FISHEYE LENSES

How Does the CCTV Fisheye Lens Support Megapixel Resolution Cameras?

The CCTV Fisheye lens is designed to support MegaPixel resolution cameras across a 185° field of view. Their large depth of field eliminates the need for focus adjustment and allows the lenses to be sharply focused between 100 mm and infinity.

It works on a lockable iris. The CCTV adjusts and enables control over exposure. It does not change the integration time. It locks the recorded scene so that no one can alter the scene accidentally.

This lens is good for small spaces to offer you large fields of view. *FOV for ½” format sensor.

What Are the Features of a CCTV Fisheye Lens?

Fisheye lenses record objects at a larger back and focal distance. It works better on the front group with a negative refractive index than an ordinary one. It has an extreme power distribution of the lens, which helps in recording a larger field of view.

To improve field curvature, astigmatism, and barrel distortion caused by fisheye lenses, it is important to use a doublet.

What are the Two Difference Types of CCTV Fisheye Lens?

It is completely based on how the recorded image circles and fulfills the camera sensor. The CCTV Fisheye Lens is divided into two different categories.

  • Diagonal fisheye lens
  • Circular fisheye lens

Diagonal fisheye lens: A diagonal fisheye can move a 180-degree field of view. It can even move the horizontal and vertical fields of view.

Circular fisheye lens: A circular fisheye is a fisheye that has a 180-degree view of the sensor. The corners of an image are black because the diagonal length of a rectangular image sensor is greater than the diameter of the fisheye.

The focal length of fisheye lenses is short, and its value is determined by the sensor format. For a 35 mm film full-frame sensor, the focal length of fisheye lenses is usually not larger than 10 mm for circular images and not larger than 16 mm for full-frame images.

The focal length of fisheye lenses can be as short as 1 to 2 mm for digital cameras using smaller electronic imagers such as 1/4“, 1/3, and 1/2” format CCD or CMOS sensors.

Why is Superior Optics the Best Fisheye Lens Producer?

SUPERIOR® Optics designs and produces high-quality Fisheye Lens for CCTV Camera that are used in a wide range of digital cameras with sensors ranging from 1/4″, 1/3″, and 1/2” to large format, including a fourth sensor and 35mm film format.

What Are the Demands That the Fisheye Lens Must Meet to Work with a High-Quality Camera?

Superior Optics, as a leading lens manufacturer, works passionately to meet the new demands of customers with our tested range of M12 mount lenses. We have long-focus fisheye and HQ cameras for shooting. Here are the best-quality lenses:

  • M12 lens with a 180° FoV

It is extensively capable of grabbing a 5.7 x 4.27 m (18.70 x 14.02 ft) photo at a 1-meter distance.

Why Are the Fisheye Lenses Used?

Lightweight: It is light as a feather and doesn’t take up too much space.
Cost-effective: You get more options for the equivalent amount of money.
Project-centric: The fisheye lenses can work with different lenses as well. However, you only need lenses such as FoVs for some specific needs.

OEM-ready: It can work with C/CS mount lenses. However, the M12 lenses are customizable due to their designs.

 Why is CCTV Camera Wide Angle Lens Popular and Should You Buy It?

CCTV Camera Wide Angle comes in several sizes, shapes, and focal. This camera is popular because of its security. It offers the best service with its widest field of view for monitoring. It helps to keep an eye on locations like parking, properties, grocery stores, and more.

These cameras work great and are perfect for video surveillance. They play a role as a double-edged sword.

However, CCTV Camera Wide Angle Lens has its own set of pros and cons. You need to understand them first before you install CCTV for security.

What Are the Many Advantages of a CCTV Camera Wide Angle Lens?

The camera provides a field of view. It records events easily and offers a big view to monitor the scenes.

Offers fast remote autofocus: Another advantage of a wide-angle lens is that the result is remote autofocus.

Conclusion

CCTV Camera Wide angle lens is great for monitoring a huge area or location. It records everything with the depth of field. Meanwhile, if you want to buy our other range of cameras, you can visit us at Superior Optics and place your order.

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Fisheye Lens Design

Fisheye lenses are a special type of lens that is different from other types. Due to its large FOV, and short focal distance, a fisheye lens is an inverted lens. Fisheye lenses have multiple negative elements in their front groups to reduce the angles of light from an entire hemisphere. To compensate for the total power, the rear group of a fisheye lens must be positive. The ray aiming algorithms in optical design software must be enabled to accurately trace the rays from a fisheye lens with large pupil aberration.

SUPERIOR® Optics optimizes the entire design and production process, allowing you to receive high-quality fisheye lenses efficiently.

For a fisheye to capture the entire hemisphere, a strong barrel distortion is required. When comparing the center and the edge of the image, the image must be compressed. The distortion of fisheye lenses that have 180-degree FOVs can be -100% at the edges when using the traditional f -tanth method to calculate image height. These figures illustrate the f-tanth image and distortion of a rectangular object.

Image Size

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    Image Size

Image Height

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    Image Height

    Degree Image height(mm) Degree Image height(mm)
    0.00 0.0000 77.00 1.33
    7.00 0.13 84.00 1.43
    14.00 0.25 91.00 1.54
    21.00 0.385 98.00 1.63
    28.00 0.50 105.00 1.73
    35.00 0.63 112.00 1.81
    42.00 0.75 119.00 1.89
    49.00 0.87 126.00 1.95
    56.00 0.99 133.00 2.01
    63.00 1.10 140.00 2.04
    70.00 1.22

Fisheye Lens Graph and Charts

The figures below show the design of and imaging performance for a 14mm focal length fisheye lens. The lens has a 180 degree field of view on the diagonal of 35mm film format (full frame). It is designed for visible and near-infrared wavelengths. The F-Tan (O) distortion at the outer edge of the circle is -100%. This lens has a F-theta of less than 3%. MTF exceeds 30% for a spatial frequency of 630p/mm across the entire field. The relative illumination at the edge is greater than 50%.

SUPERIOR® Optics design and manufacture high-quality fisheye lenses for a variety of digital cameras, including those with sensors as small as 1/4″, 1/3″, and 1/2″ and up to large formats such as fourth thirds and 35mm film. We have over 21 years experience in design and manufacturing to offer high-quality designs and custom lenses.

Image MTF

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    Image MTF

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    Image Distortion

Image Design and Performance

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    Image Design and Performance

Are You Interested In Customizations?

Customizations Processing?

SUPERIOR® Optics offer several customizations for M12 lenses. Contact us to discuss feasibility, minimum order quantities, and requirements.

  • Custom filters (Bandpass, Dual Notch, etc..)
  • Customized higher F#
  • Barrel mechanical design adjustments (e.g. active alignment, ingress protection)
  • Hydrophobic coating on front optical surface
  • Preassembly with M12 lens holders to reduce anodization debris and tilt
  • Optical data (MTF, EFL, etc..) with serialized unit-level traceability

SUPERIOR® Optics also consider full custom lens designs starting from 15,000pcs.

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