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Get Started With Our Free Camera Calculators 

Start Your Optics Selection Process with Free Online Camera Calculators

Wondering how to calculate the field of view or depth of field? Our calculators help you determine which lens and image sensor combination is optimal. 

Lens Focal Length Calculator. EFL Calculator.
Camera Angle of View Calculator. Camera AoV Calculator.
Camera Depth of Field Calculator. DoF Calculator.
An FoV Calculator for Vision System Cameras
Lens Focal Length Calculator. EFL Calculator.
Camera Angle of View Calculator. Camera AoV Calculator.
Camera Depth of Field Calculator. DoF Calculator.
An FoV Calculator for Vision System Cameras

Find A Lens For Your Project Using our Advanced M12 Lens Calculator

Select from More than 50 Off-the-Shelf Board-Level Lenses

We provide cost-effective M12 lenses and CS mount lenses to help you get started quickly. Our M12 lens calculator provides the Field of View of our lenses on any sensor.

 

An M12 lens is a small lens for 12mm diameter threaded mounts. Our lenses range from 1mm to 25mm EFL and include fisheye, wide-angle, and no-distortion lenses.

Find an M12 lens

Robotics

Computer Vision Camera Lenses

Find a lens suitable for your custom robotics project. Example use-cases include warehouse automation robotics, and agricultural drones.

Video Conferencing

Teleconferencing Camera Lenses

Enhance your video-conferencing camera with high resolution low distortion lenses. Examples include medical telepresence and huddle room cameras.

Surveillance

Wide-Angle Cameras

Customize your OEM Camera. Examples include retail traffic measurement cameras and building occupancy counters.

Identify a Solution Using Our M12 Lens Finder and Field of view Calculator

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Increase your Production-Level Unit-to-Unit Image Quality

 

What's Your Application? Our Board Lenses Cover the Spectrum.

195°@5.2mm Fisheye Lens

CIL818-F2.0-M12A660

195°@5.2mm Fisheye Lens

200°@5.7mm IP67 Fisheye M12 Lens

CIL217-F2.7-M12ANIR

200°@5.7mm IP67 Fisheye M12 Lens

200°@6.3mm Fisheye M12 Lens

CIL219-F2.5-M12IR

200°@6.3mm Fisheye M12 Lens

Does it Require an IP65+ Lens?

We offer IP65+ variants of many lenses. These are suitable for applications  exposed to the environment, without a window.

Mobile Robotics?

Find a low F# or low distortion lens to optimize your computer vision framerate.

Wide-Angle 2.7mm M12 Lens

CIL327-F1.5-M12A660

Wide-Angle 2.7mm M12 Lens

Low Distortion 6.8mm M12 Lens

CIL068-F2.5-M12A650

Low Distortion 6.8mm M12 Lens

Fast 6mm M12 Lens

CIL061-F1.9-M12B650

Fast 6mm M12 Lens

200°@6.3mm Fisheye M12 Lens

CIL219-F2.5-M12IR

200°@6.3mm Fisheye M12 Lens

Mid-Range 7.6mm M12 Lens

CIL080-F1.8-M12IR

Mid-Range 7.6mm M12 Lens

Low Distortion 6mm M12 Lens

CIL060-F2.8-M12A650

Low Distortion 6mm M12 Lens

Surveillance?

Our low F#, high resolution lenses are suitable for 180° dome cameras, low light, and active IR illuminated scenes.

Consumer / AR+VR?

Our high resolution fisheye lenses will let you design 360° cameras and and stereographic lenses are equivalent to "GoPro" lenses.

No Distortion 3.9mm M12 Lens

CIL039-F2.8-M12IR

No Distortion 3.9mm M12 Lens

230°@4.5mm Fisheye M12 Lens

CIL213-F2.3-M12A660

230°@4.5mm Fisheye M12 Lens

No Distortion 3.2mm Lens

CIL034-F2.7-M12A660

No Distortion 3.2mm Lens

No Distortion 4.4mm M12 Lens

CIL043-F3.2-M12A650

No Distortion 4.4mm M12 Lens

No Distortion 3.2mm Lens

CIL034-F2.7-M12A660

No Distortion 3.2mm Lens

Low Distortion 5.8mm M12 Lens

CIL058-F2.2-M12A650

Low Distortion 5.8mm M12 Lens

Video Conferencing?

Our wide-angle, low distortion, high resolution M12 lenses result in optimal object deformation without post-processing.

Aerial Robotics?

Our light-weight, miniature lenses are ideal for collision avoidance, long-distance viewing, and end-customer viewing.

Telephoto 12mm M12 Lens

CIL125-F2.4-M12IR

Telephoto 12mm M12 Lens

Telephoto 35mm M12 Lens

CIL350-F2.4-M12A650

Telephoto 35mm M12 Lens

Telephoto 26mm M12 Lens

CIL260-F2.0-M12IR

Telephoto 26mm M12 Lens

Surveillance?

Our low F#, high resolution lenses are suitable for 180° dome cameras, low light, and active IR illuminated scenes.

Video Conferencing?

Our wide-angle, low distortion, high resolution M12 lenses result in optimal object deformation without post-processing.

Want personalized recommendations for your project or trying to figure out where to start?
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