Packing plenty of features and even great with low lighting all in one convenient package.
What’s in the box:
- 1 x Webcam
- Instructional Booklet
Features:
- Low light
- Wide -Angle Lens with adjustable FOV.
- Flexible Mounting Options
- USB 3.0
- Corning Gorilla Glass
- Desktop stand
- Motion sensor
- Omnidirectional microphone
- HDR-enabled
- 103°, 90°,80°
Specifications
- Weight: 7.1 ounces
- Dimensions: 2.71×2.71×1.91 inches
- Mounting type: clip/stand
- USB interface
- Optical sensor size 1/2.8”
- Sensor type: CMOS
- 2.1 MP Megapixel
- Supported video modes:
- Cable length: 1.5m braided
- Max frame rate: 60fps.
- Still image resolution
- Connection type: USB 3.0
- Focus type: Auto
- Audio codec 16 Bit 48 Khz
- -38 dB sensitivity
- Compatible with Windows 8 or higher
Aesthetics:
The Kiyo Pro camera’s shape is round and quite menacing as it’s larger than your average webcam. The surface is a matt black which will prevent scratches compared to a shinier surface and add to the smoothness of the design.
The lens itself has the Razer name displayed boldly under the aperture to let people know exactly what you are working with.
Around the side of the lens is a textured surface that is purely aesthetic and has no actual purpose other than to add to the overall look of the camera. An indication LED sits above the front-facing microphone holes on either side of the plastic cover.
Performance and quality of video:
The quality of the video on the Kiyo Pro is crisp, clear, and with the light sensor, it adjusts to bad lighting conditions you may have.
The Kiyo Pro brings a warmer quality to the video than a lot of other webcams on the market which is quite pleasant. The camera also captures a lot more texture and shows no noticeable grain like cheaper camera’s tend to do.
The Kiyo Pro has a few features that help with video and image capture quality, such as its light sensor and wide-angle lens, but its software also has the ability to switch to a different field of view (the 80- and 90-degree options eliminate the fisheye effect that you’ll see on out-of-the-box Kiyo Pro photos), enable HDR recording, and even switch from autofocus to manual digital zoom.
It’s worth noting that any HDR recording will not work at 60 frames per second.
User Friendly & Functionality:
The camera is extremely customizable with the software, it is a razer product so Razer synapse can be used here or OBS if you are that way inclined.
OBS will allow you to adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, sharpness, white balance, camera zoom, focus, pan, tilt, etc.
The Razer Synapse software controls brightness, contrast, saturation, and white balance, among other things.
Synapse also allows you to choose between HDR and SDR capture, switch from autofocus to digital manual focus, and choose between three distinct fields of vision (80 degrees, 90 degrees, and 103 degrees, which are dubbed Linear, Medium, and Wide).
The camera can be installed on your PC screen, and Razer claims that it will fit on any standard tripod, which is useful if you want to use it for something more than streaming or taking videos from your computer.
MGR Gaming’s Conclusions:
The Razer Kiyo Pro is a high-quality camera with many really great features. This camera is great for streaming because of the quality of the actual video and also the wide range of customizable options via the various software that is compatible with the camera.
I found the camera to be customizable in terms of where you want the camera to focus and being able to turn the camera itself in a wide range of motion which is really helpful if you have limited usable space in your background.
The camera is well-built and made of very high-quality materials and is large yet not bulky, allowing it to be easily stored for travel.
This camera is a cut above the rest in terms of the quality of the actual camera and the quality of video and images it captures.
It has a hefty price but is definitely worth this price.
