You can buy Board Cameras that are composed of a fixed lens mounted on a circuit board. These cameras are often used in mini cameras, dome cameras and for making hidden cameras but are also sold unpackaged, for mounting by the buyer.
Lenses in these board cameras are either a full opened lens or pinhole lens in which the opening of the lens is very small. Pinhole lens cameras are often called "spy" cameras and are most often used in making hidden cameras. All of our hidden cameras are examples of hidden board cameras.
Lenses in board cameras are pre-mounted and have a fixed iris. In most cases they have a short focal length (the distance between the surface of the lens and its focal point) which results in a wide angle of view. Our board cameras have a lens between 3.6 and 6mm.
Because board cameras have so many fixed features they are limited to what they can be used for. However, they offer a low cost solution to security needs especially hidden camera situations.
