I went live with this 4K Logitech camera, and it gave my $3,000 Canon a run for its money

ZDNET's cardinal takeaways

• Logitech's Mevo Core has a micro 4/3 representation sensor that outperforms emblematic webcams successful debased airy and resolution.
• Wireless connectivity offers flexible placement and setup for your unrecorded streams.
• The Mevo Core is reasonably pricey astatine $999, with nary lens included, but features similar multi-cam enactment for originative unrecorded streams utilizing camera switching marque it worthy the money.

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Logitech has been a premier person successful the webcam market for years. This is successful ample portion due to the fact that the institution continues to strategically redefine what a large webcam should beryllium and however it should contiguous you arsenic the on-camera star. 

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Whether improving representation sensor tech and optics oregon smart acquisitions, the institution has made my occupation reviewing the latest cameras and photograph cogwheel a small much breathtaking than it already is. Case successful point: Logitech's 2024 Mevo Core 4K Wireless streaming camera remains 1 of the astir absorbing gadgets I've tested, adjacent successful 2026.

Tech specs

Getting the tech specs retired of the way, determination are lone a fewer things that genuinely substance erstwhile it comes to webcams: the representation sensor, framework rate, and resolution. 

The Mevo Core tin grounds video astatine 4K resolution, portion streaming video tops retired astatine 1080p. Both resolutions connection a framework complaint of 30 frames per 2nd (fps), which is beauteous modular for capturing oregon streaming contented to platforms similar Twitch and YouTube. 

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The kicker astir this camera is the representation sensor. This isn't your tiny smartphone oregon webcam representation sensor. The Mevo Core uses a Micro 4/3 representation sensor (MFT), astir 3 times the size of typical webcams and smartphone sensors, resulting successful amended low-light performance. 

But there's much regarding the representation sensor and camera. If you person an MFT lens, you tin usage it with the Mevo Core. Any MFT lens is compatible with the Mevo Core, but Logitech states it has a fewer "certified" MFT lenses from Panasonic Lumix, Olympus, and Sigma. More connected that momentarily. 

How does it look and feel?

During Office Hours with my creator community, I showed disconnected the physique prime of the Mevo Core. I was pleasantly amazed erstwhile I unboxed this camera. The Mevo Core is simply a coagulated 1.5lbs (700g) with a 23 Wh lithium-ion battery, successful a boxy signifier origin measuring 3.5 successful x 3.5 successful x 3.25 successful (90mm x 90mm x 82.4mm). The worldly is plastic, but not "cheap." When holding the Mevo Core successful your hands, you tin truly consciousness its quality. 

Logitech Mevo Core streaming camera connected a tripod mount

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Features

The Mevo Core's boxy physique is 1 of the reasons creators volition beryllium funny successful this camera. Along each side, you'll find a ¼-20 equine (four total), which is cleanable for tripod mounting plates, monitors, outer microphones, and immoderate different tools a creator volition usage to seizure video. Yes, the Mevo Core has an interior microphone, but an interior mic connected a camera should beryllium your past edifice erstwhile signaling audio.

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The Mevo Core has an HDMI larboard and 2 USB-C ports, and it besides supports Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth. This capableness is useful due to the fact that it lets you negociate the camera with the Mevo Multicam mobile app connected your iOS oregon Android device. The app makes changing camera zoom, focus, and vulnerability settings speedy and easy. It besides touts an AI Auto-Director that lets streamers and contented creators with aggregate Mevo Core cameras power views and camera angles for much compelling video for their audience. 

Regarding the erstwhile notation of MFT lenses for the Mevo Core, here's Logitech's database of "certified" MFT lenses. 

Performance

The representation prime connected the Mevo Core is outstanding. This is not your mean webcam. With the Micro 4/3 representation sensor, you tin expect amended show successful debased light, but successful large (controlled) lighting, specified arsenic successful my location studio, it volition truly stroke you away. In my elemental comparison, I was pleasantly amazed by the representation prime arsenic I attached the Lumix 45-175mm f/4 zoom lens to the Mevo Core adjacent to my Canon R5 C and its 24-105mm f/4 L lens. 

The Mevo Core (left) adjacent to the Canon R5 C (right).

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Granted, this trial can't beryllium considered "fair," but it's a bully mode to spot however the Micro 4/3 sensor and prime solid (lens) volition stack up against a full-frame sensor connected a powerhouse of a camera. See for yourself below. The representation isn't atrocious astatine all. I volition enactment that successful my existing lighting, I noticed that astatine ISO 1600, the Mevo Core representation sound was much apparent. The R5 C is acceptable to ISO 1600 with adjacent to nary noise. Therefore, I acceptable the Mevo Core to ISO 800 and accrued the vulnerability to amended lucifer the Canon camera's vulnerability brightness.

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ZDNET's buying advice

The Logitech Mevo Core is disposable present for $1,000, and judge me, it delivers a heck of a batch of worth based connected my testing. Who should bargain the Mevo Core? The seasoned creator with an established past and workflow should bargain this instrumentality if they're looking to upgrade their existing set. Due to pricing, it's harder for maine to urge the Mevo Core to newer creators and streamers, particularly if you're connected a budget. 

I'm excited to effort the camera retired more, but there's 1 happening I cognize for sure: creators volition not basal for inconveniences oregon workarounds erstwhile it comes to changing cameras successful their setup. Let's spot if further integration of the Mevo Core into my workplace acceptable volition beryllium arsenic seamless arsenic I hope.