Alex Eames, from RasPi.tv, has put together a brilliant project with a model A Raspberry Pi and the camera module (along with lots of other bits). He’s created a camcorder (with GPIO buttons) with a screen and the ability to…
Category: Camera module
Facial recognition with OpenCV and the camera module on the #RaspberryPi
Pierre Raufast’s work with OpenCV has been featured over on the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s blog. He has used the open-source real-time image processing library to interface to the camera board, something which was previously seen as unlikely. His seven-part tutorial…
Testing the #RaspberryPi camera automatic exposure settings
Alex over at RasPi.TV has created a script to test the automatic exposure compensation of the official camera module. A video of the output from the script is available on the RasPi.TV website.
Bird feeder cam now online
I’ve set-up my Pi and router so that you can see a live video of a bird feeder in our front garden! I’ve only today filled everything up so there should be a decent amount of avian traffic 🙂 The…
Modify your #RaspberryPi camera module to take other lenses
The folks over at raspberrytorte.com have written a guide to modifying your camera board to take M12 lenses. Read the guide Thanks to John Beale for spotting this and sending me the info!
Use the command line to play videos on the #RaspberryPi
Matt, at Raspberry Pi Spy, has written a great little guide to using omxplayer to play videos from the command line. As he points out, this is a great way of playing videos that you’ve recorded from the camera module. Read…
Quadcopter & #RaspberryPi Camera
JBAnovling has fitted his Pi quadcopter with a Raspberry Pi camera! via Quadcopter & Raspberry Pi Camera – YouTube.
Pibow-inspired case for the #RaspberryPi camera
Andy Tebay has created the DXF files for a very cute case for the Raspberry Pi camera. Read more and download the design from Thingiverse.
Using Motion detection with the #RaspberryPi camera
Foundation forum member ‘dozencrows’ has modified the ‘Motion’ software used for motion detection for the Raspberry Pi camera module. I’ve tried it myself and it works brilliantly and with only a couple of seconds lag. Instructions on available on the Raspberry…
#RaspberryPi camera RAW photo examples
California-based John Beale has taken some reference photographs using the –raw mode option with the Raspberry Pi camera module and posted them on his website. These photos give you a good guide to exposure modes and what is possible with…