Product Overview
A wide-angle lens that screws directly onto the Raspberry Pi High Quality Camera. Its wide field of view suits CCTV-style projects such as smart doorbells, home security, wildlife cameras and robotics vision.
Key Features
| Feature | Benefit |
|---|---|
| 6 mm wide-angle, 63° field of view | Captures rooms, doorways and wide scenes |
| 3 MP resolution | Clear images for monitoring |
| CS-mount | Screws straight onto the HQ Camera |
| F1.2 aperture | Good low-light performance |
| Thumbscrew focus | Precise manual adjustment |
Applications
| Application Area | Example Projects |
|---|---|
| Photography | Landscape, time-lapse and night-sky images |
| Security | Doorways, rooms and car parks |
| Wildlife | Bird boxes and trail cameras |
| Machine vision | Inspection and measurement |
| Science | Microscopy-style and lab imaging setups |
Benefits
The right field of view
Changing lens lets the HQ Camera match the scene instead of cropping the image.
Manual control
Focus and aperture adjustments give full control over sharpness and brightness.
Made for the HQ Camera
Mounts on the Raspberry Pi High Quality Camera (C-mount lenses use the adapter ring supplied with the camera).
Specifications
| Specification | Details |
|---|---|
| Image format | 1/2″ |
| Focal length | 6 mm |
| Resolution | 3 MP |
| Aperture | F1.2 |
| Mount | CS-mount |
| Field of view | 63° |
| Minimum object distance | 0.2 m |
| Size / weight | 30 × 34 mm, 53 g |
| Focus | Manual |
Compatibility
- Raspberry Pi High Quality Camera
Why Choose This Product?
It gives the HQ Camera a wide, bright view — ideal for security, doorbell and robotics cameras.
Beginner Use Cases
- Take landscape or garden photos
- Record a time-lapse
- Build a bird-box camera
- Learn how focal length changes a picture
Professional Use Cases
- Security and monitoring cameras
- Machine-vision inspection
- Scientific imaging
- Wildlife research cameras
Please Note
- Do not use the C-CS adapter with this lens, or images will be out of focus
- HQ Camera is not included
6mm or 16mm Lens?
- 6mm wide-angle (CS-mount) — wide view for rooms, doorways and close subjects.
- 16mm telephoto (C-mount) — narrower view that brings distant subjects closer.
- Both are manual-focus lenses for the Raspberry Pi High Quality Camera. C-mount lenses use the C-CS adapter ring supplied with the HQ Camera.



