Thelebishene e koetsoeng ea potoloho (CCTV), e tsejoang hape e le tlhahlobo ea video, e sebelisoa ho fetisetsa lipontšo tsa video ho li-monitor tse hole. Ha ho na phapang e khethehileng pakeng tsa ts'ebetso ea lense ea khamera e tsitsitseng le lense ea khamera ea CCTV. Lilense tsa kh'amera ea CCTV li ka ts'oaroa kapa lia fapanyetsanoa, ho ipapisitsoe le lintlha tse hlokahalang, joalo ka bolelele ba sebaka, lesoba, angle ea ho shebella, ho kenya kapa likarolo tse ling tse joalo. Ha ho bapisoa le lense ea khale ea khamera e ka laolang ho pepeseha ka lebelo la shutter le ho bula iris, lense ea CCTV e na le nako e tsitsitseng ea ho pepeseha, 'me boholo ba khanya e fetang mochine oa ho nka litšoantšo bo lokisoa feela ka ho bula iris. Lintlha tse peli tsa bohlokoa tseo u lokelang ho nahana ka tsona ha u khetha lilense ke bolelele bo tsepamisitsoeng ba basebelisi le mofuta oa taolo ea iris. Ho sebelisoa mekhoa e fapaneng ea ho kenya lense ho boloka boleng ba video bo nepahetse.
Likh'amera tsa CCTV tse ntseng li eketseha li sebelisoa molemong oa ts'ireletso le ho beha leihlo, tse nang le phello e ntle kholong ea 'maraka oa lilense tsa CCTV. Lilemong tse 'maloa tse fetileng, ho bile le keketseho ea morao-rao ea tlhokahalo ea lik'hamera tsa CCTV kaha mekhatlo ea taolo e entse melao e tlamang ea ho kenya lik'hamera tsa CCTV mabenkeleng a mabenkele, litsi tsa tlhahiso le liindasteri tse ling tse emeng ho boloka leihlo bosiu le motšehare le ho qoba mesebetsi e seng molaong. . Ka lebaka la ho eketseha ha matšoenyeho mabapi le ho kenngoa ha lik'hamera tsa thelevishene tse koetsoeng ka har'a lisebelisoa tsa malapa, ho kenngoa ha lik'hamera tsa thelevishene tse koetsoeng le hona ho eketsehile haholo. Leha ho le joalo, kholo ea 'maraka ea lense ea CCTV e tlas'a lithibelo tse fapaneng, ho kenyelletsa le moeli oa pono. Ha ho khonehe ho hlalosa bolelele ba tsepamiso le ponahalo joalo ka lik'hamera tsa setso. Ho romelloa ha lik'hamera tsa CCTV ho sebelisitsoe haholo United States, Borithane, China, Japane, Asia Boroa le libakeng tse ling tse kholo, e leng se tlisitseng litšobotsi tsa kholo ea monyetla 'marakeng oa lilense tsa CCTV.
