ELP 5MP Global Shutter 50fps USB Camera – Wide Angle Webcam for Live Streaming (100 No Distortion Lens)

ELP 5MP Global Shutter 50fps USB Camera – Wide Angle Webcam for Live Streaming (100 No Distortion Lens)

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ELP 5MP Global Shutter 50fps USB Camera – Wide Angle Webcam for Live Streaming (100 No Distortion Lens)
Price: $166.99
(as of Mar 04,2025 20:02:32 UTC – Details)

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Stopped working after 1 month
I got this for my CNC machine.. I don't know what to call it, it started off as a CNC router with a 10HP automatic tool changer on it, but then I put 2 lasers on it, (one pointing down, one going sideways) and then I put a C axis on it and got aggregate heads for it, so now it's also a CNC Saw, and then I put a plasma torch on it, and then a tapping head… It does a lot of things! I wanted to do something like what Lightburn does, but I can't have a fixed camera, the machine is just too big at 5feet x 18 feet work area. So, I figure I could go to a start position, capture an image, move down the Y axis, take another, move more. etc.. until I cover the entire machine table. The global shutter honestly would not make any difference at all, since I'll be taking static images, but the no-distortion lens will be important, because I don't want to require photoshop to stitch all the images together, I want to just paste them into a grid, and hopefully it will align properly.Since the machine is so big, I can't run a USB cable, so I'm going to put a Raspberry Pi 5 on the gantry, then I can give it commands via TCP/IP let it take care of stitching the images together, then send the image to my host via TCP/IP. It's a bit of a project.I was very happy that I had an image on my Pi within seconds of plugging it in! I plugged it in and went to the webcamtests website and gave it the permissions it wanted and POOF it displayed the camera!This is a work in progress, I need to design a mount for it that not only keeps it perfectly perpendicular to my machine table but also aligned to its X and Y axis, so I'm designing a mount that allows fine adjustments on the rotation angle and parallelism. I'm not sure if I can get it close enough mechanically, so it might be something I have to handle in software, but the software will be a whole lot easier if I can get it aligned to the machine.Edit: I was tinkering with this, just working on getting images read into software on my desk, and I got a USB overcurrent error, and the camera was very warm, it no longer output an image, and now no matter what PC I plug it into, it detects there is a camera there, but there is no output. This is the first time I've had the camera on powered up for any length of time, before I had just done a few quick tests with it to see how it worked, but this time it was on for a few hours while I tweaked some code.I'm very lucky that it was barely within the return window, so I put in for a replacement, but the replacement won't be here for a month or two… literally, it's December 20th and it says the replacement won't arrive until January 23rd to February 22nd, and it says under that "Usually Ships in 1 to 2 Months" I don't know why it's so slow, but my project is on hold until a replacement arrives. I will update my review again once the replacement is in. I'm honestly not sure it's a good idea to put so much development effort into something that is so difficult to get a hold of replacements.Edit again: Customer support has been very helpful. I asked them for a drawing so I could design a mounting bracket for it, they sent me a PDF, which is nice, but a CAD file would be better, so I asked for that too, and they sent me a .DWG file! That is SUPER helpful! I really wish they had a solid model, but starting from a DWG it's not difficult to make a solid model. They also let me know that the normal delivery should be better, but Amazon happened to run out of stock right when they are having their winter shutdown. Hopefully in the future they will keep more in stock to prevent these long delays.
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  • Snowball

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Excellent camera, well worth the price

    Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2025

    Style: 100°low distortion lensAmazon Vine Customer Review of Free Product( What’s this? )

    This is my review of ELP’s Global Shutter USB Camera

    This is a USB camera that utilizes a global shutter system. A global shutter captures all pixels in the image simultaneously, which gives you images that are virtually free of distortion. Standard shutters take a photograph in lines, typically from top to bottom, almost like a scanner (though must faster), and they are prone to distortion when shooting fast moving objects.

    It is plug-and-play and does not require any special drivers, which I find an important feature. Thus far, I have tested it on my Macintosh studio system, and a Windows laptop, without any problems. I will not list all the applications it works with, but it seems to be compatible with most programs that require the use of a camera. At least I personally have not found one that it will not work with.

    But where this type of camera really stands out is its ability to take images of objects moving at high speeds. I am currently using it to photograph cuts on my laser etching machine, and the images come out sharp and clear.

    In addition, I have used it for one of my Zoom calls, and of the six folks on the call, my image was hands down the best of the lot. As a matter of fact, several of the people asked for the link so they could pick one up.

    It does seem pricy; however, cameras using similar global shutter technology can run thousands of dollars.

    A good USB camera that is built to last.

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    Snowball

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Excellent camera, well worth the price

    Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2025


    This is my review of ELP’s Global Shutter USB Camera

    This is a USB camera that utilizes a global shutter system. A global shutter captures all pixels in the image simultaneously, which gives you images that are virtually free of distortion. Standard shutters take a photograph in lines, typically from top to bottom, almost like a scanner (though must faster), and they are prone to distortion when shooting fast moving objects.

    It is plug-and-play and does not require any special drivers, which I find an important feature. Thus far, I have tested it on my Macintosh studio system, and a Windows laptop, without any problems. I will not list all the applications it works with, but it seems to be compatible with most programs that require the use of a camera. At least I personally have not found one that it will not work with.

    But where this type of camera really stands out is its ability to take images of objects moving at high speeds. I am currently using it to photograph cuts on my laser etching machine, and the images come out sharp and clear.

