and 120 cm for the correct focus .

The Elgato FaceCam manages to offer a resolution of 1080p at 60 FPS , thus avoiding 4K and preferring a cleaner and more professional display, albeit at a lower resolution than other competing products. Thanks to the dedicated and free software, easily accessible, you can indulge yourself with the settings to best adapt the product to your preferences and workstation, saving the changes through the integrated memory. The selectable variations are nothing short of complete, and although the basic result is already satisfactory in itself, it is possible to further improve the yield in a few simple steps. Elgato also allows the use of the Stream Deck for a quick and immediate control over the settings, thanks to a plugin designed and implemented to measure.

The FaceCam you needed

Apart from the question of the microphone, naturally negligible, the FaceCam contains what is necessary to not leave consumers disappointed . From the Sony-branded sensor that Elgato has decided to include to improve the capture of details and guarantee a good result with any type of lighting, to the cooling system that avoids unpleasant shutdowns, and also passing through the memory that allows you to save profiles, it is difficult to find details that are missing and have not been included by the company in this Enthusiast range product .

The FaceCam lgato subject of this review has a field of view of 82 ° diagonally, a focal length of 24 mm and an aperture of f / 2.4. Obviously, for such a product, which is presented in Italy at the launch price of € 200, it was necessary that the best technologies were also used for the lens., in order to provide an optimal result both on the software side and for the actual registration of the contents, and the company has certainly not pulled back in this area. The article is more than functional and easy to use, and the result is able to fully compete with the other offers on the market, as mentioned, especially as regards the work of streamers, who can now count on Elgato’s flagship to reach very high qualitative peaks for their work.