Camo Camera

If you’re new to streaming, don’t have a camera but you have a phone with a HD camera, get this app NOW! It’s free and easy to use and when I say easy…I MEAN EASY. Download this app on your phone and PC, make sure both devices are on the same network, make sure the Bluetooth is enabled on both devices and with a click of a button you have a camera for streaming. I started streaming a week and some change ago from when I made this comment and haven’t had any problems since. I just recommend putting your phone on DND so no calls come in while you’re using it as a camera but that’s honestly just a personal suggestion. If you have a spare phone that isn’t your primary, even better. I use my primary phone as my camera and put it on DND so it doesn’t interrupt the camera. Highly recommend, a legit 5 out of 5 🙌🏼

My monitor doesn't have a web came or a microphone and Camo let's me use my camera and its mic and it looks great and sounds great. Aside from using my iPhone 11 and mic the zoom feature is incredible. I teach guitar and other instruments through zoom and the ability so quickly zoom in super close on my fingers is a gigantic help! I don't use any other Camo features. It's nice to have color correction and all those other doo dads but I never use them. I have nice lighting in my studio so I never have to worry about that. I give it 5 starts because it really is fantastic for me I just can't stand the subscription model of software. Sure, I could buy the lifetime use but, too me it's too much money for what the software does. I have other really sophisticated software I use that I paid less money for and I've been using those for years (with updates). Even $5 a month is steep to me but I make money using it so it makes sense.

I compared this to epocam which is used with the elgato family of products and vcam. Reincubate is superior. It has a very natural looking depth of field background blur whereas the other two pixelated the area around the portrait. It has only one downside, which was still not enough to knock it down a star, which is that it requires a wired connection from your phone to your Mac or pc. Not an issue if you’re using as a webcam or to feed in video to obs or streaming. It might be an issue for those trying to do mobile filmmaking. But then you’re probably not looking for webcam software. I recommend the developer work on a wireless option which will allow the phone to be used further from the computer which opens up a wider range of film angles.