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Ted_MUC
Copper Contributor
Sep 24, 2021
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Dark face during Teams call

Hi Community, Depending on time of the day and the corresponding lighting situation in my office, my face is frequently shown very dark. a) How can I access the camera properties menu during (!) a ...
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  • StevenC365's avatar
    StevenC365
    Apr 22, 2022

    Ted_MUC Lots of new controls for camera available in Teams Public Preview, probably come to GA in about a month.

     

     

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Ed Woodrick
Iron Contributor
Sep 24, 2021
Then use your smartphone.
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smohyee
Copper Contributor
Apr 21, 2022

Ed Woodrick

 

This was not a particularly helpful suggestion.

 

Yes, there are ways to compensate for MS Teams providing terrible camera auto-adjustments. That does not address the chief issue: MS Teams provides terrible camera auto-adjustments. Same position seated, same lighting, same everything, but open Skype or Slack or a myriad of competitors instead of Teams, and the lighting is just fine. Teams is the problem here. 

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    Ted_MUC
    Copper Contributor
    Apr 21, 2022

    smohyee I'm hoping that MS one day will improve brightness control.

    Ed Woodrick I actually tried using the smartphone when I learned that I can transfer calls from phone (Teams app) to PC vice versa and even use it parallel. Unfortunately, due to the design of the integration I cannot only use the camera of the smartphone and keep all the rest on the big screen.