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Lenses

The Raspberry Pi camera doesn’t have a field of view that is wide enough for my robot, I’d have to mount it really far from my robot to see enough context to make it drivable so I’ve bought some wide angle iPhone lenses to try out.

Wide-angle and fish-eye lenses

Wide-angle and fish-eye lenses

Here’s a photo taken using the fish-eye lens held up to my iPhone:

The view through the fish-eye lens

The view through the fish-eye lens