Nice in the home office: How to improve your webcam image quality Which hardware does it have to be? Alternatives to the built-in webcam and to the new purchase Improve illumination Nice prospects Conclusion Video conferences are usually a horror for the eye: Here pale people meet overexposed faces and unfavorable camera angles meet pixel mud. While face-to-face conferences try not to completely let themselves go visually, the transmission from the company office or home office often does not even meet simple requirements.

In the closest circle of colleagues, for example to coordinate things, this may be acceptable. But at the latest in contact with customers, business partners or a wider audience, only a clean picture makes a professional impression and helps to get the message across without distraction.

You don’t have to convert your study or office into a film studio. Usually a few adjustments to the environment and the hardware are enough. In the following we give tips on how you can get more out of existing equipment with simple means, how you can improve the image impression in Zoom, Teams & Co. with a few corrections and which additional equipment gives the appearance even more shine.

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