https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/d750-vs-pro11-benchmark 2026-07-14T23:02:06-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/ac405dec8d9691d8cad6ebafcee99de9.jpg?v=1671584473 Nikon D750 vs iPhone 11 Pro Camera Benchmark https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/raspi-video-conferencing 2026-07-14T23:02:47-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/a692b53868d59b09704d3fc7dafa987a.jpg?v=1671584479 M12 Lenses for the Raspberry Pi HQ Camera https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/cmos-sensor-size 2026-07-17T17:29:57-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/9529458e7327845237fb34a521ee3182_520x500_69a7022d-2bb5-4cd8-aced-4ed85c2f2849.jpg?v=1764036744 CMOS Sensor Size Chart and Format Guide CMOS Sensor Size Table and Format Type https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/how-to-focus-a-camera 2026-07-17T17:29:57-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/How_to_Focus_an_M12_Lens_and_Camera_a2adefbc-3858-44e9-8f7a-a3e83a5b75f3.webp?v=1755910385 How to Focus a Camera (M12 and C-Mount Lenses) How to Focus a Camera with M12 Lens https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/what-is-resolution 2026-07-14T23:02:51-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/a9f41e4edfbe5017a90325e833557569.jpg?v=1671584463 What Is Resolution? Cameras and Displays What is the Resolution of a Camera Lens? https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/wide-angle-lenses-and-fisheye-camera-lens-distortion 2026-07-27T13:36:52-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/1da7d3ee5dd8f00ac5a7a5b6529f2e2d_1ee338d1-ede0-476a-9740-3d5f1e9c13d9.jpg?v=1769014380 Wide Angle vs Fisheye Lenses and Distortion https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/image-quality-and-computer-vision 2026-08-27T15:38:13-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/a0ffc677bbd76d1bde8950963ed05562.jpg?v=1682512975 Image Quality Metrics for Computer Vision Image Quality and Computer Vision are interdependent https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/camera-exposure 2026-07-14T23:02:03-07:00 weekly https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/motion-blur 2026-07-14T23:02:45-07:00 weekly https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/high-dynamic-range 2026-07-14T22:55:18-07:00 weekly https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/image-noise 2026-07-14T23:02:42-07:00 weekly https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/lens-chief-ray-angle-and-mismatch 2026-07-27T13:38:54-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/7701d718a5c048e5572b67789421e873_6f80e039-0848-4136-97c6-7736fb2b380f.jpg?v=1755839081 Chief Ray Angle (CRA) and Sensor Mismatch CRA Chief Ray Angle Mismatch https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/how-to-clean-a-lens-or-camera-optics 2026-07-27T13:36:52-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/How_to_Clean_a_Camera_Lens_or_Sensor.webp?v=1698844083 How to Clean a Camera Lens How to Clean a Camera Lens https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/what-is-an-m12-lens 2026-07-27T13:36:51-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/M12_Lens_Thread_Diameter_and_Thread_Tolerance_76f1377c-b108-4760-827c-33efc2648695.webp?v=1783818865 What Is an M12 Lens? (S-Mount Lenses) M12 Lenses and S-Mount Lens Diameter and Thread Tolerances https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/lens-mount-guide-m12-vs-cmount-vs-csmount 2026-07-27T13:36:51-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/S_Mount_CS_Mount_vs_C_Mount_diagram_823dac87-0005-4981-b944-06588e74b52b.jpg?v=1756769957 Lens Mount Guide: M12 vs C-Mount vs CS-Mount M12 Lens vs CS vs C Mount Lens Compatibility Guide https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/active-alignment-for-camera-modules 2026-08-14T15:47:08-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/blog-r38-active-alignment-camera-modules-hero.jpg?v=1784297594 Active Alignment for Camera Modules M12 lens in an aluminum holder on a board-level camera module before active alignment https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/f-number-machine-vision 2026-07-27T13:36:51-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/blog-r43-f-number-machine-vision-hero.jpg?v=1784297595 What Is F-Number in Machine Vision? A C-mount lens down its optical axis, iris open to the circular f-number aperture https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/autofocus-machine-vision 2026-07-27T13:36:52-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/blog-r39-autofocus-machine-vision-hero.jpg?v=1784297596 Autofocus in Machine Vision A piezoelectric autofocus actuator carrying a small M12 lens on a board-level camera module https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/bandpass-filter-machine-vision 2026-07-27T13:36:52-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/blog-r40-bandpass-filter-machine-vision-hero.jpg?v=1784297597 Bandpass Filters for Machine Vision Several threaded machine vision bandpass filters showing dichroic coating reflections beside an M12 lens https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/barcode-reading-machine-vision 2026-07-27T13:36:53-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/blog-r41-barcode-reading-machine-vision-hero.jpg?v=1784297598 Lenses for Barcode Reading, OCR & Document Scanning A board-level M12 camera reads 1D barcodes and Data Matrix