Operating a camera physically rotated by 90 degrees (vertically) : any drawback?

MarcoFoi

I am planning to operate my OAK-D camera vertically. The baseline will be vertical, the two stereo cams will be one above the other.

Will be there any major drawback?

The purpose of this unconventional mounting and operating the camera is to use the wider HFOV in place of the VFOV.

I will be using the camera to scan along a very near surface (around 80 cm far from camera) and I need to capture the widest vertical strip of the target.

I also considered the WIDE version of the OAK-D but the wider lens (wider also in vertical) would add significative distortion to the pictures.

I am accepting any other hint about how to get the same result with other means than physically rotating the camera.

jakaskerl

Hi MarcoFoi
As far as depth goes, i don't think there should be any major drawbacks if you leave the calibration as it is (using hfov). You would need some postprocessing to rotate the image back to the original (if you need to). Other than that, i guess a bit worse cooling capabilities since the heat sink is intended for horizontal device use.

Hope this helps.
Jaka