I am quite enjoying the Composer from team Opal + C1 camera which is now my default ZoomCam :) I am glad I gave up on Logitech.

Remember the *abrupt* shift to remote work in 2020?

Frustrated by subpar webcams, founder Veeraj Chugh ventured into creating a high-end webcam that could offer 4K video and noise reduction— a necessity in the era of daily Zoom meetings.

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I interviewed Ashlee Vance the host of Hello World and Elon Musk's biographer...

We talk Neuralink's big news

He also shares his favorite gear (@opalcamera, teenage engineering, June, etc.)

...and what it's like to be the Anthony Bourdain of tech

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I got one of those rad little Opal tadpole webcams while on parental leave and damn is it useful for taking calls on the couch without looking like a potato. Also it’s cute as heck 🤩

I mean, look at the packaging! Love what Opal is doing there. I’m using my Opal like every day and now I habe something for visiting the office from time to time.

The Opal Tadpole arrived while I was out of town for Christmas and New Year’s. Delighted by the form factor and craftsmanship.

I have an Opal!

Looking forward to taking the Opal Tadpole for a spin. The packaging is just 👌🏾

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Tadpole, the tiny webcam with a clip by Opal

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Shoutout to the Opal team for hooking up the Tadpole portable webcam.

Super easy to use and I look great in Zoom meetings (where I show up for 3 minutes, tell an unfunny joke and leave).

Life advice: intern at Google in your early 20s. The friends you make there will go on to start incredible companies 🥰🥰

Another hardware home run from Veeraj Chugh

Update: two weeks into my Opal Tadpole and I can't imagine taking a call without it! For anyone who takes all their calls hunched over a laptop... highly recommend 🎯

The Opal Tadpole from Opal is a really neat webcam for laptops that is small, high quality, and convenient to use.

✅ 48 MP Sony IMX582 sensor, Aperture F/1.8, 6 element lens.
✅ 4K video recording.
✅ It has a braided cable that looks and feels great, and it can act as a…

i personally don't care about my webcam quality, but this is a surprisingly elegant solution for the iPad's less than ideal camera position for FaceTime.

the cable is nice/short, and it clips on just fine. didn't think i'd like this thing but i totally see the use case for it…