Dell Webcam – WB3023

10 August 2024Bargains House

Price: £69.97
(as of Aug 10,2024 00:14:17 UTC – From the manufacturer

Picture perfect

Experience vivid picture clarity through this 2K QHD, 1440p camera with a Sony image sensor.

Authentically you

Experience true-to-life colour with High Dynamic Range (HDR) in most lighting situations.

See facial features clearly with Facial Detection Auto Exposure (FDAE) that evens out harsh lighting.

Enjoy image clarity even in low light with Temporal (3D) and Spatial (2D) Noise Reduction that eliminates graininess and motion blur.

Left image: without 3D/2D Noise Reduction

Right image: with 3D/2D Noise Reduction.

Make your voice heard

Communicate clearly no matter what’s going on around you with the built-in noise reduction mic.

Please enable the microphone on Dell Peripheral Manager for Windows or Dell Display and Peripheral Manager for Mac OS application.

Adjust your view

Protect your privacy with the integrated sliding privacy shutter for when the webcam is not in use.

Manage how much of your surroundings are included in frame with the swivel and tilt features as well as adjustable Field of View (65°, 78°)

Personalize your settings

Dell Peripheral Manager software offers a wide range of presets and customizable features like HDR and Field of View that you can adjust to fit your preferences.

Compatible with Windows 11, 10.

Dimensions

1. Width: 48 mm (1.89 in.) I 2. Height: 69 mm (2.72 in.) I 3. Integrated mounting clip I 4. Tripod mount thread

ABEC 7 Bearings
caste swivel mechanism and PU wheels
Removable deck
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Reviewer: Casper
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Love this camera!
Review: Absolutely in love with this webcam. I was looking for a DSLR as an alternative to this but with how janky DSLR set-ups for video calls are, I am happy I went with the webcam. The picture quality is great – the quirk of this model is that you need to have a lot of light – this is where it really shines. Otherwise you will get some ghosting on the edges as well as overall fuzziness. The self centre feature is really neat for professional calls where you need to make sure you stay in the centre of the frame. This combined with the wide FOV and an exceptional autofocus makes it pretty accommodating to different setups (in terms of how close you sit to the camera, as long as you have plenty of light on your face). The Dell software is really good – makes it really easily to adjust the picture to your liking via configuration sliders. The magnetic privacy cover is a nice thought, and the camera build quality feels really solid and has some heft to it. This is truly a premium product and you can feel it as soon as you open the box.

Reviewer: liitlefeet
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Pleased with my purchase
Review: I spend a lot of professional time on Zoom and Teams, so I need a good public image. This camera works straight out of the box, and comes with great software which loads onto Windows 10 when you plug it in. Any settings you change remain in place after the camera and computer are shut down. I did spend some time maximising the image and moving my ring light closer, and this pic is the result. I suggest that those folk who have given poor reviews have not maximised the camera’s possibilities.I found the autofocus a bit sluggish until I increased the light on my face. Also I started by running it through a powered USB multi socket adapter. Focus speed improved when I plugged it directly into the laptop. I’m not concerned with the lack of microphone since I use a condenser mic anyway, and would rather my bucks went into the video capabilities. Very pleased, and would highly recommend.

Reviewer: Victor Zoubko
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Real 4K!
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Reviewer: MK
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A great option if you need a 4k HD webcam and don’t need a built-in mic
Review: The build quality is excellent and the connectivity and accessories well designed and of high quality. It’s a bit large / long, so if exposed it can be knocked off by people walking past the screen. Facial recognition works quiet well, but could be faster. A wider angle lens (>90Â°) option would be a useful addition and could enable it to be used in small rooms for team sessions. A travel case would also be a helpful accessory to include. Having tried the two main cameras in this price and feature group (including the Yealink UVC30), I would recommend the Dell. The software is also very well implemented and provides lots of useful features and customisation. I should add that the picture quality for the price is great.

Reviewer: oilpapers
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Overpriced and worthless
Review: While this webcam looks good, that’s pretty much all it does.The 4K is nowhere near as crisp as you’d expect 4K to be, and the camera is plagued with an overexposure issue that will constantly ramp up the brightness of the scene until it looks like a blizzard.There is no swivel or tilt, so hopefully you have the perfect location for this webcam. Overpriced and will be returning it.

Reviewer: Indigo
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good upgrade over my old webcam, but it’s a lot bigger and warmer and pricier than it should be
Review: I decided to write an update on my previous review after a couple of days of use.Overall, this is not a bad WebCam, but there are clearly some things to bear in mind before you purchase.Resolution and viewing angles:Although this WebCam boasts a native 4K resolution, it also has very wide viewing angles. From what I understand you only need wide lenses for conferences to fit-in many people around the table, or for security cameras so they cover the entire room. The rationale of having a wide viewing angle for a desktop WebCam is frankly questionable. As a result you will likely need to use digital zoom (or the framing feature) during video calls, and that, of course, will reduce the native resolution by two or three times, depending on how much you need to zoom in. So in practical terms you will be getting something like full HD at most.Ergonomics:The build quality is impeccable and the magnetic fixtures look and feel great. However, the camera can only move up and down but strangely there is no swivel left and right, which can be a bugger for many people.Size:Itâ€™s huge, more like a portable SLR zoom lens! I am not used to paying attention to WebCam measurements before purchase, so nothing prepared me for the size of it. Itâ€™s about 3-4 times bigger than my old Microsoft WebCam and looks rather intimidating on top of the 27 inch screen. Not sure why it needs to be so huge and long, provided that my laptop has a cam with facial recognition that sits in a screen bezel of just a few millimetres wide.Heat:One thing I noticed after a couple of days of use is that it heats up quite a bit. The worst thing is that it stays really warm even when not in use! That means the activity LED is off, and my screen is not locked so the facial recognition module is not trying to detect presence. This is clearly a poor firmware design, and at the time when energy efficiency is a top priority, this is really unforgivable. Imagine you have the entire office of these cameras creating extra heat, not only you have to pay to generate it but also to remove it through the air conditioning.Windows Hello:The facial recognition works really well, usually it works first time and quickly.Software:The Dell app is very intuitive and has all the basic controls, the framing feature is a bit gimmicky and doesnâ€™t allow to zoom in or out, it only tracks faces as you move from one side of the screen to another. This tracking often seems rather artificial. It also doesnâ€™t work on Macs, which is fine by me.

