I’m the guy who tapes over the webcam on my laptop so others can’t spy on me.
But I need to start doing video meetings. It’s a thing, I guess. These will be mostly me one on one with clients, some talking “face to face” and some showing my screen presentation style.
So I need to equip my desktop computer with camera and mic. It already has speakers.
The problem is, I have a lot of screens and can’t figure out a natural space to place the camera. Here’s my setup, would you put the camera at the center of the four main screens (very limited space), or in the space between those and the two secondary screens on the right (more room for a camera there), or to the left of the four main screens (even more room), or elsewhere?
What canera would you use? I’d like good picture quality, sharp and focused, doesn’t distort face, etc. i’m willing to use a standalone camera if the results with be better than with a webcam.
For sound, I’d like a noise cancelling mic, if there is such a thing. There is significant traffic noise outside my office, sort of a continuous noise (a freeway). I play music and don’t notice the traffic noise, but I think it would be distracting for a video conference.
I’d be willing to have a microphone on a deskstand, the mic doesn’t have to be integral to the webcam. I’m also willing to wear a Lavalier mic, use a shotgun mic, whatever.
In fact - just thought of this - I have an old Canon XH1A (or is it XA1H? can’t recall) camcorder with nice glass and shotgun mic on a tripod, that is just sitting around. I wonder if I could connect that to the computer.