codes on a conveyor https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/depth-of-field-machine-vision 2026-07-27T13:36:51-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/blog-r42-depth-of-field-machine-vision-hero.jpg?v=1784297599 Depth of Field in Machine Vision An M12 lens views a slanted ruler where depth of field keeps one plane sharp https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/field-of-view-machine-vision 2026-07-27T13:36:51-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/blog-r44-field-of-view-machine-vision-hero.jpg?v=1784297601 Machine Vision Field of View An M12 lens frames a rectangular target, showing the camera field of view at working distance https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/fixed-vs-varifocal-machine-vision-lenses 2026-07-27T13:36:52-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/blog-r45-fixed-vs-varifocal-machine-vision-lenses-hero.jpg?v=1784297635 Fixed vs Varifocal vs Zoom Machine Vision Lenses A fixed focal length lens beside a larger varifocal lens with two adjustment rings https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/how-to-choose-focal-length-machine-vision 2026-07-27T13:36:51-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/blog-r46-how-to-choose-focal-length-machine-vision-hero.jpg?v=1784297636 How to Choose Focal Length for Machine Vision Five M12 lenses arranged from short wide-angle to long telephoto by focal length https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/how-to-read-mtf-curves 2026-07-27T13:36:51-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/blog-r48-how-to-read-mtf-curves-hero.jpg?v=1784297637 How to Read MTF Curves An MTF test bench with a collimator, goniometer stage, and a lens under test https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/image-sensor-selection-machine-vision 2026-07-27T13:36:51-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/blog-r49-image-sensor-selection-machine-vision-hero.jpg?v=1784297639 Image Sensor Selection for Machine Vision A bare CMOS image sensor die wire-bonded on a green evaluation board https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/ip-rating-machine-vision-lenses 2026-07-27T13:36:52-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/blog-r50-ip-rating-machine-vision-lenses-hero.jpg?v=1784297640 IP Ratings for Machine Vision Lenses A sealed M12 machine vision lens under a water-spray ingress protection test https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/ir-corrected-lens-machine-vision 2026-07-27T13:36:52-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/blog-r51-ir-corrected-lens-machine-vision-hero.jpg?v=1784297641 IR Corrected Lenses for Machine Vision An IR corrected M12 lens in a black anodized barrel on a camera board https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/lens-aberrations-machine-vision 2026-07-27T13:36:51-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/blog-r52-lens-aberrations-machine-vision-hero_c0183c28-30d9-469c-88e3-931847b1a83e.jpg?v=1785184496 Lens Aberrations in Machine Vision A C-mount lens whose multi-element design corrects the aberrations in machine vision optics https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/lenses-for-autonomous-vehicles 2026-07-27T13:36:53-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/blog-r55-lenses-for-autonomous-vehicles-forward-v2.webp?v=1784301671 Lenses for Autonomous Vehicles Two forward ADAS cameras behind a car windshield with overlaid fields of view https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/lenses-for-drones 2026-07-27T13:36:53-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/blog-r56-lenses-for-drones-hero.jpg?v=1784297676 Lenses for Drones A quadcopter drone in flight carrying a gimbal camera with an M12 lens over farmland https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/lenses-for-embedded-vision 2026-07-27T13:36:53-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/blog-r57-lenses-for-embedded-vision-hero.jpg?v=1784297678 Lenses for Embedded Vision An embedded vision system, a board-level M12 camera wired to a single-board computer https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/lenses-for-intelligent-transportation-systems 2026-07-27T13:36:53-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/blog-r58-intelligent-transportation-hero-v2.webp?v=1784301673 Lenses for Intelligent Transportation Systems A traffic camera in a weatherproof housing with a telephoto C-mount lens over a highway https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/lenses-for-medical-imaging 2026-07-27T13:36:53-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/blog-r59-lenses-for-medical-imaging-hero.jpg?v=1784297680 Lenses for Medical Imaging A machine vision camera with a C-mount lens inspecting glass syringes on a sterile line https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/lenses-for-quality-inspection 2026-07-27T13:36:52-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/blog-r60-lenses-for-quality-inspection-hero.jpg?v=1784297681 Machine Vision Lenses for Quality Inspection An overhead camera with a C-mount lens and ring light inspecting parts on a conveyor https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/lenses-for-robotics 2026-07-27T13:36:53-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/blog-r61-lenses-for-robotics-hero.jpg?v=1784297682 Lenses for Robotics An industrial robot arm with an M12 camera on its end-effector picking a part