POLY Studio P5 Professional Webcam

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!

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.

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.

You can’t go wrong with a Poly camera the quality is noticeably higher. I was told by others on teams calls tbe video image was amazing. Value for money perfect for Teams calls

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.

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.

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.

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！

Wow, the camera is far better than I expected. Compared to my Logitech C920, it is slightly better in picture quality and way better in colour science. My skin tone and the rest of the room/background look way better. Of course the poly is 10x better than built in laptop webcam. I'm not sure why these are selling for $15 but they easily deliver quality worth $50-$75. I also like the built in USB port in the back of the webcam which I use for my mouse dongle. The privacy shutter is also super cool because you can visually see when the camera is off and in privacy mode. The camera works plug and play with my windows 11 laptop with no need to install anything. Windows 11 built in webcam settings work flawlessly to change zoom, focus, brightness, contrast etc. You can easily turn off auto focus in the settings if you prefer. I have not used the built in microphone too extensively as I use a headset so I can't provide in depth feedback on it.