There’s a lot to say about the Creative Live! Cam Optia AF, but the first thing to roll off my tongue when using it was “WOW.” First, if you want to take simple pictures, they are delivered in an ultra-crisp 8.0 megapixel clarity. The Creative Live! Lens View Technology also has a face tracker so your face is always in focus.

Then there’s the video quality: the Creative Live! Cam Optia AF records video at 30 frames per second with a capture resolution of 1600x1200. It is just so mm-mm-good. If you don’t like the autofocus you can use the manual focus to create your own effect. My room is messy. And sometimes I want to record a v-log without having to clean it. No problem, just blur the rest of my room and sharpen the focus on my handsome face.

But maximum picture and video quality isn’t all the Creative Live! Cam Optia AF has to offer. The built in dual microphones are given careful attention as well, making this camera a full course meal. The Live! Cam Optia AF incorporates Creative's superior audio technology by using a set of built-in adaptive array microphones. The dual microphones and Creative's exclusive Live! Audio technology cancels out background noise, so all you hear is pure voice over the Internet. This makes it great for voice and video chat.

If you’re looking to have some fun with the Creative Live! Cam Optia AF the software has plenty to offer. You can doodle on your pictures and add effects such as googly eyes and whiskers to your photo for an intense bout of laughter with your friends, or with yourself f you have no friends. Even better, you can alter your voice with Creative’s Advanced Audio FX. Options include the voice of a 5-year old, an old man, and many more.

All this and the Creative Live! Cam Optia AF still has more to offer: the mounting system is adjustable, adapting to the frame of your monitor as you need it to, or sitting separate from it. I’m running out of room here, but if you check the specs you’ll see that this camera still has even more to offer.