AVerMedia Live Streamer Cam 313 - Full HD 1080P Webcam with Privacy Shutter, Dual Microphone, 360 Degree Swivel for Video Conference - NDAA Compliant (PW313)

I have had Logitech C920s and C922s for Macs and PCs in my company for several years, and they all have lousy color, no matter how well lighted and what color adjustments I make. I either look like a grainy beet or Orange Man with those cameras, and I have professional studio lighting that can vary the brightness and light warmth (white point). Colors of background objects display even worse. The last straw was when Logitech "upgraded" their driver software, which made it worse. I either look like my face is made of putty, or I have chicken pox.I happened to do a webinar with a friend who has an AverMedia webcam, and he looked flawless on a PC; perfect color and good resolution with overhead fluorescent lights, so I bought the AverMedia PW315. I was concerned from the lack of reviews on MacOS that the camera might not work well, but it works great on my 2019 MacBook Pro 15" 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 running Big Sur. I do a lot of webinars and web meetings, so skin tone and correct color are important for my use. I'm not a gamer, so I couldn't care less about that.The documentation for Macs is sparse, so it was unclear if this webcam needs software to manage the camera settings, and it does need the CamEngine app on MacOS or Windows, which you can download from AverMedia's web site. The documentation says the camera doesn’t need a driver installed, which technically is true for MacOS, but Windows does already have a driver for it, so on PCs technically it does have a driver, although you don’t have to install one. With either OS, you need the CamEngine software to make adjustments. I would ignore the review that says this cam is useless on Macs, that’s nonsense, it works fine on my 3 MacBook Pros and 2 Mac Pros.That app has a lot of settings to adjust color, focus, white point, brightness and contrast, and improve skin tone and focus. The only drawback to this 60fps camera is it has about a 2-second lag time, so I can raise my hand and put it back down before the camera displays it. A minor annoyance for me; not sure how it would work for gaming.If you're not well lit, the image can appear grainy, but that's true with any web cam. Conversely, if you’re over lit, you’ll look washed out. So it’s advisable to get lights in front of you that you can adjust the brightness on. It helps a lot with any web cam to have good, balanced lighting. If I turn on my small studio lights and have a window next to me with no blinds, that side gets a bit over exposed. I suspect the people complaining about poor color or saturation don’t have decent lighting and are relying on home light fixtures and window lighting only.While the camera has fixed focus, no auto focus, it doesn't need it since the lens depth of field is excellent. I am in focus sitting 2 feet away from the camera, and the background about 10 feet behind me is also in focus. Again, proper lighting makes all the difference.The built-in camera mount works well hanging over a monitor, but I prefer to use an Olisicht Mini Projector Wall Ceiling Mount 215mm on Amazon to mount it to the 1/4" x 20 screw mount, placed on a monitor stand to bring the camera to eye level.The lens cover slides right to left over the lens and works fine. Camera build quality is as good as my Logitech C920s and 922s.I love this web cam and will be replacing all Logitech cams in my company with these.

The camera is really nice with good image quality. I had to download and install AverMedia's software and then set OBS and StreamLabs to the software's virtual camera instead of setting it to the webcam. After doing so, it worked without issue. The software also allows you to tweak the image for the best look. The camera has a 1/4-20 thread to attach to a tripod if you use one

I really wanted this camera to work. I have the early-2011 Macbook Pro 17-inch, saw a great review of this camera online and quickly bought it. Construction and build quality is very impressive, body is made of steel rather than plastic, which is awesome. You have to download and install a firmware update and the CamEngine Lite webcam software. Its a beta version and also apparently a lesser iteration of the Windows software for this camera. Installation of these is fairly straightforward.The problems started when I fired up Zoom to test the camera. The picture started but the center of the image was covered by a giant error message telling me to plug the camera into USB 3.0 "to ensure picture quality." This is when I realized that my MacBook Pro only has USB 2.1 ports and so this camera will never work for me.The error message covering the center of the image cannot be closed which makes the camera utterly unusable for web conferencing. If you have an older computer without a USB 3.0 port, this camera will NOT work for you!Also for some reason, the CamEngine Lite software launched, but no window of any kind came up, so that is also a nonstarter (literally.) It looks like this software requires MacOS 10.14 or higher, though this system requirement is found nowhere on the Amazon product page for this product.This could be an awesome camera, but I can't tell because of the above issues. Unfortunately, I had to return the product.Three star rating because the product description should be much more transparent for Mac users and people with computers lacking a USB 3.0 port.At minimum, the following points should be clearly stated in the product description!- A USB 3.0 port is absolutely REQUIRED to use this camera! Picture is blocked otherwise! USB 2.0 will NOT work.- The CamEngine Lite software requires MacOS 10.14 or higher! On MacOS 10.12 the software installs but not work. Ridiculous.- The CamEngine Lite software is a beta version on Mac and has weaker capabilities for than the Windows version does.Get it together please, AverMedia...

La compré para usar en el trabajo, la calidad es muy buena. Me ha sido de mucha utilidad. La calidad de la imagen es buena y la conexión muy fácil

Easy to setup and install and the video quality is far and above any I've ever used. The CamEngine software works great for fine tuning image and the virtual cam is awesome for Zoom calls, Streaming and video recording. I was looking at this vs. another major brand with a higher end webcam with a "920" in the name, glad I went with the AverMedia 513 instead! Yes, you will be better served by having some external light sources as it does make a big difference in image quality, but that is not the fault of the camera, just the price of raising your game.

Funciona sin problema siempre y cuando no se conecte por usb C, ya que no lo reconocen los equipos a los que los he conectado, la calidad de imagen es muy buena y el ángulo de captura es amplio

We’ve purchased two of these webcams for our office employees needing to conduct Zoom meetings etc. Great quality- video and audio quality is very good for single person conferencing

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