You remember when webcams had a big boom. What an important piece of equipment it has become for all of us. Moreover, the shooting quality at that time seemed very high to us. So what happened that almost no one uses webcams anymore? Why is it difficult to get smooth and high resolution images on webcams like phone cameras? Yes, hard. Let’s find out why together.
Our phones, which do almost all of our work, have also improved a lot in terms of cameras. Our phones, with which we can take almost professional camera quality photos, can take pictures and videos much better than webcams that only do this. Webcams are in many ways behind the cameras on our phones left.
When we have a conversation over the webcam or record a video, we see that all the colors are paler, we look white like Casper, and we even get blurred from time to time. Technology is so advanced and while we can take great pictures with our phones Why is this still the case with webcams? Let’s compare an average webcam with the cameras of phones that can be found in almost everyone’s pocket today.
One of the main reasons for this situation is the low reception of webcams.
Laptops are preferred by many people due to their portability. Moreover, when you buy a laptop, you can also have a webcam. However, there is no such situation on the desktop and you need to buy an extra webcam.
Today, the interest in webcams has decreased due to the increase in the use of laptop computers and the use of phones and cameras on desktop computers. This reflected on sales and therefore on production. So brands almost no competition started to bring less innovation to webcams. In fact, the image quality of webcams, which started to be a problem, started to stand out at this point.
Our phones have evolved, but webcams have not.
Even if you don’t own a flagship phone, it’s available on many smartphones these days. 4K video capture It has feature. On the other hand, webcams are generally 1080P shooting is designed to do.
The differences we see between webcam and phone cameras at first glance the vast majority is also due to this.
Our phones have ‘brains’ that process images.
The processors of our phones are in the process of recording images as soon as we press the shutter button and take a photo or video. from a series of processes is going through. Therefore, the image we obtain is improved visuals.
Image via USB connection on webcams transferred directly to your computer and not processed. Untreated, unimproved image naturally also looks worse than what we shoot with our phone.
Your photo may go away because the framerate limit of webcams is still too low.
Another problem of webcams that has become chronic and even joked on social media is freezing, stuttering or synchronization problems. So what causes them? Let’s say right now; biggest frame rate per second (FPS) issues.
Average on phones While shooting at 60 FPS is possible this rate on webcams 30fps. In other words, when you shoot video via a webcam, these images are transferred to your computer much more slowly.
Phones seem to have exaggerated this camera job a bit.
Apple, Samsung and many other technology giants are doing very successful work on the phone camera. If you remember, those images tell us when we first met with webcams. high quality was coming. Now when we look back “Did we iron this out?” we say.
The biggest reason for this is that our eyes are now accustomed to quality images. Thank you Samsung, thank you Apple…
There is also the material part of the work…
If you want a quality webcam, you have to sacrifice 3-5 thousand TL for it. Of course, if your job doesn’t require you to own a webcam, you can hardly afford a phone. ‘only for camera’ Giving may not make much sense.
Instead of using a webcam your phone or camera. You can also connect it to your computer. However, if the webcam is an important piece of equipment for you due to your job, be sure you can find a webcam that captures the quality of a phone or camera. Only the price may be a little salty.
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Resources: Gadget Faculty, Reincubate, H2S Media, Gadget Review