I resisted getting a dedicated webcam for the longest time and always used my laptop's camera for calls and stuff. It worked well for some time, but the quality of a 720p built-in webcam sucks. So I put on my ‘grown-up man’ pants and bought a webcam. I got the Logitech Streamcam and have been very happy with it. It’s a 1080p camera (unlike most which are 720p) that connects via USB-C and has outstanding image... - Source: dev.to / over 1 year ago

If you don’t have an iPhone to use with Continuity, and are willing to upgrade the rest of your office to match, then perhaps I will recommend Opal : https://opalcamera.com/. Source: over 1 year ago

Back in May 2022, I finally got my invite to order the long-awaited Opal C1 webcam. I was waiting for something to replace my Logitech Brio 4K, thinking I would get better image quality. However, after unboxing the camera, plugging it in and installing the required software, and experimenting with it, my enthusiasm vanished. After months of experimenting with an experimental product, here are my observations and... Source: over 1 year ago

How soon do you need it a webcam? The Opal C1 is a very nice camera, but the wait list is long; you could run Camo to use your phone as an camera or wait for the Continuity Camera updates in Ventura to use an iPhone. Source: almost 2 years ago

I have the Opal C1. It's trying to be better than a normal webcam. I'm not in love with it but might work for you: https://opalcamera.com/. - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

What's really interesting is Entangle. https://entangle-photo.org/ It works with a lot of DSLRs, it doesn't require you to do any of these steps, and it captures the output. The only thing it doesn't do is then map that to an output for other applications to pick up. There is an open request for this, but it seems to be out of scope for the application. https://gitlab.com/entangle/entangle/-/issues/68 It... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

This. Go for tethered capture on a pair of old dSLRs and use something like an rPi or just bloody long cables to pull the images to an always-on linux box. Have a look at this to get started -- https://entangle-photo.org/ -- which works with many canon/nikon bodies. There are a few "lithium to power" hacks (e.g. "ONsite Relay A Camera Power System") but they are expensive and often many of the bodies can power... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

Entangle works well if you are on Linux (or would consider dual booting) https://entangle-photo.org/. Source: over 2 years ago