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Re: Viewing Angle of Camera

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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz
Joe,
...According to my lens calculator (fudging for the tiny pickup area, my calc only goes down to 1/2") FOV (horizontal) is 22-25 ft. at 20 ft from the camera.
That correllates well with my measurement of about 9 ft (left:right) at a radius of 9 ft. If the aspect ratio is 4:3, then you should expect about 60 degrees horizontally x 45 degrees vertically. I wasn't trying to measure the FOV to high accuracy - figure 9 ft. +/- 3 in. - but somehow I doubt that FOV accuracy is going to be that critical a factor with these cameras...
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