Panoramic Cameras Wall vs Ceiling Mount
Author: Ethan Ace, Published on Jul 12, 2016
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Comments (28)
Undisclosed #1
Great report!
What is the height of the camera in both configurations under test?
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Sarunas Pavilionis
Hm. All panoramic cameras - its "waste of pixels". Single 90 degrees camera in corner has more pixels density, at the same scene.
But, for wall mounted camera you can use another lens, than for ceiling mount, and get more pixels per meter.
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Donald Gordon
We have done quite a bit of testing with Panoramic cameras. Our end users do not fond of the overhead shots of the Pano's. However, they do like the wall mount shots especially for smaller areas such as patios and courtyards. We will be replacing many fixed cameras with fewer Pano cameras.
We really like the new Hikvision DS-2CD63C2F-IVS model (12 MP). It can either give you a 180 degree panoramic view dewarped on the camera or it can give you three PTZ dewarped views on the camera. The nice thing about the PTZ dewarped views is that you can move the view port around to crop out any ceiling shots.
We have used the Hikvision wall base mount that is offered with the Panoramic camera. I think it provides about a 15 degree angle. There are cases though we would like to mount them at a 30 degree or even 45 degree angle. However, with the PTZ views, we usually can move the viewport around to find the shot we want.
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Paul Curran
Great report thanks :)
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Undisclosed Manufacturer #2
[Note: Bosch Employee]
To solve the issue of "Wall Mount Wasted FOV", some manufactures provide a true 180 camera next to their 360 cameras; e.g. Bosch NIN-70122-F1. These cameras provide a 180 FoV and higher effective resolution (pixels on target).
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Jon Dillabaugh
What is a true 180 degree camera? How does it differ from a 360 degree camera, other than mounting orientation on a different plane? Isn't it just a perspective change, not something physically or programically different?
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Sarunas Pavilionis
180 camera can use sensor corners, 360 camera - can not. Bosch 180 camera is an example.
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Sarunas Pavilionis
Yes. Typical 360 image. Panomorph lenses use sensor pixels better, but, 180 panorama lens can use them better.
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Sarunas Pavilionis
Can use corners better, than 360 camera. I'm not mentioned full sensor.
As i'm told in my one of previous post, one 90 degree camera is even better, than 360 or 180 camera, when you thinking about pixels density per distance, and covers the same square area.
Off course, all cameras should be used for specified areas, there no best cameras for all.
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