ZED Mini Stereo photos recording -

Hardware ZED Mini
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Hi,

I’m looking into the ZEDmini camera for 3d modelling to do measurements on industrial machines.

I can see it is mostly used with custom software devellopement, i would like to use mostly the camera and process the records in dedicated softwares.

I’m relatively familiar with photogrammetry, as I operate some high-end systems allowing to measure below the millimetre with post processing using metashape/3DF zephyr. However i work mostly from stereo photos and not video.

I was looking at the Zed mini to record stereo photos, and i have few questions :

  • is it possible to record stereo photos from Zed explorer or only video? i can see it is possible to configure photo format, but i don’t understand if it is real time record, and if so at what frame rate?
  • what is the format of the calibration file?
  • I’m wondering if the USB models coupled with a high-end graphic card laptop (as a first step for testing, and probably later with a zedbox), could be a solution?
  • last question, how can i convert svo video format to a more common format?

Thanks!

Tristan

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Hi @Tristan
Welcome to the Stereolabs community.

The ZED Mini is not a camera made to record stereo pictures.
It’s a passive sensor made to acquire 3D information from the environment in depth map or point cloud formats, and use them to develop applications using this type of data.

Please read here for the required information.

Yes, this is a valid configuration to start developing with our cameras and learn how the ZED SDK works, and its capabilities.

We provide open source examples: zed-sdk/recording/export at master · stereolabs/zed-sdk · GitHub

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Hi @Myzhar

Many thanks for your answers, all understood !