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The CSI interface camera from the Raspberry Pi Foundation available in a natural colour and a NoIR version without infrared filter, latter is suited for night vision and other special applications.

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Trouble capturing images from a Raspberry Pi camera using Python

I am having trouble capturing images from a Raspberry Pi camera using Python. The following code works fine the first time, but fails to read data from the camera on subsequent attempts: # shotFoto.py ...
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Recording high-framerate video with libcamera-vid, camera module v3 and rpi 3B

UPDATE: According to this issue, it seems that 120fps with the camera module v3 is only possible with a RPI 4, so this kind of answer my question. I'm not sure how to handle this case (self-answering ...
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ENOSPC Error with Camera Module V3 on Raspberry Pi 3 B

I bought an Pi Camera Module 3. I have an Pi 3 Model B Rev 1.2. I get the ENOSPC error when trying to use the camera with raspistill: pi@raspberrypi:~ $ raspistill -o t.jpg mmal: ...
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Camera flash with Picamera2

Is it possible to have Picamera2 trigger a flash when taking a picture? In an older version of my project I used a v2 camera module. I got flash working by creating a device overlay to define the ...
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Raspberry pi camera module 3 works only on libcamera

I recently bought a Raspberry Pi 3b+ and Camera module v3. After days of troubleshooting, I got the camera to spit out images on the libcamera CLI. But, I can't create a picamera.PiCamera object in ...
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Real time video processing in raspberry pi 2

Hi i am planning to do real time image processing using opencv python for a differential drive bot using raspberry pi 3 B, what are the factors do we need to consider(like video stabilization, etc...) ...
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Raspi camera module V3 with Octopi

Recently purchased raspberry pi camera module 3 NOIR. My plan was to use it for octopi (octoprint), however, i tried my best but couldn’t make it work, and followed many of pages on net but no result (...
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Rasberry Pi 3B+, PiCamera 1.3, Camera not detected

I have attached the ribbon cable from the Raspberry Pi CSI port to the Camera, and have ensured the connections are not loose. I use the vcgencmd get_camera command and it returns: supported=1 ...
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Raspberry Pi cannot allocate memory for libcamera image [duplicate]

Good morning, I am having some difficulties with the Raspberry Pi camera v2.1 I just received. My Raspberry Pi is a Pi 3 Model B v1.2. I am getting this error: Unable to request 3 buffers: Cannot ...
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What is the magnification of the stock lens used in Rpicam V2?

I'm trying to get the overall optical magnification of my digital microscope and wondered if the lens built in the Rpicam v2 has any magnification. Does anyone know this specification? Thanks!
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Adding LUTs and film grain overlays to raspicam

learning python and such by coding and building a camera using the High Quality Camera. Being able to code physical inputs to control the various camera functions was a major win for me, so I don’t ...
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Using Pi to check mipi clk?

I'm using the Pi 4 compute module to connect to a IMX219 camera using the mipi interface. Well, actually putting the mipi through a FPGA interface first but the basic question is: Can I use the Pi to ...
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unknown control 'rotate'

i have recently purchased raspberry pi camera Rev 1.3 and I'm trying to rotate it to 90 deg then its not able to rotate its just rotating it to 0 deg or 180 deg below are the command that I have used ...
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HQ camera hanging after gpu_mem is increased

I just recently got a Raspberry Pi HQ camera and wanted to operate it using a python script. I initially tried to take full resolution pictures using the default gpu_mem=128, but the program crashed ...
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How to create a surveillance system using an IP camera?

I am completely new to this whole Raspberry Pi thing, but I would like to create a surveillance system with an IP camera. I have a Dahua Technology Model: DH-IPC-HDW1220SP camera that I connected with ...
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HQ Camera shows artifacts / raindrops

A newly bought camera shows the following symptoms: Pictures without an objective / without a lens show some unwanted artifacts: Picture of the sensor surface / the green slice: Picture (with an ...
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How to tell if the Pi Camera is connected?

