Fisheye · 1 model
One camera for a whole compartment
A fisheye does not watch a view, it watches a room. A single 1.05 mm lens with a 180° × 180° field covers floor, walls and ceiling from one corner mounting point — which is why it is the camera for engine rooms, pump rooms and small steel boxes where running four cables is worse than buying one lens.
What the lens does to the picture
The published optics are 1.05 mm at F2.2 with a horizontal and vertical field of 180°. That is not a wide-angle lens, it is a full hemisphere: the image arrives as a disc and is unwrapped in software. The catalogue documents 180°, 360° and PTZ dewarp modes — a 360° mode turns one ceiling-mounted unit into a virtual all-round view.
The practical consequence is resolution per metre. A 3 MP sensor spread over a hemisphere gives you recognise-the-scene coverage, not identify-the-face coverage. Use it to see that something happened and where, then point a PTZ at that spot.
Where it fits on a vessel
Machinery spaces are the obvious case: one camera in a corner of the engine room shows the whole floor, including the parts behind equipment that a barrel camera would never see. The same applies to steering gear rooms, paint lockers, small cargo holds and lift motor rooms — spaces where the value is seeing everything at once rather than seeing one thing well.
At 10 m IR reach it is a close-range device by design: the compartment is the scene. It weighs under 6 kg and is listed at IP68, so it can be washed down with the rest of the space.
The two things that go wrong
First, mounting height. A fisheye is mounted high and looks down; if the ceiling is low, the useful part of the frame is the floor and the walls are compressed at the edge. Second, dewarping — the recorder or the viewing client has to support it, otherwise the operator sees a distorted disc and concludes the camera is broken.
Both are specification issues, not camera issues: agree the mounting point with the yard and confirm the dewarp support in the recorder before the cable is pulled.
The models on this page
| Model | Marking | IP | Resolution | Lens | IR | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Explosion-proof Fisheye Camera | Ex d IIC T6 Gb/Ex tD A21 IP68 T80°C | IP68 | 3 MP / 5 MP | 1.05 mm · 180° × 180° FOV | 10 m | < 6 kg |
Transcribed from the the 2026 manufacturer catalogue. The full 17-model data sheet is on the hazardous-area camera page.
Specify it against these four points
- 3 or 5 MP over a hemisphere — scene awareness, not identification
- 180° × 180° field with 1.05 mm F2.2 — one mounting point per compartment
- 10 m IR: close-range by design
- Recorder must support 180° / 360° / PTZ dewarp before you buy
Buyer questions
Fisheye cameras
Can one fisheye replace four cameras in an engine room?+−
For overview, often yes. For identification of a person or a reading on a gauge, no — the pixels are spread over a hemisphere. The usual arrangement is one fisheye for the room plus a PTZ or fixed camera for whatever needs detail.
Does the 360° mode need a special recorder?+−
It needs a client that dewraps the fisheye image. The camera outputs the raw hemispherical view; the catalogue documents 180°, 360° and PTZ modes, but the viewing software has to render them.
Is a fisheye suitable for a small cargo hold?+−
Yes, provided the hold is small enough that 10 m IR and the lens field make sense. On a long hold, the far end is outside the useful resolution and a fixed camera at that end is the better spend.
What about condensation in a wet space?+−
Not specified in the catalogue. In a machinery space with temperature swings, ask the manufacturer about heater or desiccant options before mounting a fisheye under a steel ceiling.