POLY Studio P5 Professional Webcam

10/10 I do not regret spending money on this, honestly the best money I have spend on a webcam. No drivers needed for windows, just plug and play unless you need to fiddle with the settings. The camera quality is really good, surprisingly good in low light and the focus is fairly consistant. The câble is long enough but you might need an extension cable if you have a large setup.

Bought this used "like new". For £35 this is a steal, considering it has autofocus. Overall video quality is decent and better than my older LifeCam Cinema that is only 720p. Also love shutter that kills the video feed once you twist it out of its resting position. Doesn't need Poly Lens to work, just plug and play! Something to note is this really does not work well through a USB-C dock, needs to be plugged directly into the laptop. Auto exposure (for the brightness etc) could perhaps be slightly improved but you can manually set this should you wish. The shutter dial appears to come shut out of the box and it takes a small bit of force to twist it to the "open" position - you need to wait to hear it click into place before the camera will send video to the computer. This is definitely something to keep in mind as it seems whoever returned this previously didn't know this.

This ia a good camera and works well. However, the instruction are too simplistic. The camera connected OK but I couldn't get a picture. It turns out that the privacy cover has to be opened beyond a click as you open it fully counter-clockwise to facilitate the picture. Might have explained that in the instructions.

In a market not exactly lacking choice, the Poly P5 stands out in in terms of its design. Picture quality is sharp and the colour well balanced with a good autofocus response. The internal USB connector has proved to be an incredibly useful feature simply to free up a USB port for another peripheral. I love the privacy filter - the bezel rotates to open/close. The red 'petals' of the cover are a nice visible reassurance that the lens is covered, but the bezel also triggers a physical switch, so the camera doesn't switch on until you rotate the filter to fully-open. The mount is good, adjusting to clip on to the screen and give some angle, but if you remove it (its magnetised rather than screwed in) so you just gently pop off the base to access a standard tripod mount thread (which I am using) - I've read reviews saying the lack of a tripod mount is a negative and that did put me off initially, so I really wanted to address this - it's a great webcam!

I chose the Poly Studio P5 Professional Webcam (Plantronics) - 1080p HD Laptop Camera for Video calls with family and friends as I always hate using the webcam on my laptop and had hoped that the image presented via P5 would be better and clearer. That said it arrived securely, amazon actually sent me a code to my mobile, which was asked for by the delivery man. First time I have had this experience from Amazon and was impressed. Made me think that 'inside this box is something special'. I carefully unpacked my P5 and found it was very easy to set up, in fact it took seconds from delivery to installation - very impressive. All you have to do is download the polylens app from their website. Easy. I was impressed with the security features, the aesthetics and the overall robust design of this webcam but disappointed that the visual acuity was not as sharp as I would have liked. If your home is light and airy then, there is no problem but without the light and without optical zoom available it didn't quite meet all my expectations. However for the price, I would suggest that it is a product that is pleasing to the eye, does not incumber my laptop and goes some way to improve ones video experience.

The image quality from the camera is far superior to the built in camera on my Mac and in good light, it's fantastic but the Poly software for OSX does let this product down... The image adjustments that are available seem to go from one extreme to another with just a minor move of the sliders. The preview sometimes works, sometimes doesn't. It's just not a great experience. I predominantly use the camera with Microsoft Teams and let this auto-adjust the brightness, rather than changing settings in the Poly app - Teams does a great job of this. I imagine making adjustments in OBS would work equally well, if you wanted to do it that way instead - I haven't really explored this in detail but it was definitely recognised as a device. Construction and design of the camera is good - It's smaller than a lot of webcams and has a built-in privacy shutter which also acts as an on/off switch for the camera. The tripod mount is really handy and I have combined the camera with a small desk stand so that I can position it at a more natural height, rather than on top of my monitor looking down. I can't comment on sound quality because I use a dedicated external mic, rather than the webcam mic.

Sadly, I’m very disappointed with this webcam. Nice to have the internal lens cover (remember to click fully open), but colours were awful - skin tone looks purple. Webcam keeps freezing with Windows 11. Picture quality very poor, even on preview, let alone on a video call, even with virgin media 20 Mbps upload.

I've got a Poly headset and this camera. Both products are great. The picture quality is brilliant and although the autofocus may take a few seconds to readjust, once it does, it stays in focus. I would buy this camera again.

Don’t Forget to open completly the camera.

I bought this hoping that I would be able to have one device that could work both as a webcam and microphone, but the microphone was so bad I sent the P5 back. I don't know if I was doing something wrong, but I tried the P5 on two laptops with the same result; no audio pick up and when it did it was unintelligible. Plantronics have clearly tried to up date their marketing so they aren't seen as a supplier of low end products, and that it what convinced me to buy the P5, but the product was still low end quality. Avoid the Poly P5.

Die Poly Studio P5 Professional PC-Webcam kommt in einem schicken Design mit einer matten weißen Oberfläche mit einigen Sprenkeln. Mir persönlich gefällt das ganz gut, passt aber ggf. nicht zu den meist schwarzen Monitoren. Nach dem Anschluss der Webcam per USB (Kabel ist gut 1,2m lang) klemmt man die Webcam auf den Monitor. Die Neigung kann man nun über die Klemme einstellen, was gut funktioniert, bei dickeren Monitoren aber etwas wacklig werden könnte. Positiv ist, dass man die Webcam um 360° drehen kann. Ein weiteres Plus ist die Aktivierung. Im „Normalzustand“ ist die Linse bedeckt. Dreht man den vorderen Ring, wird die Linse sichtbar und die Kamera ist aktiv (inkl. grünem Lämpchen). Für mich ein großes Plus in Sachen Handling und Design. Weiter geht’s mit dem Bild. Die 1080p-Auflösing mit 4fach Zoom und automatischem Lichtausgleich ermöglicht ein gutes und stabiles Bild auch bei weniger guten Lichtverhältnissen. Der Autofokus arbeitet schnell und präzise. Der Ton könnte besser sein und ist meiner Ansicht etwas blechern. Da ich die Webcam aber ausschließlich mit Headset nutze, habe ich dies nur kurz angetestet. Alles in allem eine solide Webcam, welche bei mir im HomeOffice tadellos funktioniert. Mit ca. 100 € liegt die Webcam innerhalb vergleichbarer Marken-Webcams.

Installation facile : on branche et ça marche (sur pc et sur Mac) pas besoin d’etre admin pour l’installer. Aucun logiciel à installer. Vidéo top et prise de son également ( utilisation avec teams, FaceTime et zoom)

価格が安かったので、ちょっとドキドキしていましたが、 メーカーアプリも使えたので、 これからどんどん試していきたいと思います！