Simple question, but searching did not return an answer. I have a Pi4 and a Pi Camera. This camera is not USB and does not appear in lsusb output when it is working. # lsusb Bus 002 Device 001: ID ...
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Raspberry Pi camera coding questions

I've been coding a little portable Pi camera using a Raspberry Pi Zero, the HQ camera module, and a WaveShare 1.44-inch screen. I've succeeded in programming a button to take a photo, and a button to ...
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Raspberry pi HQ camera PNG capture taking a long time at full res

Does anyone know what factors the PNG capture takes a long time (16 seconds in well lit conditions and size 11MB) to capture at full sensor size (4056x3040) using the HQ camera? Is it mostly ...
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Motion terminating immediately

I have set up my Raspberry Pi 3 model B v2 and the Raspberry Pi camera module 2.1. The camera works, I can take pictures with raspistill and access them via SSH. Querying the camera properties with ...
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Raspberry Pi HQ camera exposure time jumps at 1 second

I am trying to build a timelapsing program in python, which analyzes the picture and determins the exposure, based on which it corrects it's shutter speed using a polynomial regression. But I got ...
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Motion exiting without any error (USB web camera)

I am trying to use Raspberry pi as a web camera streaming server. I am following this tutorial which uses Motion tool. When I start the motion service, it exists without giving me an error and when I ...
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Pi Camera 1.3 not detected despite v4l2-ctl listing it

Before you say that I haven't searched the internet, whenever I type "pi camera not detected" I literally don't see a single unclicked result. I am slowly breaking apart. PI 4 (8gb), V1.3 ...
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Missing raspistill

raspistill seems to be missing in 5.10.63+ kernel (raspibian), the only option is to use libcamera. Since I need the raspistill environment, how can I manually install it?
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Why can I not use my picam v2?

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ raspistill -o test.jpg gives me the error below. I am trying to set up the camera with octoprint. mmal: mmal_vc_component_enable: failed to enable component: ENOSPC mmal: camera ...
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How can I connect Rasberry Pi to internet via a 4G network?

I want to connect Rasberry Pi to internet via 4G network. The idea of my project is to take a picture (or stream a video) with Rasberry Pi camera and send it to a distant cloud (say a Docker container)...
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HQ Camera: Save as BMP file not working consistently

I've been working on a project using the HQ camera where I want to take a small bitmap image (100x100), do some analysis on the bmp file, and using that information determine whether that exposure ...
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What's the minimum Raspberry Pi that can display the output from the Raspberry Pi camera at 30fps in real time?

Setup: A Raspberry Pi of some kind (TBD depending on answers to this question) A Raspberry Pi camera of some kind (TBD depending on answers to this question) A 1080p television, that will be ...
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Turn old phone camera into raspberry pi camera

I don't really have the chance to get a raspberry pi camera. But I have tons of old phones and tons of phone cameras. Is there any way I can turn them into a camera that works with raspberry pi ?
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Extending PiCam with CSI to HDMI issue

(Links to Amazon are not affiliated, or endorsed, but strictly to show the devices used) I wanted to extend my PiCam distance from my RPI3B, and purchased a CSI-to-HDMI module ( https://www.amazon.com/...
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Publish to iCloud from Raspberry Pi?

I'd like to use the Rasp Pi Camera to take a picture of my plant and then publish to my iCloud account. Q: What is the best way to publish to iCloud from a Raspberry Pi? Thank you.
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NOIR Camera V2.1 not working in the dark

The camera used to work with pink shade in the morning and even in the dark without additional leds the last time used. I recently used it after a long time on a new system and noticed that it was ...
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Installing libjpeg62-dev for using modprobe bcm2835-v4l

I need to use the Raspberry Pi camera with OpenCV. For that, I have to run sudo modprobe bcm2835-v4l. But for that, I need to install it. I did it on another RPi a while ago, but I forgot the whole ...
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Raspberry Pi 3B+ XRDP Very Slow!

