Elgato’s New 4k Webcam Lets You Swap Lens Filters Like A Pro Camera

Elgato is launching its Facecam 4K webcam today, which brings nan value of 4K solution and 60fps signaling down to $199.99. While nan Facecam 4K is $100 little than nan Facecam Pro, it besides has support for optional lens filters — a first for a webcam.

The Facecam 4K will support immoderate 49mm lens filter, allowing owners to use cinematic effects for illustration diffusion aliases trim reflections from glasses pinch information polarizing (CPL) filters. Elgato is moreover offering a free CPL select pinch Facecam 4K orders done its ain store, aliases a privateness headdress that attaches conscionable for illustration a DSLR camera headdress does. You tin besides acquisition third-party macro, achromatic mist, and prima filters to wholly alteration nan look of 4K recordings.

Elgato’s Facecam 4K uses Sony’s Starvis 2 CMOS sensor pinch a f/4.0 aperture, fixed focus, and Elgato premier lens. That intends nan Facecam Pro’s f/2.0 aperture will still beryllium amended for low-light situations. Much for illustration nan Facecam Pro, you tin grounds astatine up to 4K pinch 60fps aliases up to 4K pinch 30fps and HDR enabled. The Facecam 4K will link complete USB-C, has a 1/4-inch thread for mounting, and weighs 0.25 lbs (112 grams) without nan show equine and cable.

Elgato is pairing its latest webcam pinch its Camera Hub package that lets you manually set ISO, exposure, and shutter velocity settings, arsenic good arsenic pan, tilt, and zoom to get nan perfect harvest for a webcam feed. You tin besides prevention each of these settings straight to nan camera’s built-in memory, truthful you don’t person to support Camera Hub running. If you person an Nvidia RTX graphics card, you tin besides get an improved DSLR-like depth-of-field effect pinch inheritance blur.

The Facecam 4K will besides activity pinch Elgato’s Prompter hardware, acknowledgment to a replacement backplate that will beryllium disposable to acquisition from Elgato’s web store. Elgato is besides shipping Facecam 4K backplates pinch caller Prompter purchases, replacing nan existing Facecam Pro backplate. This suggests that nan Facecam 4K will yet switch nan Facecam Pro astatine a little value point, overmuch for illustration really nan company’s caller 4K S seizure instrumentality lowers nan value for 4K 60fps gameplay recording.

Elgato’s Facecam 4K is besides compatible pinch nan Nintendo Switch 2, arsenic agelong arsenic you update nan webcam’s firmware to type 2.32 aliases later. The Facecam 4K is disposable coming astatine $199.99 successful nan US, £179.99 successful nan UK, and €199.99 crossed Europe.