JUST LOOK ON THE BOTTOM OF YOUR 6, 8 OR 12MM LENS & SEE IF THERE IS A PINK SQUARE FILTER INSTALLED/GLUED ON, IF THERE IS, THEN YOU HAVE VERSION 1 V1.

IF THERE IS NO FILTER, THEN YOU MAY HAVE V2  OR V3 VERSION & IF YOU HAVE VERSION2 V2 YOU WOULD NEED TO SWAP OUT THE LITTLE PHILIPS SCREWS THAT HOLD THE SENSOR BOARD TO THE LENS SHAFT HOLDER. THE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT THE SCREW HEADS STICK UP A LITTLE BIT TO FAR WHICH MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO THREAD THE LENS IN FAR ENOUGH TO ACHIEVE FOCUS.

WE OFFER THE SCREWS FOR $20.00 EXTRA IF YOU NEED THEM.

WE ONLY HAVE LIMITED SUPPLY ON THESE, & YOU SHOULD ONLY NEED THE SCREWS IF YOU HAVE A OLDER FOSCAM 8905W

YOU COULD ALSO USE SMALL DOTS OF GORILLA GLUE TO SECURE THE IR FILTER HOUSING PART TO THE PLASTIC PART THAT HOLDS THE SENSOR, IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO PURCHASE THE SCREWS,

ITS VERY EASY TO DO.

This is the newly developed Professional RageCams Model FI-28mm f1.6 ir lens.

The biggest complaint we hear about this camera was that the foscam usually ships with a very narrow view 8, OR 12mm lens and thats only good for long range video.

This new 2.8mm lens covers the widest field of view available to date!

PERFECTLY FITS UNDER THE FRONT GLASS KEEPING IT YOUR CAMERA WATERPROOF.

We do have wider angle lenses for this camera, but using them will not allow the lens glass front of the foscam to fit back on.

PLEASE ALSO NOTE:

THAT THERE ARE 2 DIFFERENT FI8905W CAMERAS ON THE MARKET, 1 WITH SCREWS THAT ARE NORMAL & THE OTHER WITH SCREWS THAT PREVENT THE 2.8MM LENS FROM FOCUSING CORRECTLY WHICH IF YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE THE MODEL WITH THE 2 BAD SCREWS THIS IS HOW YOU SOLVE THE FOCUS PROBLEM.

We finally figured out the focus problem, just when we though this was a super smooth install, it appears that foscam has changed their sensor screws to a different type that keeps this 2.8mm lens from threading in all the way to achieve perfect focus. This is a very minor issue, & not all of the foscam 8905w cameras use these new screws, just recently we have noticed this change after a few customers said the lens didnt focus right & they watched the video over & over, &  after already selling over 100 lenses with no problems at all, we were confused ourselves & had our customer send us his camera so we could figure this odd dilemma out.

So we installed the lens for him correctly & shipped it back to him & he is very happy with the work done.
We do offer this install service if you dont feel comfortable doing this & want us to install the lens for you correctly.

We also self insure our work if something happens & accept full liability for getting you a working camera if things go bad, so no worries.
We are currently looking for replacement screws for this camera & should have them soon so you wont have to glue anything.
We have tested & confirmed that the 2012 MANUFACTURED foscam camera has 2 black screws located on the flat black ring one on each side of the sensor, those screws have to be removed because they are not allowing the lens to thread in all the way to reach focus, but if you remove the sensor screws, they hold the sensor & shaft board in place, so you need to apply a few tiny dabs of gorilla glue very sparingly, apply with a pin head if possible, this glue will hold well only with a little bit applied keeping the glue on the outer edges away from the sensor.

Dab tiny dots around the edges to keep the boards together, which eliminates having to put the 2 screws back in its pretty easy to do & will not harm anything in the process.

  PLEASE NOTE:

BE CAREFUL on the install, you could burn out ir leds on your infrared board ring if you leave it powered on while you focus or install the new lens.

If the IR board rear contacts touch the metal on the camera or other conductive objects it can burn out those leds.

The only way to damage the led board is by letting the rear solder joints touch metal which then grounds them out, so if your careful & follow the youtube video instructions,  & you should have no problems.

 

If you want to confirm that your camera is going to accept our 2.8mm lens without any gluing require or the new screws, then just look at our picture examples shown below

1 THING YOU NEED TO REMEMBER ABOUT THE FOSCAM, IS THAT THE v2 2102 MODEL HAVE AN IR CUT FILTER THAT IS IN PLACE BEFORE THE BOARD, & THATS THE PART THAT WAS ADDED THAT MAKES THESE LENSES NOT FIT CORRECTLY DUE TO THE SCREW HEADS.

LATE 2012 & 2013 VERSIONS DO NOT NEED SCREWS INSTALLED AS THEY NOW CHANGED THE SCREWS TO ONES THAT ALLOW OUR LENS TO FIT PERFECTLY

 WE HAVE A FEW FIX OPTIONS FOR YOU IF YOU HAVE THE OLDER MODEL, WHICH THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN TELL IF YOU HAVE THE OLDER OR NEWER MODEL IS TO REMOVE THE LENS & CONFIRM IF THE REAR OF THE LENS HAS A PINK SQUARE FILTER GLUED ON THE METAL.

ONLY IF YOU HAVE THE OLDER MODEL:

We offer this lens with different filter choices you can pick the one you want from the 3 below:

1-(No Filter) this allows your camera to have better brighter night vision then before, but daytime colors will be CLEAR but washed out & changed to a black & white image appearance, GREEN GRASS WILL LOOK BROWN, RED LOOKS PINK ETC..

THE NO FILTER VERSION IS RECOMMENDED, BECAUSE IF YOU DECIDE YOU WANT THE FOSCAM DAY NIGHT FILTER BACK INSTALLED ON YOUR CAMERA, YOU CAN SIMPLY REMOVE IT OFF YOUR ORIGINAL 8 OR 12MM LENS BY USING A HAIR DRYER TO HEAT IT UP AND THEN TAKE A SMALL REGULAR HEAD SCREWDRIVER, RAZOR BLADE, OR A BUTTER KNIFE, & GENTLY APPLY SOME SIDE FORCE & PRY THE LITTLE FILTER UPWARDS TO BREAK THE GLUE SEAL.

EASILY GLUE IT ON THE 2.8MM FROM US USING ONLY TINY PIN DABS OF GORILLA GLUE, SPARINGLY, ONLY NEEDS TO LOOK A LITTLE WET TO WORK & HOLD WELL.

2- (Day Night filter) CAN BE REMOVED FROM YOUR CURRENT 8 OR 12MM LENS & REINSTALLED ON THE 2.8MM

The camera image will look just like the day and night images you have now, just widen the view up.

3- (Day filter) gives perfect RICH color replication during the day much better than the stock lens filter, but wont see any infrared light at night SO YOU WONT HAVE NIGHT VISION IF YOU CHOOSE THIS OPTION, & WILL  BE POOR IN LOWER LIGHT.

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