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Opal Tadpole – A webcam for laptops

69 点作者 jnthn超过 1 年前

38 条评论

AlexAltea超过 1 年前
These guys have spammed me three times today via SMS, even <i>after</i> unsubscribing from all their notifications.<p>I&#x27;m sorry but I cannot take them seriously. Who in hell thought this is normal or acceptable?
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Terretta超过 1 年前
70 degree field of view, equivalent to perhaps 28mm, gives you prominent nose and mouse-face shaped bone structure<p>to look pro, you want maybe 35 degree field of view, equivalent to 70mm or more<p>see: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;s.studiobinder.com&#x2F;wp-content&#x2F;uploads&#x2F;2019&#x2F;02&#x2F;Focal-Length-Field-of-View-Lens-Focal-length-in-MM-and-Angle-of-View-in-Degrees-StudioBinder-Shot-List-Software.png?resolution=2560,1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;s.studiobinder.com&#x2F;wp-content&#x2F;uploads&#x2F;2019&#x2F;02&#x2F;Focal-...</a><p>there&#x27;s a reason studio newscasters have flat faces, while the people they interview via webex or zoom look like giant nosed clowns, it&#x27;s the focal length<p>if you can&#x27;t get a narrow field of view, you can pretend you have a &quot;crop sensor&quot; by getting a true 4K, cropping it down to 1080p since web conf software aren&#x27;t sending more than that anyway, and positioning yourself farther from it.<p>this farther position also helps your eyes seem to be looking more directly at the lens.
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callumprentice超过 1 年前
I use the Camo software that turns my phone into a webcam and the quality is astounding but it still suffers from the &quot;appear to be looking elsewhere&quot; issue.<p>I have sketched out a design for a bracket that dangles your phone upside down, in front of the screen and turns the phone front camera into a webcam that&#x27;s much closer to where you are typically looking.<p>The interesting bit is that software on the phone displays the part of the monitor that&#x27;s covered and creates a &quot;seamless display experience&quot; (slightly tongue in cheek).<p>Not perfect by any means but maybe worth creating a prototype of both hardware and software to see how it feels?
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berbec超过 1 年前
What is the market for this product? I can&#x27;t see their being enough people who a. have a laptop without a camera&#x2F;need a better camera b. are willing to lug this thing around and c. are willing to pay $200.<p>How is web design this bad acceptable? It&#x27;s insanely slow, annoying to read and impossible to navigate.
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jszymborski超过 1 年前
Am I missing something or is &quot;smallest webcam&quot; a provably false statement? My laptop has an integrated camera that fits in the bezel, I own several Raspberry Pi cameras that are much smaller than this, and the word &quot;tad&quot; is doing a lot in the phrase &quot;just a tad taller than a gummy bear&quot;.<p>Don&#x27;t get me wrong, I don&#x27;t particularly care seeing as the camera is suitably small and the other webcams are not fit for the same purpose, but my point is that if all I have to go on is the marketing, it doesn&#x27;t inspire confidence.<p>Edit: The average height of a gummy bear is 2cm and the Tadpole is 3.5cm tall. A gummy bear is nearly half as tall (57%) as a this camera. I really dislike this copy.
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TD-Linux超过 1 年前
This is not a &quot;mirrorless camera sensor&quot;, at least how it&#x27;s meant to be interpreted. While technically mirrorless like all webcams, the sensor is under a quarter of the area of the smallest Sony mirrorless intechangeable-lens cameras.
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dubcanada超过 1 年前
&gt; WRAP YOUR CAMERA AROUND YOUR WRIST AS YOU GO FROM MEETING TO MEETING.<p>Who wraps their webcam around their wrist to go to a different meeting? I just don&#x27;t understand the target of these ads&#x2F;marketing.
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heeton超过 1 年前
I could never recommend this. I own a C1 and it&#x27;s completely ruined by terrible software. On MacOS (various versions, on M1 and now M3), it stops randomly, needs regular reconnecting. I&#x27;m on an old version of the app because the new version doesn&#x27;t even work at all (hard freeze after an hour).<p>Countless examples from forums and elsewhere of the same issues.<p>Shame, because the hardware is cool.
