90 + degree camera ?

[SciBorg Dave]

We are moving our camera from the rear (looking forward) of the bot to the midline. We are looking for a camera 90-120 degree of vision with good visibility. Any ideas out there ?
Dave

[cbale2000]

Originally Posted by SciBorg Dave

We are moving our camera from the rear (looking forward) of the bot to the midline. We are looking for a camera 90-120 degree of vision with good visibility. Any ideas out there ?
Dave

Which direction are you looking for wider view? Vertical or Horizontal?

Horizontal wide angle cameras should be pretty easy to find (I came across this with a quick google search), but the only way to get a camera to have wide angle vertically (as far as I know) is if the camera supports rotating the image.

[techhelpbb]

Originally Posted by cbale2000

... the only way to get a camera to have wide angle vertically (as far as I know) is if the camera supports rotating the image.

Turn the horizontal wide angle camera sideways
Presto vertical wide angle camera.

[SciBorg Dave]

Horizontal.

[AlexanderTheOK]

http://smile.amazon.com/Genius-120-d...-no-redirect=1

[cbale2000]

Originally Posted by techhelpbb

Turn the horizontal wide angle camera sideways
Presto vertical wide angle camera.

Depends on the application. If the goal is to be able to actually view the video feed, then you'd have to look at it sideways unless you could rotate the video itself. If all you're doing is targeting, you could no doubt adjust for orientation in the code.

[jojoguy10]

Originally Posted by AlexanderTheOK

http://smile.amazon.com/Genius-120-d...-no-redirect=1

We're using 2 of these cameras this year. They're working out very nicely. Nice and wide and for pretty cheap.

They are a HUGE pain to mount! We're making a 3D printed mount for them. If anyone would like them, we'll post them online and I can share the link here.

[hardcopi]

We got this one:
http://www.amazon.com/180degree-Fish...+degree+camera

Just got it in yesterday, but it worked when we plugged it in last night (no real testing with it other than to see it popped up on the dashboard.

[jojoguy10]

Originally Posted by jojoguy10

We're using 2 of these cameras this year. They're working out very nicely. Nice and wide and for pretty cheap.

They are a HUGE pain to mount! We're making a 3D printed mount for them. If anyone would like them, we'll post them online and I can share the link here.

For anyone who wants it, here is our 3D printed mount for the Genius 120-degree camera: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1371191/#files