Logitech Sight CameraPRODUCT REVIEW
Logitech Sight Camera
While Logitech’s Rally family of products has offered solutions for most small and medium rooms, the Sight is the first product that aims to give in-person participants their own tiles in the meeting. Using Speaker View, the Sight can frame individual attendees at the table while simultaneously providing a wide shot of the room. Far end attendees will still get a view of everyone at the table, and people working at the office get more face time in front of remote participants. Crucially, the Logitech Sight can toggle on and off its Speaker View, and it is treated as another camera option. End users can pick which camera option works best for their moment.
Key Specifications
- Compatibility Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet
- Appliance Mode Yes, requires Rally Bar or Rally Bar Mini with room license (not included)
- USB Mode Not today (supported in future update)
- Built-in Video Fixed cameras Supported resolutions: Zoom: 4x digital Total room coverage: 315 degrees Horizontal, 97 degrees Vertical
- Built-in Microphones 7 MEMS
- Built-in Speakers No
Price range
At $1999, the Logitech Sight is in an interesting position within the Logitech family and video conferencing market. It is $600 more than a Rally Camera, while offering more advanced framing, though no PTZ capabilities or presets. There’s relatively little in the video bar segment that compares directly, but it seems clear Logitech is taking aim at the success of the Owl. The Sight is nearly double the cost of an Owl 3, but works with a far more robust array of Logitech Rally products, allowing the Sight to be part of a more holistic meeting solution. Profound CFO Kevin Busza echoed that sentiment: “The product works with the Rally Bar, for example, which provides a great deal of added benefits to the existing room system … In the case of Sight, it can extend the mic system, and has tactile mute capabilities on the physical Sight unit.” Business development rep Sandra Martinez agreed, saying little came to mind besides the Owl.
Build Quality
Our team was pleased overall with the build quality of the Logitech Sight. “It feels rigid and the weight (3.3 lbs) feels substantial,” Kevin said, “and the smooth finish suggests a higher-end appeal to the product.” Kevin also appreciated physical characteristics like a tactile mute button and privacy shade. “It’s mounted nicely,” purchaser Robert Cooke said. “I think it looks cool as well.” “I think the build looks very sturdy, sleek, and it’s attractive,” Sandra said.
Installation experience
The Logitech Sight was just as technician-friendly as the existing products in the Rally family, making installation simple. “We permanently installed the Sight at one of the conference tables in our demo room, which we call the Experience Center. The anchoring of the Logitech Sight onto the table grommet gives the overall system a clean and solid look,” Kevin said. The table mount used for the Rally Mic Pod can also be used for a Sight, making it easy for existing Logitech customers to upgrade their current setup. Because the Sight includes seven beamforming microphones, Kevin said, adding the Sight wouldn’t mean sacrificing audio precision.
Industry standards
Connections on the Logitech Sight conform to the RJ45 Ethernet standard, with one port for power and the other for data. There is a third RJ45 connection to allow a second Sight to be daisy-chained to the same system, though that configuration isn’t supported currently. All Ethernet connections should be Cat6A or greater. An included RJ45 to USB adapter allows the Sight to connect to a Rally Bar or Rally Bar Mini running in Appliance Mode, with a future firmware update planned to enable support for the Rally Plus. The Sight is proprietary – it will not work with other video bars nor will it act as a standalone USB camera input for a non-Rally system. For power, the Sight requires POE+ 802.3at Type 2, delivered through an Ethernet switch or POE injector. Its cameras capture 4K video at 60fps, with no optical zoom. The Sight works with Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and Google Meet. Microsoft has certified the Sight for Teams, and it is the first panoramic camera to be Zoom certified.
Image Quality
Across the board, our panelists were impressed with the picture quality of the Logitech Sight. “[The Sight has] a sharp 4K resolution, with a 315-degree horizontal view that is complemented by the Rally Camera or Rally Bar cameras,” Kevin said, noting it “was designed to work as an optional camera addition to provide enhanced, individual meeting participant streams.” “The image quality is really good! I was impressed with that,” Sandra said, but she did note that “when you got a little further away, it got pixelated.” Robert noted the image from the Sight was responsive, steady, and free from issues, calling it a “very good quality image.”
Standout features
Kevin praised the simplicity of integrating the Logitech Sight into the Rally family of products, which “gives the ability to do a lot for a relatively small price,” he said. “Plus I like how a future update will allow you to run two Logitech Sights together.” “This is an eight- or nine-foot table, and I was all the way here, to the end, and the (Sight)’s picking me up. That’s an incredible range of vision, for it,” Robert said. “Multi-camera mode [stood out],” business development rep Ryan Malloy added, referring to the speaker view that establishes a wide shot as a picture-in-picture with the Sight video feed.
Reasons to buy
End users looking to bring meeting equity to their Logitech Rally systems should consider the Sight. “You’d buy this product to complement an existing system where you have the need to provide a better, more close-knit meeting experience for three to four participants joining in a smaller room,” Kevin said. “It’s all about meeting equity, for participants to feel that immersive experience,” Sandra said, “and I think [the Sight] meets that need in the marketplace.” Robert said end users would be motivated by giving in-person participants their own tiles, contrasting that with “a static camera far away, especially if it’s a longer table where you’re going to be losing people. [The Sight offers a] face-to-face interaction.”
Reasons to reconsider
Adding the Sight to a different video bar or a standalone PC is out of the question, so end users who aren’t planning to use a Logitech Rally product wouldn’t be a good fit for the Sight. “If they want the table to not have anything on it,” Sandra added, the Sight may not be a good fit, “but I think what it does outweighs that.” “I think in small huddle rooms, it’s just not necessary,” Robert said, suggesting that there’s minimal need when the room seats fewer than four people.
Conclusion
Logitech’s Sight is a welcome addition to the Rally ecosystem. The Profound Tech team was impressed with its image quality, which offered clear visuals of participants at the table. Combined with an impressive field of view, microphone array, and Speaker View feature, the Sight delivered on its promise of meeting equity. End users who already have Rally equipment will adore having a Sight as part of their system, but the Sight is not compatible with other video bars and won’t work as a standalone USB device. Our panel felt that the good outweighed the bad, for anyone not already invested in a different brand. Check out our detailed scoring below: