Ipevo Do-Cam review

The Ipevo Do-Cam is a tiny 4K document cam that won’t fall down no matter where you go, and also serves as a webcam

Ipevo Do-Cam review
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Digital Camera World Verdict

Folding out from the size of a 90s cellphone, this visualizer is the perfect accessory for teachers and anyone else sharing themselves and documents over video platforms. Despite an apparently simple design, Ipevo’s feature-filled software make it useful in a broad range of classroom and presentation situations, while the flip button and tilting camera mean it can also step in as a webcam.

Pros

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    Folding design includes the cable

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    Easily flips from webcam to doc-cam and back

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    Ipevo software provides extensive range of features

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    Image rotation is simple thanks to a single button design

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    Easily covers A4 or Letter paper with room to spare

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    No bigger than a pencil case

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    Auto or manual focus

Cons

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    Adapter required for USB-C connection

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    Focus occasionally hunts in poor light

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    Contrasty when used as a webcam

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    No built-in microphone

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The Ipevo Do-Cam is a visualizer (or document camera) which, for older readers anyway, performs the same role in many a presentation as the lens in an overhead projector. Teachers can position the camera above a page or interesting experiment, plug it into their computer, and relay the live footage directly to the electronic whiteboard (or over the web if teaching remotely).

The Do-Cam is not Ipevo’s first product for this market; the V4K was the most recent predecessor, sporting a chunkier base, while the firm’s VZ-series offer extra functionality in exchange for more size and bigger physical presence. The Do-Cam, however, sports the same 8 megapixels as its siblings, yet comfortably wins the portability game, at least for customers who will have a USB socket with them.

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Adam Juniper
Managing Editor

With over 20 years of expertise as a tech journalist, Adam brings a wealth of knowledge across a vast number of product categories, including timelapse cameras, home security cameras, NVR cameras, photography books, webcams, 3D printers and 3D scanners, borescopes, radar detectors… and, above all, drones. 

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