The S-mount is a standard lens mount used in various surveillance CCTV cameras and webcams. It uses a male metric M12 thread with 0.5 mm pitch on the lens and a corresponding female thread on the lens mount.

M12 Lenses, also referred to as S-Mount Lenses or Micro-Video Lenses, are board lenses used to focus an image onto a camera sensor. They are used in a variety of applications including automotive, forensics, pharmaceutical, and food inspection.

S-mount may refer to: Kodak S-mount, a combined bayonet and thread lens mount for ciné lenses and cameras between 1948 and 1961; Nikon S-mount, a dual-bayonet lens mount used for a range of Nikon rangefinder cameras between 1948 and 2005; Leica S-mount, a fully electronic bayonet lens mount used for Leica medium-format SLRs such as the S2 ...

The Nikon S-mount is a type of interchangeable lens mount used by a series of Nikon 35 mm rangefinder cameras (Nikon I, Nikon M, Nikon S, Nikon S2, Nikon SP, Nikon S3, Nikon S4). The lenses were sold under the name Nikkor.

S-mount lenses (also known as M12 lenses) offer a great combination of compactness, flexibility, image quality, and cost savings.

M12 or micro-video imaging lenses are typically board lenses that are small and feature an S-Mount type camera or lens mount. The S-Mount is a standard lens mount used in machine vision and M12 refers to the metric thread type with a nominal diameter of 12mm, a pitch of 0.5mm (M12 x 0.5), and without a standardized flange distance (see The ...

Lenses with a M12x0.5mm thread are officially called S-Mount lenses, though "M12 lenses", "M12x0.5 lenses" or simply "board lenses" is more commonly used, as they are often used with board cameras. They are the most common "mini lenses".

Industrial machine vision manufacturers can use S-Mount when referencing M12x0.5 thread specifications. This is a result of using C / CS mount terminology for several decades. The S-Mount term is less accurate and does not specify a maximum/minor thread diameter tolerance.

What’s the difference between zoom lenses and vario lenses? How to tell which sensor size a zoom lens was designed for? Can s-mount lenses replace c-mount lenses in general?

May 26, 2020 · M12 means that the diameter of the lens thread is 12mm, and it’s also known as the S-Mount lens because it is S (Smaller, Shorter) compared to the C/CS mount lenses.