glued lens

[Emil416 0]

A couple of months ago I purchased 2 bullet cameras (KT&C-KPC-HD 230CWX) from 2M CCTV. I had them replace the standard lens with 12MM ones since I want to watch an area which goes from 75ft.- 90ft from where the cameras will be mounted. Today I discovered that the tech left out the set screws and glued the lenses in place. Is this common practice? I haven't installed the cameras as of yet,so I don't know if they need to be focused. At this distance do they even need to be focused? I wanted to get your feeling on this before I contact the vender tomorrow.

[CollinR 0]

Thats pretty bogus, they should use the set screws. Now it's also possible they used basically a hot glue gun, in that case they should send you the damn set screws and you can break the glue loose without much trouble.

 

They probably did focus the cameras though.

[Emil416 0]

It's not hot glued but appears to be superglued or locktite. I am leaning more toward superglue since I dont see any colored residue on the threads, but a clear shiny area almost wet looking.

[rory 0]

maybe they lost the screws

[Emil416 0]

Thanks for the replies. Today I got out a jewlers loop and a flashlight and did find a set screw. I was expecting a very small allen, but instead found out that I needed a very small screwdriver instead. I loosened it and the lens did indeed turn. It was all ready in focus for that distance. Sorry for the false info. Bad eyesight and inexperence dosen't help. I made a small sign (6"X 12") a put on some 2" high by 1" wide black letters on a white background and tried to read these. I was about 68 ft away but couldn't. I could see and read the sign very well with just my eyes. I was just using a 17" TV instead of a monitor I hope when I connect upto the monitor the resolution will improve. I even tried the digital zoom and still I couldn't read it. I figured that I would be able to read it since I am using a 12MM lens.