{"id":11154,"date":"2024-05-25T00:20:53","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T00:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=11154"},"modified":"2024-05-25T00:20:53","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T00:20:53","slug":"logitech-reach-review-super-camera-arm-subpar-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=11154","title":{"rendered":"Logitech Reach Review: Super Camera Arm, Subpar Camera"},"content":{"rendered":"


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If you went<\/span> to school before the 2010s, you might\u2019ve been taught with the help of an overhead projector<\/a>. These gigantic light cannons blasted photons upward through typically transparent worksheets, through a lens and a mirror, projecting the image onto a screen so everyone could see. I can only imagine my teachers back then wishing they had something like Logitech\u2019s Reach<\/a> to make that process so much easier. Well, mostly.<\/p>\n

The Reach is a unique product in Logitech\u2019s lineup. First announced in September 2023 as an Indiegogo project and successfully funded within five minutes, it\u2019s shipping to backers in July for a retail price of $350. The Reach is an articulated camera arm designed to make it easier to get overhead views of objects sitting on a table while keeping your hands free. It\u2019s handy for showing off books and worksheets in a classroom, demonstrating how to do crafts for a YouTube channel, or giving a bird\u2019s-eye view of a board game.<\/p>\n

The arm itself is excellent. It\u2019s easy to tilt the camera arm up or down, extend it farther from the base, and even slide it higher or lower off the table. It\u2019s an ideal way to get overhead footage of almost anything, except for one pretty substantial problem: It\u2019s designed to work only with Logitech’s Streamcam, a webcam that\u2019s not great<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A Thoughtful Camera Arm<\/h2>\n

First things first. The arm is the star of the Logitech Reach and it\u2019s an absolute delight to use and dead simple to install. There are two mounting options: a sturdy clamp that attaches to the side of a desk or a heavy base plate you can set on top of a table.<\/p>\n

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