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camera for informal recording of guitar playing to mac mini

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I'm looking for a one device one cable, preferably lightning to USB same as the one my iPhone uses, to connect a basic camera to my mac mini. While my iPhone has the goods as far as video, the sound is lacking. An external mic works but violates my keep it simple directive. I want something that is probably going to live on a mic clip adapter atop a gooseneck on a flange screwed into my desk's surface.

The idea is to be able to walk into my music room, grab a guitar, click 'new movie' in Quicktime, and start recording. no fuss, no muss, no setting levels, no monitoring. Click and play. I want to use the vast superiority of my mini's HD vs my phone's meager storage.

GoPro is just too expensive, I really don't want to spend anywhere near that much. I'd prefer under 100, as in well under.
 
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Any of these Logitech Webcams will do your job nicely along with good video/audio fidelity. You can get 4K video at $200 price point and HD quality at the $80 and up level. We have a bunch of the HD Pro and Ultra wide HD Pro at my work in all conference rooms and it works really well. Single USB cable and you're done. Good support for Mac as well.
 

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