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johndough超过 1 年前
USB 2.0 at 200 MBps sounds like a serious limitation. 1080P is of course more than sufficient for the average video conference, but it seems kind of wasteful to use a 48MP sensor and then discarding most of the information, followed by lossy compression.
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_joel超过 1 年前
Instant turn off due to that god awful website
Modified3019超过 1 年前
&gt;THE TADPOLE IS JUST A TAD TALLER THAN A GUMMY BEAR.<p>For clarification, this device is 1.75x2.25x1 international haribo gummy bear heights.
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yjftsjthsd-h超过 1 年前
If the microphone can do what they say (only listen in that immediate area) then that&#x27;s really cool. (Big if - I believe you can filter by angle, but my understanding of physics precludes filtering by distance; someone please correct me if I&#x27;m ignorant)<p>The mute button is a good idea - I strongly prefer having a nice dedicated button, though in my case it&#x27;s on the headset - but that placement seems guaranteed to put force on the USB port in a way that risks damage.
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asadm超过 1 年前
This is for CEO&lt;-&gt;VC calls only. Where you use your seed fund to buy this and then go for series A.
smoldesu超过 1 年前
Do these webcams ship with USB class-compliant video? I considered the original Opal but immediately &#x27;noped&#x27; out when seeing the companion app.
fermentation超过 1 年前
I purchased the Opal C1 and have had nothing but issues. Additionally, my experience with the company has been shady and disingenuous.<p>My C1 has been far too hot ever since the day I got it. The heat causes it to shut down and disconnect after using for more than 5 minutes. The only way I can actually use it is in low power mode, which removes all of the cool features and makes the video look worse. I have tried all of their software updates for the past year and nothing changed. I reached out to them multiple times over email for support and none of their suggestions helped much. Additionally, they advertised that PC support would come soon. It never came, and when I asked for a refund because they cancelled PC support I was ghosted.<p>They texted me ads multiple times today.
FiddlerClamp超过 1 年前
C1 wasn&#x27;t Windows compatible at first, and this one doesn&#x27;t come with desktop Windows software (only Mac software), if you read the fine print. Something to note.
cabirum超过 1 年前
I already go everywhere with a phone in my pocket, it has a couple of noise-canceling mics and (only) four cameras. Why the additional device where an app would suffice?
nviennot超过 1 年前
This landing page is terrible.<p>There&#x27;s a bunch of professional photos of the camera, two with a hand, then two next to a pair of pants, then on a handbag.<p>Only after all that it is shown on a laptop, where it is actually used! It should be the first image. Also, there&#x27;s so little comparison between built-in webcam image and their offerings.<p>Then there&#x27;s a huge video with a bead sliding on the rope holding the camera. It seems that the marketers are just masturbating with the high-quality photography they made. It&#x27;s not actually useful.<p>This is not a problem users were like &quot;I don&#x27;t know how I can go from a meeting to another with my camera&quot;.<p>Also, their &quot;Have you ever wished you could instantly mute yourself in a video call without having to look for that elusive mic button? Well, now you can have it.&quot; -- this is a solved problem with mute buttons on F1&#x2F;F2 or whatever your laptop does. Or at least, current mute solutions are not harder than &quot;I&#x27;m bring my own webcam, plug it in, configure the audio source, position it correctly on the top of my screen&quot;<p>This landing page is out-of-touch with actual problems users may have.
jasonjmcghee超过 1 年前
Anyone with an iPhone + Mac, just get a MagSafe iphone webcam mount <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.belkin.com&#x2F;iphone-mount-with-magsafe-for-mac-notebooks&#x2F;P-MMA006.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.belkin.com&#x2F;iphone-mount-with-magsafe-for-mac-not...</a><p>Your iPhone is crazy powerful with a beautiful picture- if you want to look great during meetings, use it.<p>No wires- just works
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lazzlazzlazz超过 1 年前
I don&#x27;t normally participate in this threads but need to share: my Opal C1 is great. I&#x27;ve used it for more than a year now with only one software problem that was solved in a matter of weeks. It really does look far better than the built-in webcam with minimal inconvenience.
