ELP VGA Super Mini Wide Angle USB Camera Module with 120degree lens High Speed 480P 60fps UVC USB2.0 Video Webcam Board OV7725 Embedded Industrial...

I have had several of these camera dating back more than 4 years and they have worked really well. I am using them for a machine vision project to sort brass casings by headstamp. This is my recommended camera. It has a very large sensor with large sensing pixels in a low resolution format which is perfect for ultra low light environments (which is why I use this one). There is a wax seal on the lenses threads but it can be broken and the lenses focus can be manually adjusted.

Absolutely worthless, quit working in less than 2hrs after receiving. Got replacement and is no better.

This was purchased to have a supplemental wide angle view when connected to a LimeLight 2 Smart Camera for FRC robotics. As a digital USB camera with integral MPEG compression, when plugged in o the Limelight it was immediately detected, and the live image was streamed to the player station flawlessly. The lack of enclosure was not a disadvantage for us, since it allowed more flexibility for mounting to our frame. It would be nice if the lens cap came tethered, but that's a minor thing. Lens focus was very good out of the box. We considered a 120 degree field of view camera, but that model was temporarily out of stock, so we ordered the 100 degree lens model instead. It turned out to be a good fit, so we actually got lucky - 120 degrees would probably have been too much. Would recommend, especially at this price point.

The camera works as expected. The field of view is good with not much distortion (it can be solved by calibration and un distortion) but the resolution might be too low (640x480) for some applications.

I bought 2 of these to make a stereo camera but I quickly learned that 120 is too much. you have to be super close and it's hard to calibrate. this is not a knock on the camera which works perfectly out of the box. The only reason I'm not giving it 5 stars is the packaging and a couple very small but slightly annoying design problems. For example the cord is twisted so much its hard to keep the camera from tilting without screwing it in, which for testing it can be annoying, you can find 3d mounts on the internet that work perfectly for this camera. unless your 120% you need 120 degree FOV take something smaller like 90 degrees or 60 degrees. As far as FPS is concerned I'm still playing with it but I've had ranges of 14-96 FPS depending on the program I used. once I get consistent results I'll edit my review but one of the reasons I got this camera was to go above 60 FPS.