# Elgato Facecam MK.2

- Source: https://stierproducts.com/products/elgato-facecam-mk-2
- Category board: https://stierproducts.com/categories/webcams
- Placement: #1 of 21 in Webcams, S tier
- Brand: Elgato
- LP on this board: 912
- Last researched: 2026-09-10T05:05:18.861Z
- Method: https://stierproducts.com/methodology
- Dataset: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22062813 - every board at once, one dated snapshot per release, same licence, prices and photographs left out
- Reuse: Text, rankings, tier assignments, LP values and verdicts are free to quote and reuse with attribution to stierproducts and a link to the source URL (CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Product photographs are not covered: they belong to their respective owners and are reproduced to illustrate the product being reviewed. Do not redistribute them under this licence.

## Verdict

A long-standing specialist recommendation with excellent 1080p image quality, now superseded at the top but still fully mainstream.

## For

- Excellent 1080p image quality
- Long-standing recommendation from a specialist outlet
- Currently purchasable and mainstream
- superb image quality
- versatile mounting options

## Against

- Recently ceded its top slot to a newer rival

## Evidence

Consolidated from 19 independent outlets

| Outlet | Said by | Stance | Link | Link status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Home Office Research | homeofficeresearch.com | C | https://www.homeofficeresearch.com/webcams/elgato-facecam-mk2-review/ | fetched and confirmed |
| IGN | Danielle Abraham | B | https://www.ign.com/articles/best-webcam | fetched and confirmed |
| Top 5 Trey | Top 5 Trey | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SCTroRxERg | fetched and confirmed |
| truereviewsforall | truereviewsforall | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhzMSuI35yY | fetched and confirmed |
| Reviews for all | Reviews for all | C | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opVzYk7WpRU | fetched and confirmed |
| HardReset.Info | HardReset.Info | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZuL6twcz1c | fetched and confirmed |
| Byte Sized Reviews | Byte Sized Reviews | C | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCCB9lQYemE | fetched and confirmed |
| Prime Picks Hub | Prime Picks Hub | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fdxL2fEcoQ | fetched and confirmed |
| Techso Review | Techso Review | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV5-Jg57IXw | fetched and confirmed |
| PcShopHub | PcShopHub | C | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDKqzKMx9Wg | fetched and confirmed |
| ReviewDock | ReviewDock | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHlCOwcBA6w | fetched and confirmed |
| RBL Reviews | RBL Reviews | C | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI6JG2uf09Q | fetched and confirmed |
| Exclusive Tech Products | Exclusive Tech Products | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mkX8Pw6l-E | fetched and confirmed |
| ProGadget Explorers | ProGadget Explorers | D | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZVk7YTXSMI | fetched and confirmed |
| Engadget | Valentina Palladino | B | https://www.engadget.com/computing/accessories/best-webcams-123047068.html | fetched and confirmed |
| Bob İnvest | Bob İnvest | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnNe7flALs8 | fetched and confirmed |
| ChurchTechToday.com \| Resources for today's church | churchtechtoday.com | B | https://churchtechtoday.com/7-best-webcams-for-churches-in-2026/ | fetched and confirmed |
| PC Gamer | - | B | https://www.pcgamer.com/best-webcams/ | fetched and confirmed |
| Tom's Hardware | tomshardware.com | C | https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/webcams/elgato-facecam-neo-review | fetched and confirmed |

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The full board is at https://stierproducts.com/categories/webcams.

## What this tier means

- S: Exceptional. Finishes top run after run; capped at 3 slots per category.

## How to read this

- Each category is researched in four independent runs, one per lens (expert consensus, value, reliability, community pulse). Every run ranks a board of candidates that deliberately includes products buyers cross-shop but should avoid. Placements score on a ranked ladder (LP), and tiers are derived from LP, so no tier is ever assigned by hand.
- LP is this product's points on its own category ladder. It is comparable within a category and not across categories.
- Link status reports what our pre-publication link check found when it fetched the cited URL. It says nothing about the quality of the review.
- A citation with no usable link is listed rather than dropped, and is excluded from the counted total above.

## Image

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