j5create - USB 2160 (4K) Webcam with 5x Digital Zoom Remote Control - Black

I would have given it 5 stars, but the placement of the wire hooked up to the back of the cam is on the left side (should be in the center) so if the cord is at all stretched out, it pulls to that side and it’s hard to get it to stay in position. Other than that the picture quality is amazing. I would easily recommend this cam to anyone.

It didn’t come with a battery. The remote only works for zoom in/out (limited), it doesn’t turn the camera or adjust in any other way. The button, on the remote, to turn off the camera also doesn’t appear to do anything. I would not say it is worth the significant difference in price. I do like the camera cover which was the main noticeable strength and reason I bought it. So that’s why the 3 stars vs less.

I purchased the JVCU435 thru Best Buy. It's a very good 4K webcam, with excellent low light resolution, and good dual mic's. I downloaded the software program (app) and it does all the included remote control's zoom & pan functions, as well as adjusting hue, brightness, etc. Using this webcam with the free Windows 10 "Camera" app lets you see on your screen the capabilities of this webcam. The only weakness is that the remote looks to have about a 6-foot max operating distance. Remote battery is not included. This webcam encloses all the hardware to digitize and convert for live streaming, so you don't need a "strong" computer to do the processing. It uses the latest handshake protocols that allows the 4K capture being streamed to be received at other end as a lower resolution if the bandwidth is poor, or to match the lower screen resolution...... So it just works with little or no fiddling. Of course, all this built-in computational power causes the webcam to get hot to the touch. It probably could use a fan and better ventilation..... but it works just fine.

I'm a photographer/Videographer and This has EVERYTHING you could POSSIBLY need in a webcam! This camera allows you to tilt.. zoom.. pan with the REMOTE. No more getting up.. walking across the room to fix the way the camera is framing you. JUST USE THE REMOTE! It's even AWESOME in dim lit rooms! My husband wanted a camera for live streaming his podcast in the dark basically with colored LED backlighting and THIS camera does that and more! Talk about CRISP, images in the dark.. this is it! I purchased this camera and waited for it to be delivered, while my husband purchased a expensive different camera (about $250 he stated) while I caught the Best Buy sale (less than $100). He swore UP and DOWN his camera would be what he needed, but when he plugged it up.. he had to download drivers.. and move back and forth to the camera for the right settings. With this camera you dont have to do that. I purposely purchased a camera for him so he wouldn't have to download drivers.. that's old school any way. Who has extra space on any device these days?? This is Plug and Play! Now.. here's the downside of it.. the sound quality is not quite what he wanted, but since he's a sound technician... he figured out a way around that problem by hooking up an external mic a different way. And it does have a SLIGHT lag, but the lag is so small.. its not really that noticeable. But he only wanted the camera for the video aspect of it anyway! HANDS down... this was the right choice for him or any one for that matter looking for a BETTER WEBCAM EXPERIENCE.

I am happy with this webcam. We use it to broadcast our outdoor church service via Zoom Meetings, and it works reasonably well. Worked first time on a Windows 10 computer running Zoom plugged into a USB port, no fuss with needing to run other software as you may have to do if you try to use a video camera. There is a pan/tilt/zoom function, but this is NOT mechanical. It is an electronic trick using the 5x zoom function. Once zoomed in a bit, you can "point" the camera to a spot from the original non-zoomed image. So if you can see something while not zoomed, you can zoom in to that part of the image, even if it is in the far corner. The camera head can be manually rotated and tilted on the fly. The dual microphones seem to work reasonably well also, as they picked up the sound from the amplified speakers about 30 feet away.