Camera Upgrades for Remote Streaming Production Camera Upgrades for Remote Streaming Production As Zoom and other videoconferencing applications dominate our professional interactions, and remote productions and presentations remain a necessary alternative in-person conferences and other events, webcam video is often the weakest link in our remote connections. Anthony Burokas recommends alternative camera sources--smartphones, DSLRs, and better webcams--and explains how to make them work. Page 1 Read the complete transcript of this clip: Anthony Burokas: Let's talk remote cameras, because when your guest is remote, the camera is remote too. So, obviously, for remote cameras, we have the built-in webcams in laptops and some desktop computers and all-in-ones. And, generally, these aren't very good. We all know how bad they look. The resolution is 720p, if that, and the camera itself is not great. It's easily washed out if you've got lighting behind you, or if there's a window to the side. If somebody puts all the windows behind them, you really have no hope unless you want to have a shadow as a guest.