I tested minimum focus distance on the OG-Tele a week or two ago. As I recall, about 3.5 to 4 feet was about as close as it would focus.
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Not uncommon with general photography? Thatâs why macro lenses exist separately from telephotos.
My impression is that dedicated analog systems and hard wired non-WiFi non-âcloudâ systems are much more responsive in this regard⌠
Also of course, TV physics. âENHANCE!â
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I have a non touch screen monitor, How do I get my Wyze OG telephoto camera to zoom?
Zoom for any Wyze camera is entirely in the app - not the camera. I donât know of any way to zoom the app without a touch screen. What device are you using to run the Wyze app?
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The camera is already zoomed to 3 x.
You would need to view through a mobile phone or ipad to use the touch screen, to alter the zoom Mick.
just put to fingers together on the screen and just open or close them to alter the Zoom.
If this is being driven by a casting the phone or tablet to the monitor, you will need to use the phone or tablet to pinch and zoom.
If this is on a computer running an emulator, you can use the mouse to zoom, although you might not be able to set the zoom level. On the OG Live Stream UI, there is a small grey bar just below the live stream video image.
Clicking that once with the mouse will put the video stream into full screen video zoom where you can then grab the image with a mouse click\hold and pan around by dragging.
I am using the wise app on a big screen smart TV. With my V3 cams all I have to do is double click to mouse to zoom. Of course that is not working with the OG telephoto.
After this last update, It will now zoom on my large screen TV by double clicking the mouse. Wyze, Thanks for listening and making it so this camera will work the same as all my other Wyze cameras.
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What you are missing is about 1/3 to half the feild of veiw (never mind the specs) you get with the standard V3. I installed mine today, & am most disappointed. I was looking for zoom controls too. The problem is these cameras have a horrible FOV from top to bottom & side to side, even at their default lens setting. It only gets worse when zoomed in. They might be practical in some few & far between scenarios, but are worthless in most residential install locations. The Pro model I installed yesterday isnât much better.
These cams go on the shelf with the elf !
Itâs a fixed telephoto lens. Itâs supposed to have a much smaller field of view. It will give a fairly close up view when you canât place the camera close to what you are trying to see. The rest of the cameras are so wide angle that you canât get any detail very far away.
K6CCC,
I am aware of the physics behind lens magnification & FOV. Itâs not exactly as though they are supposed to have a much smaller FOV - they just do. Iâve been working with cameras & lenses since the days of vidicons & newvicons. While a fixed telephoto lens can properly be referred to as a telephoto lens, it probably shouldnât be. A more appropriate name would be âHigh Magnification Fixed Telephoto Lensâ.
Before digital zoom, which is what weâre getting with the Wyze Cam Telephoto, most Telephoto lenses actually had moving (zoom) components. They were, & still are, quite pricey. A decent true mechanical telephoto lens of just about any variety, would be cost prohibitive for Wyze Cams.
Another thing to bear in mind is the relationship between digital zoom & resolution. Greater, or closer zoom = less resolution. Sure, you can zoom in enough to read a license plate at a distance, but resolution and FOV suffer nonetheless.
No. You are trying to compare the OG-Tele to a ZOOM lens - which it is not.
Since youâre a camera guy, you will understand this. Take your DSLR and put a 28mm fixed lens on it. Thatâs the OG. Now swap out the 28mm lens with an 80mm fixed lens. Thatâs the OG-Tele. It is NOT a digital zoom in the camera. Yes, the phone app will zoom the display, but that is all in the phone app - NOT the camera.
K6CCC,
I am not trying to make a comparison of the OG Tele to a zoom lens. The OG Tele is only good for looking out across a wide open area; things in the foreground tend to dominate the viewing area. Oh, and digital zoom ? - thatâs just sad.
Perplexity A.I. sums the semantics up best: âItâs important to note that not all telephoto lenses are zoom lenses, and not all zoom lenses are telephoto lenses. While a telephoto lens can be a type of zoom lens, offering a long focal length for bringing distant subjects closer, a zoom lens can cover a range of focal distances, including wide-angle and telephoto rangesâ Are you listening Wyze ? âwide-angleâ & âtelephoto rangesâ
I will admit I had a bit of a knee-jerk reaction when I saw the word âTelephotoâ in the OG Tele product listing. I think my eyes glazed over, and I never saw the FOV specs. The whole Rube Goldberg OG/OG Tele stacking thing should have been a dead giveaway. That wonât happen again.
Peace,
R. Munn
Your looking for a âvarifocalâ lens I believe.