How should security professionals identify the types of applications for which those lenses are best suited?
John Moroney, product manager, CCTV lenses, for Wayne, N.J.-based Fujinon, reports that fixed-focal-length lenses are best suited for security applications where video is recorded and used after the fact in the investigation of a crime, or to defend a “slip-and-fall” lawsuit. “It’s not monitored live, so it’s never adjusted,” Moroney says.