Infant Optics Wide Angle Lens For DXR-8

Its a great view of our toddlers room. I love it, but my wife doesnt. She only wants the zoom lens where she can watch him breathing while he sleeps, but I like being able to see him play in his room if were in another part of the house. If you want to see the whole room without sacrificing picture quality, get this lense. If you want a happy wife, buy a second camera in secret and put this lens on it, and let her see the zoom view while you use this...

We have this monitor in a room with a toddler in a toddler bed. He is able to get out of the bed on his own. With this lens on the baby monitor, we can see almost the entire room, and hear him, too. It is super-awesome! The night mode gives a green picture and is sometimes grainy, but pretty OK given that it is really dark in the room.

We got this so we could have a full view of our toddlers room. It covers about 80% of the room (we put the camera on a corner shelf to get a better viewing angle), so its nice not having to look around the whole room. The video quality is definitely not as good as the regular lens though, and the night vision is pretty bad. I can barely see my daughters outline at night with the brightness turned up, which is unfortunate.

We use this camera system to keep an eye on dog in his various beds when we are upstairs in bed so we know if he needs to go out. The normal view from these cameras is so zoomed in that you cannot see much area. I guess it is meant to really be zoomed in on a baby in a crib. But these wide angle lenses make it so you can see much more of the room and work perfectly for us.

The wide angle day time view is great. We were able to see so many angles of the room. But as these photos show, the night vision is horrible compared to the lens you initially receive with the monitor. I guess I wasnt surprised with the price. But Id gladly pay more for one that works.

Baby’s room has low ceilings so that the camera couldn’t get far enough from the crib to fully show on the monitor. This wide angle lens made all the difference. Perfect for our situation!

I was hesitant to try this lens after reading several poor reviews. The reviews stated that the picture quality, specifically when using night vision, was horrible. I stumbled upon a Q&A that said the poor picture quality when using night vision had been resolved in newer models. I cannot remember the exact year they said, but we purchased our video monitor in late 2018. I figured I would give it a try since scanning the room for our child (who just moved to a toddler bed) with the standard lens is somewhat annoying. I put the new lens on tonight, and I was very pleased that the picture quality isn’t horrible. The picture quality is slightly worse than when using the standard lens, but I can see clearly enough that it won’t be an issue. My only complaint about this video monitor in general is that I think the picture quality should be better overall for the price, but again, it does it’s job so it’s not something to throw a fit about.

I feel like this should be an optional upgrade when initially buying the camera, but I do think this was a game changer for our camera setup being mounted to the bassinet.

Great way to enhance the image of nursery

I purchased the wide angle lens because I had to install the camera at the very top of my wall at the ceiling in order to get the whole crib in the picture. I was worried about the night vision due to other reviews, but the manufacturer stated that issue was fixed. It definitely is fixed because I do not see a different between the regular lens or night vision lens. Pros: - I could install the camera lower and get the whole crib and additional parts of the room - By installing it lower I could accurately use the temperature feature of the camera - Night vision and regular vision works great - Did not affect the quality of the picture at all Cons: - The night vision does have a hot spot but this is more of a camera con rather than because of the actual lens. I had this same hot spot using the regular lens as well. Overall it works great and I absolutely needed this wide angle lens for this camera in order to use it the way that I wanted to.