8MP Autofocus USB Camera, IMX179 Lightburn Camera with Microphone, Ultra HD Embedded Webcam for PC and Raspberry Pi, Compatible with Linux, Windows, and Mac OS

As expected

Camera functions as expected. I wanted to use it for Lightburn laser bed but needed to mount it too high in order to get the entire bed. Would have been outside if my laser enclosure.

Good product 👌

Perfect size for my Lazer box. But it gets very hot.

I was very surprised by how much noise there was in the image, which left me wondering if it was a hardware issue, or it was up-sampling from a poor sensor. In addition to this (and possibly related), it was almost impossible to get the autofocus to stop hunting for focus, making it unusable for my use case. The workaround is to use the windows camera app (pro/advanced mode) to set the focus manually (basically turn AF off) which stops the hunting, but it will reset next time you power up the camera. So the workflow would be, 1. boot up computer (or plug in camera) 2. Run windows camera app 3. Switch to this cam, and select focus 4. Move the focus slider away from autofocus to a fixed focus to dial in your focus 5. Close camera app 6. Run other app that uses the camera Note that may apps connect to the cameras in exclusive mode, so it's a faff to close them and run the windows camera app, then re-open them again. I'm switching to a fixed focus camera instead, and hopefully one with great image quality.