25mm Telephoto Lens for Raspberry Pi HQ Camera, C-Mount

If you’ve ever been watching wildlife shows and wondered how the camera crew got so close to wild animals, then you’ve been tricked like the rest of us by the clever use of telephoto lenses, which are built to cut down the focal length of a camera and make objects seem a lot closer than they really are. This, while being relatively basic and used throughout centuries in items like spyglasses, is a very valuable tool to have for photography, as it lets users enjoy more freedom on where they can install cameras without having to compromise on image quality. This is why we love the idea of this tiny but powerful IMX477 Camera 25mm Telephoto C-Mount Lens, which is designed to fit directly onto the end of the awesome Raspberry Pi IMX477 High Quality Camera Module, to provide a good 25mm focal length and open up fresh new opportunities and ways for you to take advantage of the great quality of the IMX477 sensor.

Of course, some of you may know that a zoom lens is not exactly the same as a telephoto lens, but to make things easier to understand for non-camera-enthusiasts, this telephoto lens acts like an analog zoom, and whereas digital zoom typically reduces quality, the analog style keeps image quality crisp and clear due to the technique of focusing light rather than digital post-processing, resulting in the same camera quality you’re used to, but just made to appear much closer. This is ideal for situations in which you need a closer view but can’t install your camera any closer, as well as for portable applications in which you may want to take a nice high quality photo but can’t get close enough to the subject to get a good shot. No matter how you use this lens though, it’s great to know that it is ready to offer the functionality you need, when you need it most, with the extra benefit of it being a purely optional mounting lens that you can choose to use, or leave out.

If you have one of the cool IMX477 Camera Modules for your Raspberry Pi projects and love the idea of mountable lenses like this one, consider also checking out the other items in our C/CS-Mount Range, so that you can get the ideal lens mount (or multiple of them!) to suit whatever experimentation and project needs you may have.

Additional Resources:

• For more insights and information on this Lens, check out the official Waveshare 25mm Telephoto Lens Wiki Page, which features useful info on this as well as other C-Mount lenses.

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