Best Camera Degree

[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

The answer to these questions can be found by doing a little more work on your end as discussed here:

What is the best camera lens to choose for my bed size?

To answer this question requires one additional piece of information: The height above the bed that you plan to mount the camera. LightBurn now has a helper that will do the ugly math for you. Go to Help > Camera Selection Help and the software will use the current workspace size by default, and show you the minimum mounting heights for all the cameras we sell: [image] This number is the absolute minimum required for the camera to see the whole working area. You will need to allow a little …

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Visual Guide for Cameras

As many of us are upgrading features on our lasers to include a camera, I thought I would share a guide to complement the math on the LB site. This is a visual guideline in comparison with the lid/bed, which includes brief print instructions in the file. The angles should be fairly close to spot on, but there may be some approximation, depending on your printer/settings. I placed it at the center of the lid in the open position and at the front of the bed to get an idea of coverage at both angle…

You will need to do the measurements and math for your setup to determine the best fit for your setup. You can also use the search function on the top right of this forum to find a bunch of post about camera use and setups for many different systems.