Tail AIR,with Tripod,NDI PTZ Camera, 4K AI-Powered Webcam,1.8" CMOS,f/1.8 Aperture,AI Auto Track,Gesture & Remote Controls,TOF Sensor,Wired&Wireless Connection,LiveStream for Church/Music Live

This is the first webcam I've ever been excited by. It does absolutely everything someone in the classroom (or someone who needs to give presentations) needs. I am impressed by the video quality and the HAND GESTURES. Absolutely perfect for my blended virtual classroom. Pros: Material - Mix of metals and plastic. Very sturdy construction. Bearings turn freely, and it is completely silent. I've been using it daily for a week and I haven't heard any noise picked up by the mics when the camera is moving. Video - Does great under fluorescent lights. Comparable out of the box to the front camera on most phones. Definitely better overall video quality than most webcams I've used over the past year. It's a keeper. Mounting - Can mount via tripod or using the magnetic clip on top of a monitor. The magnet is nice and strong..I haven't had any incidents with it falling or moving. The clip can also be moved into more positions than on most webcams, so it is thoroughly attacked to my monitor. Gestures - The two gestures work well, but definitely take some practice. Took about an hour to get proficient at it, but even after a week I still forget to "stop" the zoom in position. Maybe in a future firmware update more gestures will be added. Fingers crossed. Tracking - This does a surprisingly good job of following me around the room. I've had another "gimbal" webcam, but it couldn't keep up with me. Even walking normally, this still follows right along. It isn't a full 360, but it gets close enough. Cons: Microphones - They're decent. When paired with OBS you can adjust the volume which is nice. They do pick up audio from across the room. No need to move this around, really. The stereo speakers are a nice touch. I often forget to turn the base towards myself so sometimes I get more audio from one side over the other. Not a big deal, really. I think I prefer the mini-mic I usually use for recording lessons, though. Software - It's pretty bare bones. You can adjust all the settings, but I would really like to be able to adjust MORE...Image quality, temperature, hue, gama, etc. As it is, I run this AND OBS Studio for my virtual lessons. Not a dealbreaker, but it is something the company should improve on. Honestly, this is the coolest little webcam I've owned. It cost more than others, for sure, but it is worth it. I would recommend this for anyone that needs a camera that can follow you around and do some zooming. Better than anything I've used so far, and I've used a LOT of webcams. Hopefully OBSBOT stays around for a while because I would love to see this in 4K in the future!

Right up front, don't just use this in its default mode, it's weirdly overexposed and you don't have any control other than gesture control (which can be activated accidentally if you like, rub your face or something). You need to download the OBSBOT Tinycam program from Remo-AI's website (don't orry, you don't need an account or any dumb nonsense like that). Once you've installed that, it unlocks a lot of options for you to fix your exposure and white balance and stuff like that, and it also gives you a little onscreen joystick to control the camera's movement with. That joystick is fun, but I think you'd only REALLY get any use out of it if you have a touchscreen computer - controlling it with your mouse is a little awkward. ANYWAY, all that aside, this is a phenomenal camera. I may be a little behind the times, but up until now my primary webcam has always been my Logitech C920, and it's always been great. Never had any issues, never disliked it, always looked better than whatever built-in garbage everyone else was using. BUT, after I switched to this, I cannot even comprehend what I was doing all this time haha. Seriously, the dynamic range is ludicrously wider than the C920's, to the point I actually just finished CLEANING MY OFFICE because I used this webcam during my last meeting for work and for the first time ever my whole office was actually visible behind me (and that sucked, that was embarrassing, but it DOES mean this camera is like seriously really good and it was ME who was not prepared for it). I mostly picked it up out of curiousity - I never figured I could afford a motion-tracking webcam, but then I saw this and I was like "oh, yep, gotta try that". As you can see from my attached video, I IMMEDIATELY had a lot of fun just playing with it haha. But I can really see how this would be super valuable; I sometimes have to do presentations and teach my colleagues something pretty dry and boring, so I try to do things to "spice it up" and keep it a little fun, and now that I have a camera that will follow me around while I move, I'm coming up with all kinds of dumb stuff! I could also see mounting one on the ceiling and disabling the gesture commands so that it was only controlled by the app, and using it for holding decentralized D&D parties (or other games, I guess) using my actual physical D&D table and maps and minis and dice. I could zoom into the board, move around to reveal stuff, etc - that's SICK, it's seriously so exciting to think about all the cool stuff that's possible. But again, definitely install the app before you bother using it - I was super blown out until I did. I'm also biracial and have medium skin tone, so it may have been trying to expose me a little lighter because of that, but it's really nice to actually have app control over all the settings so I can just fix that myself. Anyway, yeah, definitely highly recommend!!!

This worked great for a while ... followed great and everything ... Then the light started turning red, randomly .. tried updating the software and everything ... I suspect that the gimbal giving out makes the software unhappy .. but that's just my hypothesis .. started15 months after I bought it

AI tracking is very nice. Unfortunately the camera quality is very poor and blurry. It is very noticeably worse than my smart phone. When zoomed in any amount the picture becomes horribly blurry. Even zoomed all the way out the camera doesn't produce a crisp picture. Also when you try to return the company only allows UPS pickup option where you have to stay home all day waiting for a UPS man. I make way more that $500 in a day so waiting at home is not an option. I do believe it is illegal for this to be the only return option. They are required to provide you with a label, which they do not do.

very nice camera for the money

I bought this for work; as I use Zoom and Microsoft Teams on the daily. I was really impressed with the video quality and sharpness. I also liked the camera's ability to isolate the subject when adding virtual backgrounds. I did not like the software though. I installed it on my laptop and was able to run it successfully...once. After that, I could never get the software to recognize the camera again. I work in IT...so trust me, I tried everything to no avail. This frustrated me. Since without the software installed or without the remote control (sold separately), you are forced to use hand gestures to control the camera; which I think makes you look kind of goofy.

I got this so I can stand and walk a bit during zoom meetings. I do not have a setup compatible with a standing desk. It works great, I can stand up from my chair and the camera follows perfectly. Sit back down down, same. Initially I did not like the framing as my head was too close to the top, but I found a "headroom" setting that is perfect. With a zoom background enabled it looks amazing, it is very hard to tell on the video that I am moving around. It's a bit pricey, but for me totally worth every penny.

My main camera is a Sony ZV-E10, but I was looking for something that would allow me some flexibility outside my main recording area. This is where the OBSBot Tail Air comes in. It's not an inexpensive piece of gear, but if you have specific plans that warrant something like this, you won't be disappointed. The one trick I learned when testing the SRT functionality that was recently added is that it doesn't necessarily like the Stream Key, or at least not the length/format we were trying to use. Once removed, everything took right off. Very flexible camera and a great addition for anyone doing YouTube videos, a small business, or even a church.