https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/lenses-for-surveillance 2026-07-27T13:36:53-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/blog-r62-lenses-for-surveillance-hero.jpg?v=1784297719 Lenses for Surveillance An outdoor security camera with a fixed M12 lens mounted on a building at dusk https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/machine-vision-lens-for-electronics-inspection 2026-07-27T13:36:53-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/blog-r63-electronics-inspection-hero.jpg?v=1784297720 Machine Vision Lenses for Electronics Inspection A high-magnification camera with a C-mount lens over a circuit board and silicon wafer https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/machine-vision-lens-for-food-and-beverage-inspection 2026-07-27T13:37:41-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/blog-r64-food-beverage-inspection-hero.jpg?v=1784297721 Machine Vision Lenses for Food & Pharma Packaging Inspection A machine vision camera with a C-mount lens inspecting backlit glass bottles on a conveyor https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/nir-imaging-machine-vision 2026-07-27T13:36:52-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/blog-r65-nir-imaging-machine-vision-hero.jpg?v=1784297722 NIR Imaging for Machine Vision A board-level M12 camera ringed by near-infrared LEDs glowing dull red at dusk https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/ruggedized-machine-vision-lenses 2026-07-27T13:36:52-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/blog-r66-ruggedized-machine-vision-lenses-hero.jpg?v=1784297723 Ruggedized Machine Vision Lenses A ruggedized all-metal M12 lens shedding water beads from its hydrophobic front coating https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/sensor-size-lens-compatibility 2026-07-27T13:36:52-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/blog-r67-sensor-size-lens-compatibility-hero.jpg?v=1784297724 Sensor Size and Lens Compatibility CMOS sensors of several sizes laid beside an M12 lens and a C-mount lens https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/spatial-resolution-machine-vision 2026-07-27T13:36:51-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/blog-r68-spatial-resolution-machine-vision-hero.jpg?v=1784297726 Spatial Resolution in Machine Vision A camera with a C-mount lens imaging a fine dot-grid calibration target on a metrology stage https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/stray-light-machine-vision 2026-07-27T13:36:52-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/blog-r69-stray-light-machine-vision-hero_37fd245f-075d-427a-9410-d88f4ec94737.jpg?v=1785183334 Stray Light in Machine Vision A machine vision lens with a deep matte-black hood shielding it from off-axis light https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/what-is-a-c-mount-lens 2026-07-27T13:36:51-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/blog-r70-what-is-a-c-mount-lens-hero_fcab3b0f-0d2a-4d4a-a7f6-fc9f31365b37.jpg?v=1785183370 What Is a C-Mount Lens? A C-mount lens with knurled focus and iris rings threaded onto an industrial camera https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/what-is-a-low-distortion-lens 2026-07-27T13:36:51-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/blog-r71-what-is-a-low-distortion-lens-hero.jpg?v=1784297762 What Is a Low Distortion Lens? A low distortion M12 lens imaging a checkerboard grid whose lines stay straight to the edges https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/what-is-a-telecentric-lens 2026-07-27T13:36:51-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/blog-r72-what-is-a-telecentric-lens-hero_ebf7b0f4-1dad-4c86-bc36-9f749faa1aa1.jpg?v=1785183402 What Is a Telecentric Lens? A telecentric lens whose front element is nearly as wide as its long barrel https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/what-is-an-f-theta-lens 2026-07-27T13:36:52-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/blog-r73-what-is-an-f-theta-lens-hero.jpg?v=1784297764 What Is an F-theta Lens? A galvo laser scan head with a flat f-theta scan lens focusing a beam onto metal https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/working-distance-machine-vision-lenses 2026-07-27T13:36:51-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/blog-r76-working-distance-machine-vision-lenses-hero.jpg?v=1784297765 Working Distance and Minimum Object Distance A camera with a C-mount lens over a conveyor showing the working distance air gap https://commonlands.com/blogs/industry/edmund-optics-alternatives 2026-07-19T10:15:21-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/commonlands-m12-lenses-edmund-alternatives.webp?v=1784481066 Edmund Optics Alternatives for Imaging Lenses (2026) Two Commonlands 8mm M12 board lenses, one upright showing the coated front element and one on its side showing the M12x0.5 threaded barrel. https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/drone-mapping-photogrammetry-lenses 2026-07-27T13:39:19-07:00 weekly https://commonlands.com/blogs/technical/best-m12-lenses-for-machine-vision 2026-08-25T12:17:36-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/9273/7398/articles/IP67-MountLensCIL034.webp?v=1787685456 The 9 Best M12 Lenses for Industrial Machine Vision in 2026 Two Commonlands CIL034 low-distortion M12 lenses on a white background, one upright showing the M12 thread below the wide front element and one resting on its side showing the front element