Lens Selection - Field Of View Calculation - opto engineering MACHINE VISION LAB KIT Quick Start Manual

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5.3. Lens selection - Field of View calculation

In the section of "Resource" on the Opto Engineering website, a Lens selection tool can assist to
find a suitable lens based on the object size and the camera used.
e.com/selection_form.
In the table below are summarized the angular Field of view of kit lenses considering the detector
size of kit camera.
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EN10MPL1220
EN10MPL1620
EN10MPL2520
EN10MPL3520
EN10MPL5020
In order to find the linear field of view at a certain working distance a simple trigonometrical
calculation has to be done.
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Description
Fixed focal lens for 12MP
camera, focal length 12 mm
Fixed focal lens for 12MP
camera, focal length 16 mm
Fixed focal lens for 12MP
camera, focal length 25 mm
Fixed focal lens for 12MP
camera, focal length 35 mm
Fixed focal lens for 12MP
camera, focal length 50 mm
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Lenses
Focal length
[mm]
H [°]
12 49.7
16 41.5
25 29.5
35 22.0
50 15.8
FOV Angle
V [°] D [°]
40.8 55.6
32.9 47.6
22.5 35.0
16.5 26.6
11.7 19.3
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