Reviewer: Hearty Homemaker
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Utter rubbish!
Review: It says it’s macOS compatible, it is NOT!All the features around AI, but tracking, the settings and configuration, are ONLY available on a Windows PC.There is NO software for macOS.Bottom line, it’s a Â£180 webcam with nothing special about the image quality.

Reviewer: MikeP
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great Product
Review: Great product. Expensive, but this is the only webcam I could find without a built-in microphone. I prefer to use a separate quality stereo microphone for my purposes and this camera allows that without having to mess around with settings all the time. Excellent picture quality, well made with a metal body. The tripod mount is especially useful. It does get quite warm in use but this isn’t an issue. Personally, I cannot fault it.

Reviewer: Peter B. Dunn MD
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: AFTER AN HOUR ON TECHNICAL SUPPORT THE TECHNICIAN TOLD ME THAT THIS CAMERA CAN NOT BE ATTACHED TO THE NEW APPLE LAPTOP AIR T BECAUSE THE USB PORT ON THE APPLE DOES NOT TAKE THE CONNECTING WIRE INCLUDED with THE WEBCAM. THEY ADVISED ME TO RETURN THE MODEL WHICH I AM NOW GOING TO DO. I ASKED IF THERE WAS AN ADAPTER AND HE SAID THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER TO RETURN IT. WHEN I CALLED DELL TO RETURN OF COURSE HE TOLD ME TO SEND IT BACK WITH AMAZON.

Reviewer: Aram Kamakian
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Very happy with camera. Clear picture

Reviewer: Roman R.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Los materiales elegidos para la carcasa de la webcam, la tapa de privacidad y el soporte para montarla en el monitor o en un trÃpode dan la sensaciÃ³n de ser de muy alta calidad; Â¡mucho mÃ¡s que el plÃ¡stico que suelen utilizar otros fabricantes! Sin embargo, esta elecciÃ³n de materiales tambiÃ©n significa que la webcam pesa mÃ¡s que las de otros fabricantes, lo que no molestarÃ¡ a la mayorÃa de los usuarios.DELL ha dado realmente en el clavo al diseÃ±ar el soporte de la webcam para el monitor. Cuando estÃ¡ plegado, el soporte ocupa muy poco espacio, pero cuando estÃ¡ desplegado y montado, proporciona una plataforma firme para la webcam, que se coloca en la parte superior. El guiado de los cables estÃ¡ diseÃ±ado de forma inteligente; el cable sale de la carcasa de la webcam por la parte inferior y se pasa por la mitad del soporte. Enorme ventaja: no puede ver el cable cuando estÃ¡ sentado en su escritorio frente al monitor y la webcam estÃ¡ montada en el monitor, Â¡una soluciÃ³n superinteligente de DELL!Todo lo que puedo decir sobre la imagen de esta webcam es: de primera clase. La apertura deja pasar suficiente luz incluso en condiciones de poca luz, ideal si trabaja por la noche y sÃ³lo quiere tener una luz encendida en la otra esquina de la habitaciÃ³n.Con el software DELL Peripheral Manager, que tiene un diseÃ±o muy moderno, puede realizar todos los ajustes necesarios, desde los filtros hasta la resoluciÃ³n y la frecuencia de imagen; se ha pensado en todo.En resumen: Esta webcam es una gran pieza de tecnologÃa de DELL y, en mi opiniÃ³n, no tiene que esconderse de la competencia de Logitech, Razer, Lenovo y Co. de ninguna manera; juega en la misma liga, si no una liga por encima.Si a continuaciÃ³n tiene en cuenta el precio aquÃ en Amazon, que es absolutamente razonable para un producto tan destacado, creo que la decisiÃ³n de compra queda rÃ¡pidamente clara.DELL, Â¡por favor, fabrique teclados, ratones, auriculares y otros perifÃ©ricos con la misma alta calidad!

Reviewer: King_Alex_x3 @twitch
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Die Kamera liefert ab, 2k mit 30 Fps oder 720p mit 60 Fps, sehr gute Basisfeatures zum moderaten Preis im Dell Business-Gewand.Aufnahmen bei 720p 60 Fps hakeln ein wenig, lassen Frames aus, bei 2k 30 Fps keine Probleme. OBS erkennt die Kamera ohne Probleme und auch Filter und Effekte sind kein Problem. FÃ¼r mich damit eine gute Alternative zu den ganzen Streamkameras, wo viele die Linsenverschlusskappe vergessen.Der Fokus arbeitet sehr zurÃ¼ckhaltend und das ist gut so und die Software lÃ¤sst mich sogar die Modi gut bearbeiten.

Reviewer: thÃ©o
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Super qualitÃ©. La camÃ©ra me suit quand je me dÃ©place

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