Best camera for vision tracking

[craigboez]

Originally Posted by nathan_hui

Here's a question to consider - do you really need 1080p resolution?

I don't know I've never done this. While I may not need it, I would like to have it available. You can always turn down the resolution, but you can't turn it up above the max - a 1080p camera can capture a lots of resolutions less than 1080p.

Originally Posted by nathan_hui

Do you really need the quality lens? You're only looking across like a couple hundred feet. How much will using a lower quality lens affect your processing? Is your algorithm really sensitive to barreling and other visual artifacts?

Again, I don't know. Similar to resolution, the goal of the camera is to be better than everything else in the system. I want the limit to how well we can track vision to be how well we can write code, not a bad camera we should have spent a few more bucks on. At $50, this isn't that big of a monetary investment. Choosing the wrong camera would be a bigger waste of time than anything.

Originally Posted by nathan_hui

Also, do you really need a tripod mount, or a tripod style interface (1/4-20 thread)?

Sure, why not? It beats having to create a bracket to mount it with.