AUSDOM AF640 1080P Webcam with Microphone, 90°FOV USB PC Camera Webcam with Privacy Cover, Plug and Play Computer Camera for Online Calling/Conferencing, Zoom/Skype/YouTube, Laptop/PC

This is an okay web cam if you are on a budget. The picture is pretty clear and it works for either a MAC or PC. I have been wanting to get a webcam for my mac mini so I can use facetime and this does the job for what I need it to. If you are looking for a camera that you want to stream say pokemon cards this is not the best for that as it only gives you about 30 FPS which is a bit choppy for card games in my opinion. It has a hard time seeing the details on the actual card even when you hold it stable. That being said, if you are trying to get a better replacement for your mac pro or something then you actually get an adapter for type C because macbooks have no USB A port. I tried it with the adapter adapter and noted that you are able to use the camera with a type C adapter. I was able to plug this into my desktop and macpro. There is no driver installation required on either operating system which is nice. It pretty much auto detects and starts working in less than a minute. I just tried it with windows 10 and 11. The camera works just for fine with all these operating system. The overall camera design look is nice although the black plastic layer you need to remove was actually really tough to come off. It has a pretty generic look compared to many other cameras. There is a cover that you can easily slide close and open from the top. So it is something that gives you that privacy. You could just turn the camera around as well as needed. There is no cover for the microphone. There is a stand you can use if you do not want to put this on top of your monitor. The picture quality is not bad. I would compare this picture quality is just a bit better than a laptop onboard camera. I would say it runs pretty well for facetime and zoom calls. It is not something I would use for conference rooms. Because it does try to focus on your face, it actually will have a hard time adjusting to smaller details. The next thing about this is that the microphone is pretty sensitive so you will need to adjust that before trying your first call. Again there is no issues with the device drivers. It is essentially a plug in play. This webcam can be mounted to the top of your monitor or television depending on which screen you are using. It is fairly secure and easy to adjust although make sure you have enough slack when mounting the webcam. If you happen to be pulling on the cable it is easy to move the camera. The cable length is long enough to reach from my computer monitor to my desktop and still has some slack left. One thing to note is that the device is that the device can be scratched up easily. The picture quality is 1080 p and transmitting quality is going to be dependent on your internet speed and again it only has 30 FPS. Honestly for the price you are paying for this camera, it is pretty decent quality but it is not the best. It does auto focus so you do not have to do that, nor is there a way to manually focus on the camera itself. The microphone sound again is pretty clear but be sure to adjust it accordingly as you may actually appear louder to someone else. The flexible stand is a nice attachment. Overall I think this camera is great for what you need it to do. It does a good job for me during facetime and work meetings (not conference rooms though). The microphone picks up my voice pretty well with very little background noise. I do like the fact that the camera cover is built in and can easily be opened or closed with the tab on top.

Planning to use this on my Mac for online video calls but have only done a couple of test calls so far, one with Google Meet and one with Zoom. Both test calls were fine.Audio is apparently a bit low on the microphone. When I adjust it in the System Preferences the volume goes up but then it will go back down by itself and settle at around 67%. After playing with it a bit I suspect is a "feature" of the noise cancellation. I think it's trying to adjust volume to keep out the background noise but it's lowering my volume at the same time. My daughter was able to raise the speaker volume on her side so in the end it was fine.Video is good but with a REALLY wide view compared to the camera it's replacing. It's roughly 25" from my nose to the camera and when I hold my arms out I can see well past the elbows on both sides. It also LOOKS like I'm farther away. Which, when I compare side-by-side isn't a bad thing as the other camera had a lot of unflattering detail. I suspect it's all still there if I were to lean in and get closer to this camera.Build is fine. It's manual zoom but it gets me and the white board that's about 2 ft behind me so don't think I'll be adjusting it much. I wish the mount were a little wider in the back and square rather than rounded. When you adjust the camera angle it's definitely a two handed operation. There's also know light to tell you whether it's powered or on I'll be putting flap of some kind over it. Combined with the rounded mount that may end up being a pain. We'll see.Overall, pretty happy with it, though it's only been a few hours.

After waiting six months for a different product, I decided to buy this Ausdom AF640 webcam. I plugged it into a USB port on my Windows 10 computer and it worked immediately, showing an excellent image in the Windows 'camera' app. As other reviewers have noted, its image is more of a wide-angle view than similar webcams, but not unacceptably so; I saw no noticeable optical distortion like the 'fisheye' effect seen on some webcams. Its color reproduction of my face was natural, which is why I gave five stars for "warmth". Next, I tried the Ausdom webcam live on Zoom. Surprise! Zoom automatically clipped a little of its wider view, so the online result showed more of my face and less of my surroundings. I got fewer HD pixels than I was sending to Zoom, but the result was visually what I wanted. And Ausdom's microphone got my voice just fine on Zoom's record-playback audio test. This webcam's mechanical mounting is nicer than many, with a ball joint that allows left-right adjustment as well as up and down. It even comes with an adhesive-mountable privacy shutter that was designed for it; I attached it in a moment and I'm going to keep it on. Nice job, Ausdom! I recommend this bird-in-the-hand product if you're still waiting for some other bird that's stuck in the bush. The only thing this webcam lacks is the extra software that comes with some other webcams, which you don't need for Zoom. I want to add that I have received nothing, nor will I receive anything, for this review.

It seems to be an alright camera, especially for the price. My biggest issue, and the reason I gave it a lower rating, is how it is supposed to stay on the monitor. There is no locking mechanism. It is relying solely on the rubber of the bottom part and the lip, to hold on via tension, in a way. Except there is no real tension, so it's just by grip. So any movement, ever so slight, can send this thing tumbling. There is a spot on the bottom to screw it into a tripod, if you have it, but I imagine that's less common than putting it on the top of your monitor. The autofocus seems alright. I can't speak to sound as I use my microphone for it.So if you HAVE a tripod already, then this might be a nice budget buy. If you DON'T have a tripod, I'd go somewhere else.