MOKOSE 4K USB Webcam with C-Mount 10-50mm Telephoto Zoom Manual Lens - 30fps UVC Camera for Windows, Mac, Linux (No Driver Needed) - Perfect for Video Conferencing, Live Streaming & Online Teaching

For my setup I was looking for a webcam with a narrow field of view. My shots are primarily mid torso and up while standing or sitting. Many webcams come with a 70 to 90 or more degree field of view. I don’t need people seeing my entire space behind me while on a video conference. Sometimes I have a screen behind me and I don’t want the camera seeing past the edges. This is a one person shot on the camera, not a boardroom needing to take in an audience. I also don’t need a $500+ DSLR or video camera for what I do. I had searched for months for an adjustable field of view option in a basic webcam and finally decent cameras with the ability to narrow the field of view through a zoom feature are now hitting the market. Not knowing if this Mokose UC70-6-12MM camera would be what I was looking for, I also purchased a Nexigo N950 and side by side compared the two trying to achieve a desired view of me without a wide full view of things behind me. This should be a simple concept, but webcam makers just haven’t seemed to grasp this till recently.The side by side comparison is for any that are looking for a similar setup to me and are not sure what cam is better. This Mokose and the Nexigo N950 are both considered web cams, but are not exactly apples to apples. The Nexigo has a field of view that adjusts between 20 to 90 degrees. The Mokose has a FOV of 32 to 61 degrees. Once plugged into the usb they both were easily recognized by windows 10 and other applications such as Zoom. They both produce a quality picture that far exceeded any built in webcam. A main key difference is the Nexigo is automatic for lighting and focus and the Mokose is manual. The Neixgo does need you to manually zoom the shot by pressing a button on the camera. It will make small zoom adjustments with each press, up to 30 presses, and then resets to wide view and starts again. A major down side is the original FOV setting is way too wide for me at 90 degrees. So I need a zoomed shot. I would need to remember how many presses I need to make every time I turn it on. This is a major down side for me. It will not remember the zoom level I want once powered off. The Mokose is manual. Once the field of view is set it will stay there. It also has manual focus. For me that is fine because I’m not moving the camera or my seating/standing position more than 6-12” in and out from the camera and it holds focus in this range without an issue. The auto lighting adjustment on the Nexigo works well. I found I was oversaturated a bit on Zoom, but in windows camera the image was good. The Mokose has a manual lighting aperture adjustment. I could dial it in better manually than the Nexigo could automatically. A key difference I found between the two is the Mokose likes added lighting. It’s more studio oriented where external lighting would be provided. The Nexigo seemed to work with limited lighting better. The Mokose tends to give raccoon eyes without a well lit room or additional face lighting. The Nexgio is friendlier to utilizing ambient lighting. This is also dependent on the amount and type of lighting in your area, ymmv. They both tripod mount which is exactly how I use them. The Nexigo has a built in stand and monitor clamp with up and down adjustments (no side to side), the Mokose does not and needs to sit on a flat surface or on a tripod. The Nexigo has a mic and Mokoe does not. I can’t comment on the mic quality as I use a table mic.Even though the Nexigo can be reduced to a narrower field of view of 20 degrees, the native angle of 90 degrees makes reducing down to the desired view angle for my personal setup tricky. Zoom is not the only way to achieve field of view adjustments in lenses. Each click of the zoom button on the Nexigo reduces the FOV, but also brings the object closer. That’s ok to a point, but then the object can be too zoomed. Backing up the camera may help, but then the field of view behind me is larger again defeating the purpose. The Mokose starts with a smaller field of view with smaller zoom and angle adjustments. Therefore I can achieve the right FOV without my nose hairs being viewable.One interesting note about the Mokose. It is extremely sensitive to static. A couple times I touched the body of the camera and must have had static build up because my finger gave a very small static zap. When it did the Mokose camera instantly stopped working and windows defaulted back to the built in laptop cam. I then had to change the camera back to the Mokose and it worked fine. Discharge your static before touching this cam.After comparing both and making the best adjustments I could, I’m returning the Nexigo. The Mokose just gave me a superior picture, better angle adjustments, and held a fixed zoom. More like a studio camera and that works well for my setup. It is not an on the go camera. It’s a set and don’t move it camera. If I needed something that I could easily pack, move and just sit on my laptop monitor that gave me some zoom ability and a good picture, the Nexigo would be the one. But for my needs of a narrow field of view camera to just shoot a mid-torso and up shot that I could setup and leave setup, the Mokose is perfect.