by geerlingguy on 1/9/23, 8:09 AM
They expanded the lineup for the Camera Module 3 to include a standard (75°) and wide (120°) FoV lens on both the regular and NoIR (no IR filter) camera modules, and all variants use the Sony IMX708, which bumps resolution from 8 to 12 megapixels, and almost doubles the sensor size.
The most important upgrade is the inclusion of autofocus (using PDAF) with full support from libcamera and Picamera2. It is pretty snappy though not quite as good as something like a Pixel or iPhone.
There's also a new M12-mount HQ camera, for the same price of $50, which is useful for some more specialty lenses (though I haven't run into any M12 lenses in my own work!).
by icelancer on 1/9/23, 9:56 AM
Of course. Still no ability to go above 120FPS. I have tons of comments on this in my history about trying to extract raw frames from the RPi camera modules and go faster if anyone cares to help.
So ridiculous these sensors and data lanes on everything embedded can't get us 240FPS at even VGA resolution.
by alkz on 1/9/23, 8:52 AM
this is exactly what we needed, a camera to attach to an unobtainable device
by parkersweb on 1/9/23, 9:06 AM
Does this make the Pi webcam a viable project now?
I looked into making one during the pandemic - but i think lack of auto-focus was one of the things that caused me to rule it out at the time…
by philliphaydon on 1/9/23, 12:03 PM
This is nice but it's impossible to get a Raspberry Pi 4 anymore without selling a kidney.
by donatj on 1/9/23, 9:37 PM
Now if I could just get a Raspberry Pi for under $100.
by detrites on 1/9/23, 8:44 AM
Looks interesting, but could find no links to full-res images.
How can we assess a ~12MP camera based on examining images from it that are all inexplicably reduced to 0.3MP?
by synergy20 on 1/9/23, 9:36 PM
The camera modules(with PIR, PTZ, auto-focus, night-mode) on a 38mm*38mm board were a solved problem at lower cost due to huge volume of IP cameras from China. However the code on those modules are fully closed(most running an older version of Linux).
RPi's modules are priced reasonably enough to compete against clones from China's vendor, really hard to do, but it did it so far like a magic.
by Shish2k on 1/9/23, 11:39 AM
Is anyone aware of any projects to do auto-zoom on a fisheye lens? (ie, the camera is set up to see the whole room, and then software crops that to just show the area with a person in it, and then re-export that video as a new source so that other software can use it without needing to be fisheye-aware)
by dheera on 1/9/23, 10:11 PM
Can we PLEASE have a proper 35mm full frame sensor in a Raspberry Pi camera? Something like a IMX521?
I realize it would be $1500 but I'd buy it in a heartbeat, there is SO much I could do with a hacker-friendly DSLR-quality sensor.
by abdullahkhalids on 1/9/23, 9:19 PM
I want to build a device/product that needs a board+wide-angle-camera combo? Board does not need to be fast. I suspect, even a fast arduino might work.
What are other great combos that exist out there?
by RobotToaster on 1/9/23, 8:35 PM
Does this one have DRM like the last one?
by adql on 1/9/23, 10:44 AM
Does it gave DRM this time too ?
by asim on 1/9/23, 11:04 AM
What case do you use for this? How do you put this in the device?
by immmmmm on 1/9/23, 10:26 PM
if you need more specific MIPI CSI sensors RPi compatible you can check this company:
https://www.vision-components.com/
their support wasn't exceptional in the past but kinda improved recently.
the modular camera module ecosystem is quite interesting, using this for research.
by glasss on 1/9/23, 7:57 PM
This is great, I just hope that stock gets better for the pi and stays that way. I have a few projects I'm waiting to start.
by lofaszvanitt on 1/9/23, 10:23 AM
Very good now someone come up with a solution to the wiring mess that comes with any kind of RPI thing.