Get the latest Tech+ Q&A in your inbox with the mostly weekly Tech+ newsletter. There’s also a support number at 85 , option 1. According to Lenovo, customers with issues can start online with its support page: /us/en/contactus.
I hope your tablet is still under warranty. Ultimately, if none of the above suggestions fix your camera issue, it could be a Lenovo issue. And yet another person says you’ll need to tweak Lenovo’s own privacy settings. Another person suggests removing the battery to hard reset the tablet. One suggestion is to make sure you have the latest camera software. It looks like some owners of the same Lenovo tablet are having issues with the camera. Windows also offers more camera tips at this link: dpo.st/wincam In this case, right click “Lenovo Eas圜amera” to open its settings and select either Enable or Disable. You can also turn off the camera completely (or check to see if it’s turned on) by going to the Windows Device Manager (use Windows search to find Device Manager or press the Windows button and “X” and choose “Device Manager”).
And yes, I tried to see if I could mount Moment’s lens to the front of the C920, but Logitech’s webcam was, unfortunately, too thick.How to turn on your PC or tablet's web camera, but make sure you don't give away all your privacy
Compared to a decent standalone 1080p webcam like the C920, the difference is stark.
Putting a lens over it doesn’t change the fact that my first-generation Surface Laptop is still taking photos using a 720p webcam. So if you’re working on a laptop like the webcam-less Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 or a desktop computer with an external monitor, then an external lens won’t be much help.Įven if it does, it won’t do much to fundamentally change the quality of your webcam. The biggest, obviously, is that it relies on your computer having an existing webcam to work. There are some limitations to this approach.
It’s even a much wider field of view than the Logitech C920 HD Pro I included as a comparison. Whereas previously, my Surface Laptop’s webcam typically only included my face and the tops of my shoulders, with the lens installed, its field of view stretched down to my chest and included much more of my surroundings (but also, regrettably, the mount itself). The effect of the wide-angle 18mm lens was obvious, as you can see from the photos below it gave my webcam a much wider field of view. Then, you can attach the lens itself into place on the mount. (I found it helped to have my camera app open while I was doing this so I could get the alignment right.) Moment says the lens mount supports laptops as thick as 10.75mm, and there’s a thicker rubber screw cap included for slimmer laptop lids. The mount has a screw with a rubber cap on it, which you turn to hold it steady against the back of your laptop screen, and you can shift the front part of the mechanism up and down so that the lens hole lines up with your webcam. You secure the mount to a laptop with a screw on its back. Importantly, all of these kits are currently listed as available on Moment’s online store there are no stock shortages here. (There are versions for both its O-Series and newer M-Series lenses.) It also works with phones and tablets. Alternatively, if you’ve already got a Moment lens, you can buy a mount separately for $29.99. The Moment Webcam Set, which I’ve been testing, is a $77.98 bundle (currently discounted to $61.98) that includes an O-Series mount and an 18mm wide-angle lens. The lens mount was originally designed for smartphones (where most of Moment’s focus has typically been), but Moment tells me it started targeting laptops in response to customer demand. But today, I’ve been trying out a different approach: using an aftermarket lens from Moment to improve my laptop’s existing webcam, rather than replacing it entirely.
That means people have had to get creative by using standalone cameras or even old iOS or Android devices as replacement webcams. Other models are available, but the situation means you might not get the exact webcam you want. For example, as of this writing, Logitech’s popular C920 HD Pro webcam is sold out on Logitech’s US online store, and its listed price on Amazon US is currently well above Logitech’s own $79.99 asking price. Recently, some of the most popular webcams have been difficult to buy at major online retailers as people bought them to help stay in contact while social distancing or working from home during the pandemic.