Author: James

Webcam: FaceTime HD Camera

Rating: Average (3 out of 5)

Date: 24 October 2023 at 19:09

Advantages of the webcam:
Built-in to MacBook. Mostly works if the computer is having a "good day".

Disadvantages of the webcam:
Older MacBook is too slow to handle videoconferencing apps smoothly. Endless problems trying to use other browser-based telehealth and teleconference apps. Native apps work ok, as long as they're the only thing running on the computer at one time.

Author’s comment:
Camera is ok, but could be better. Interesting Notes: - WebcamTests.com shows different results for this camera depending on the browser used. - Firefox tests show this camera as follows: Quality Rating: 540 Webcam MegaPixels: 0.92 MP Webcam Resolution: 1280×720 Video Standard: HD Aspect Ratio: 1.78 PNG File Size: 1.21 MB JPEG File Size: 772.63 kB Bitrate: 22.9 MB/s Number of Colors: 53514 Average RGB Color: #4C3E3D Lightness: 26.86% Luminosity: 25.72% Brightness: 26.14% Hue: 8° Saturation: 10.95% - Results URL: https://webcamtests.com/reviews/143667 - Chrome results for the same camera differs from Firefox & Safari, and can be seen on this report page. - The hex value for Average RGB Color is: #82716D - Safari results had errors detecting framerate and thus calculating bitrate. Results as follows: Quality Rating: 1276 Frame rate: 0 FPS (errors with Safari during test?) Stream Type: video Image Mode: rgb Webcam MegaPixels: 0.92 MP Webcam Resolution: 1280×720 Video Standard: HD Aspect Ratio: 1.78 PNG File Size: 1.47 MB JPEG File Size: 910.58 kB Bitrate: NaN undefined/s Number of Colors: 140157 Average RGB Color: #645752 Lightness: 35.69% Luminosity: 35.05% Brightness: 35.16% Hue: 17° Saturation: 9.89% - Results URL: https://webcamtests.com/reviews/143671