Time to choose the right camera. Need assurance

[gentzleon (Victor Leon)]

Ok, my ap1812 has a work area of 457X305 mm, my height is about 635 mm, what camera will work? I will be ordering tonight or tomorrow. Thanks.

[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

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 …

[gentzleon (Victor Leon)]

ok, I have the bed size, I have the max height which is 635 that i can mount the camera. not sure what else is needed for you to recommend a camera.

[gentzleon (Victor Leon)]

I see any will work, I want to know which will give me less distortion on the image quality.

[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

There is a lot of information about cameras on this forum. I found this to be of to others help.

Lightburn Camera Calculator

I whipped up a Lightburn Camera Calculator to help determine which camera focal length might be appropriate for any given machine. Give it a whirl & let me know if you see any issues! I hope this helps everyone answer the question, “Which camera do I need?” https://tinyurl.com/LightburnCamera [LightBurn%20Camera%20Calculator%20Screenshot]

[gentzleon (Victor Leon)]

Thanks, that was easy. seems the 60 degree lens will do.