    In addition, I have used it for one of my Zoom calls, and of the six folks on the call, my image was hands down the best of the lot. As a matter of fact, several of the people asked for the link so they could pick one up.

    It does seem pricy; however, cameras using similar global shutter technology can run thousands of dollars.

    A good USB camera that is built to last.

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  • letmepicyou

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    But what IS a "Global shutter", and how is it useful?

    Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2024

    Style: 100°no distortion lensAmazon Vine Customer Review of Free Product( What’s this? )

    To start out with, let's discuss what for many of you is probably the "elephant in the room": It's $167 for a USB CAMERA?

    Allow me to put that into just a little perspective. The only other place in the market you can get a Global Shutter equipped camera is the Sony Alpha 9 III, which is currently clocking in around $6,000. That's right, not $600, $6,000.

    Suddenly, $167 bucks doesn't sound nearly so bad, does it?

    Now, of course, this isn't going to give you all the capabilities that the A9 III has, it is just a USB camera after all, whereas the A9 III is "the whole enchilada", so to speak. But, what you DO get with this ELP is the most important (and the most expensive) part, the Global Shutter.

    But what IS a "Global Shutter", you might be wondering. That's easy, most cameras, be they DSLR or mirrorless, work in the same fashion, where an image is processed one line at a time. In a DSLR, this occurs as a result of 2 curtains, a front and a rear, traveling in front of the image sensor only allowing a line to be exposed at a time. In a mirrorless camera, it happens simply because that's how they're programmed and designed to work. This is called a "rolling shutter", and has been the de-facto standard on cameras for a very long time.

    The Global Shutter, on the other hand, exposes the ENTIRE image at once, rather than a line at a time.

    Ok, you're thinking. So what? Where will I actually see this played out? Easy, when you're taking video of moving subject, especially rapidly moving subjects. Why? Have you ever seen video of a 3-D printer working, and seen odd "artifacts" where it seems like the print head will almost disappear and reappear in the next frame when it moves? This is an effect of the rolling shutter capturing an object in motion. Using this Global shutter camera pointed at your 3-D printer, those "tearing" video artifacts are a thing of the past, because the entire frame is exposed at once.

    By matter of fact, expensive digital movie cameras costing many tens of thousands of dollars have global shutters, and the Sony A9 III is the first to put this technology in the hands of the consumer videographer at $6,000. And also by matter of fact, this is pretty much the only place you'll find this technology in a USB camera form, at the frankly RIDICULOUS price of $160. This is so worth the asking price, and the first time you set this up to capture some 3-D prints (or other rapid motion stuff) and see the artifact-free frame-by-frame crystal clear quality, you'll understand what a steal this is. I mean, or you could go drop $6k on the Sony. I mean, lol. Seems an easy choice.

    The highest resolutions this will do are a bit low by "4k standards" at 2592×1944@50fps 2592×1440@60fps (personally, I think the 1440 / 60fps is more useful), but is still plainly better than "plain-old 1080p", so I'm not terribly stressed about the lack of 4k support. Especially at the price.

    Do I recommend it? Absolutely. You won't get a global shutter camera cheaper anywhere. Does it have everything I wish it had? No, not quite. They make a much better zoomable lens for these little USB board cameras which would be an excellent upgrade for this camera, and so would 4k resolution as well, even if it was 4k@30fps. But, once again, I find complaining difficult at this asking price. Especially standing in the shadow of the A9 III. This is an easy 5 stars. Excellent image quality, nearly universal compatibility, and that rocking Global Shutter make it a no-brainer for less then $200.

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  • Watts of Reading

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Fantastic USB camera

    Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2025

    Style: 100°no distortion lensAmazon Vine Customer Review of Free Product( What’s this? )

    A global shutter camera at this price is amazing. When I saw this pop up I couldn't order it fast enough. It works pretty universally across platforms. I have hooked it up to my Windows laptop and my iPad and both had no issues finding and using the camera. The image is surprisingly crisp for a tiny USB camera. It does prefer a generous amount of light but I have a lighting setup so thats no worry. I got it up and running on OBS studio on the laptop. I am probably going to 3d print a housing for it to protect the electronics when handling the camera but other than that it just works well right out of the box and has a fantastic picture.


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Visible screen diagonal

14" / 36 cm
Ultra HD: still picture resolution: 2592×1944 Max.
Global Shutter: all pixels in the image are exposed simultaneously, free of distortion, shooting high-speed moving objects in crisp sharp images.
1/2.5” OmniVision OX05B1S lightburn camera. Picture format MJPEG or YUY2 optional, cameras with high resolution can be used in any video system for personal or industrial.
High Speed: 2592×1944@50fps MJPEG/2592×1440@60fps MJPEG, 2560×1440@60fps MJPEG/ 2304×1296@60fps MJPEG 2048×1536@50fps MJPEG, etc.
M12 mount, 100degree low distortion Lens, HFOV: about 98 degree, VFOV: about 82 degree.
The OmniVision OX05B1S sensor works with as little as 0.1 LUX.
Super small and Mini Size for your lightburn laser engraver. Compact lightburn laser camera for all kinds of machine vision.
Plug&Play: UVC-compliant, just connect the camera to PC computer, laptop, Android device or Raspberry Pi with the USB cable without extra drivers to be installed.
USB webcam widely works with WinXP/Vista/Windows 7/8, Windows 10 Linux with UVC. Webcam for MAC, PC, desktop computer, laptop USB.
Applications: this mini 38mmx38mm camera board can be installed in most narrow position for a home surveillance system, wildlife photography, dashcam, baby camera, video conference, iris and physiognomy recognition, depth and motion detection.etc.

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