pmontra超过 1 年前
The mute button is a good thing. I&#x27;ve got it on my USB mic.<p>Except for that I don&#x27;t get what problem this is going to solve to justify the price. All laptops have a builtin camera. Any good or bad one would do for a business call, especially between established partners that don&#x27;t even need a video feed and possibly spend the call on a shared desktop. With friends, same thing. For anything else, turn on the light and it will be fine. If you have to make a call in low light conditions, that&#x27;s OK: a good camera might help.
cloin超过 1 年前
I&#x27;m a really big fan of the C1. I&#x27;m curious what the image quality is like compared to the current webcam on the M2 Air and compared to the C1. The mute switch on the cable is a great idea.
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lproven超过 1 年前
Good <i>heavens</i> that&#x27;s an irritating website design.<p>That is the single worst site I&#x27;ve seen since winamp.com which told me, with 100% lossless fidelity, that the new version of the app was going to be a giant dumpster full of burning dumpsters full of toxic waste.<p>It alone is enough to ensure that I&#x27;d not give the company $1 let alone $179. Yuck.
MiguelHudnandez超过 1 年前
I wanted to see full-screen footage so I looked up a youtube review. The footage coming out of this camera looks so... weird. Almost like it was created by generative AI or something.<p>Hard pass for me; I was excited when I saw what appeared to be a large lens and sensor but I don&#x27;t think that quality translates to the footage.
laweijfmvo超过 1 年前
&gt; With an f1.8 lens letting in as much light as a professional camera.<p>Yeah probably not. What size sensor are they using?
monkeynotes超过 1 年前
No way do I care enough about the quality of my laptop cam enough to spend more money and have another cable and device to carry around. I can&#x27;t think who this is designed for. I guess they have a target audience, I just can&#x27;t think of one.
superchroma超过 1 年前
Really sleek looking product, pretty impressive.
evanjrowley超过 1 年前
The clip design seems to force the camera to sit and a different angle than the screen. Is it intentional, or a design flaw?
sunshine-o超过 1 年前
What would the webcams that have the best Linux support&#x2F;quality nowadays?<p>(And ideally could be clipped on a laptop like this one)
stuckkeys超过 1 年前
I have been using my iPhone as a webcam for the last 2 years. The quality is just phenomenal. EpocCam Pro.
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ramanujank超过 1 年前
I’d be happy to see comments on Linux compatibility. Could someone please link to the forums?
j45超过 1 年前
Can this camera stand up mid monitor slightly below eye height?<p>Top of laptop is not always ideal.
yodon超过 1 年前
How does this compare to current generation MacBook cameras and microphones?
user_named超过 1 年前
Xiaomi has had this product for years and it&#x27;s 299rmb.
todotask超过 1 年前
You&#x27;re going to get a fingerprint smudges on this lens.
idle_zealot超过 1 年前
Is this a joke? Why is this camera marketed like a designer watch? And the market category seems absurd: attach this camera&#x2F;microphone to your expensive computer that already has a camera and microphone built in.<p>Altogether it comes off to me as parody, except they will actually take your money.
iJohnDoe超过 1 年前
Is this satirical?<p>The camera coats $175.00?<p>The little plastic case is not included and costs $50?!?
solardev超过 1 年前
Am I just really old, or is this web design atrocious...?<p>I know HN skews traditionalist anyway, but even here, a site this bad stands out.<p>I feel like normally we argue about user-invisible stuff like JS frameworks and analytics and tracking, but in this case it&#x27;s a very in-your-face design meant to subvert all the common UX best practices in favor of something chic.<p>Does anyone like this? (Who is supposed to?) I can&#x27;t tell anymore if I&#x27;m just old-fashioned and grumpy, and totally out of touch with modern preferences, or if this is just... universally bad.
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