I’m genuinely frustrated by the camera positioning on my H2S. It’s ridiculous and frankly embarrassing that Bambu Lab can’t seem to deliver proper calibration and accurate camera rendering for the laser. Objects align somewhat decently at the front, but toward the top and sides, the preview deviates by several millimeters from the actual cut line.
When does Bambu Lab intend to fix this? Whether through proper lens distortion correction and de-warping for the bird’s-eye camera, or via a dedicated calibration matrix/board. At the very least, a low-power laser preview should be supported so users can align objects accurately. Considering these machines cost several thousand euros, this is unacceptable. xTool manages to get accurate positioning done with a single camera just fine.
And now for a slightly more serious answer: it probably won’t happen anytime soon, if at all, especially if the current priority is getting the R1 laser cutter onto the market.
How is a positioning accuracy like that supposed to build any trust in a new device? If the software were open source, I’d probably just vibe-code a workaround myself. The real issue is that the positioning is total trash. I could live with a maximum deviation of 0.5 mm, but considering I’ve been working professionally with Trotec, Epilog, and now four different xTool lasers for years, such bottom-tier positioning without even the chance of a preview is beyond amateurish.
At best, you can use the laser for cutting and engraving thin wood and acrylic simultaneously, where pixel-perfect positioning isn’t critical. Therefore, I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone for engraving stainless steel pendants or other small, pre-cut objects. Time is money, and these half-baked DIY solutions are an absolute dealbreaker.
Let’s be honest - and again, this isn’t directed at you, but at Bambu:
The laser cutter on the H2 is more of a gimmick, a nice extra, not a professional tool. It’s not bad, but it can’t compete with real laser cutters. It’s more of a backup or occasional solution for people who simply don’t have space for a proper machine, even though the marketing suggests otherwise.
I’m being completely serious when I say this.. But did you truly have such high expectations from a company that’s never made a laser product before? You paid under $1,000 for a laser module. Any camera that’s not directly above the workspace is going to need a form of modification preview because you’ll spend more for a true to view size camera system. Remind you, Bambu Labs made 3D printers great. Not Lasers, and I don’t see their market gaining buyers anytime soon or at all really.
I just had to send in my 10w module since it just decided to not want to calibrate anymore… that’s after they told me to replace the toolhead camera because “that” was the problem. The original had like 9hrs of use and only on soft woods even and looked new but somehow died?!
Yeah no, the warranty is trash as well - it’s 1yr and only covers for example a defect like this and nothing else..
I’d shoot for higher expectations on printing advancements rather laser work add ons.. so far they’ve came up lackluster on printing tech versus competitors like prusa INDX by Bondtech which I could totally see taking over in the next couple years versus “Vortek” the highly expensive and problematic tool system.
I’ve always thought xTool M1’s single camera alignment to be near complete garbage, and was never improved. P2S (main bird-eye) and F2 Ultra’s camera was definitely a lot better.
Bird-eye camera warp will always be pretty off at best.
The manner H2 series’s bird-eye camera gets installed, aligned merely by two plastic legs, is downright DIY tier.
You know what’s even worse than the camera alignment? The current state of the entire BambuSuite app Priorities lol.
I called it the week it was released. Made no sense to put the camera in the front and use it for positioning, without some sort of software correction. Traintrack. I position the material as close to the door as possible.
My workaround for small objects where I need precise location is to first engrave sacrificial material with the outline of the object and then place the object in the marked spot. I tend to use 3d printed fixtures that I double tape to piec of MDF for most small objects because of this limitation of the Birdseye camera. More time consuming than I would like but I couldn’t come up with anything better
Priorities lol.