Webcams
What a client sees on a call. Usually the cheapest credibility upgrade available.
What actually matters
- Lighting improves a call far more than a better camera does. Fix the light first, then decide if you still need this.
- 1080p is enough. Higher resolutions mostly get compressed away by the call software anyway.
- Check the mount fits a monitor without the camera drooping — a surprising number do not.
- Built-in laptop cameras point up your nose. A separate camera at eye level is most of the difference.
Picks
No specific picks in here yet — I only list things once I've actually formed an opinion about them. The points above are what I'd go on in the meantime.
Also in being seen and heard
Kit is the easy part. The awkward part is usually the process.
Buying a label printer fixes an afternoon. If the thing eating your week is the admin around the orders rather than the packing itself, that's the part I build.
Tell me what's eating the week