DatuGram™3D Tip of the Month Video: Camera & Lens Selection a Key Success Factor

DatuGram™3D Tip of the Month: Camera & Lens Selection a Key Success Factor

Selecting an appropriate camera and lens is a key success factor when using regular cameras for surveying.

However, expensive cameras and lenses are not necessarily the best choices!

Here are few simple guidelines for choosing an appropriate camera and lens for 1:250 scale surveying works:

• Use a high-resolution camera
• Use a wide-angle lens with focal length less than 20 mm
• Use a fixed focal-length lens without zoom
• Expensive is not necessarily better

DatuGram™3D is a new revolutionary close-range photogrammetry software that lets you make land surveying measurements, mapping, 3D modeling, and technical CAD drawings directly from images of regular cameras, all at sub-cm accuracy. Whether you’re doing UAV photogrammetry with a quadcopter, mount your camera on a telescopic monopole, or just stand taking pictures for a building survey, using DatuGram™3D, both field and office work of topographic and as-built surveys are made:

• Easier
• Faster
• Safer
• Accurate

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