I have a Raspberry Pi 3B+ and I just installed xrdp on it. I wanted to do this so I can do some ROS projects. But just after using RDP to log in to the Pi, I was welcomed with a painfully slow desktop....
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CM3+ and RaspiCam V2 issues

I'm trying to use two RaspiCam V2 with CM3+ and Computer Module 3+ Development Kit board. I followed instructions provided in official links: Raspberry Pi OS with desktop and recommended software ...
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kiosk mode buster lite Pi Br2

I am trying to view my Octopi PiCam on a PiB2. I followed the guide here: https://die-antwort.eu/techblog/2017-12-setup-raspberry-pi-for-kiosk-mode/ Everything has went fine, no errors, no crashes. ...
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Rpi Camera in ubuntu server 20.04 raspistill working, but python picamera and c++ raspicam not

I have been able to get the rpi camera v2 working on ubuntu server 20.04 (64bit) by using raspistill. However I am having trouble getting it to work with the python package picamera and the c++ ...
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HQ Camera V4L2 - bad set of scene mode causes camera controls to become unresponsive

I have been playing with these cameras for some time using opencv/raspicam to control the camera. The raspicam/opencv interface allows setting the gain, this is dubious because there is no manual set ...
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Can i stream camera to a remote server?

In my project i have to stream a low FPS and low-resolution live camera to an external server, because i am not able to port forward the pi's network. Is it possible to set up a remote server and ...
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Raspivid Overlay

I have been struggling for the past week to come up with a method to overlay text on a Raspivid preview. I have my raspberry pi connected via HDMI and simply want to overlay sensor data (in the form ...
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Distorted Images from Raspberry Pi Camera Ubuntu 20.04

Hardware: Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Ubuntu 20.04 64-bit Raspberry Pi Camera V2.1 I'm using OpenCV's VideoCapture to capture images using the Raspberry Pi camera module, as the picamera module isn't ...
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Camera provides striped image - what's wrong?

I've been using the raspi cam for some time now. I was using it inside a machine, to take photos from what's going on there. As far as I can tell, the cables are all attached as they should be - but ...
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Problem with crontab -e. Does not saving photos using autorun

Does not save photos using auto-launch in crontab. I use Python 3 or raspistill, they work well for photos when a monitor is connected. #!/usr/bin/python3 # BEFORE USING THIS SCRIPT. # ...
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ROS Webcam Stream Really Slow

I am trying to stream the images from my camera to a laptop via ROS. Here is my setup: Raspberry Pi 3B+ with USB Webcam. It is running ROS Noetic with usb_camera_node An Ubuntu 20.04.1 laptop with ...
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OpenCV VideoCapture not working with GStreamer plugin

Running the following code on my raspberry pi 4b with the camera v2 and OpenCV installed via pip install opencv-python I have no issues: import cv2 cam = cv2.VideoCapture(0) cam.isOpened() # True ...
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No camera preview

I have a problem, when I write the command "raspistill -o desktop/image.jpg" in the terminal there is no output. How can I solve this problem is urgent... and btw the Geany programming ...
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Raspberry Pi Noir V2 used to work before, but now gives wrong/washed out images

The camera initially worked perfectly. But I had to twist the cable to fit my camera somewhere. After that it worked for sometime, but after a few days, it started to give wrong images. Is the cable ...
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How can I use camera in raspberry 64 bit

raspberry pi 4(ram 4g) raspberry buster 64 bit pi camera I tried and knew that raspistill or pi camera doesn’t work in 64 bit os. (64 bit os is beta version so It doesn’t support it) Is there any ...
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mmal: mmal_vc_component_enable: failed to enable component: ENOSPC

when using NoIR camera: rapivid -v camera work but colour of frame varies with the lighting. when using IR camera: raspivid -v resulting: mmal: mmal_vc_component_enable: failed to enable component: ...
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change text size and position of annotate in a video

I have a script to record a video and it annotates the datetime on the image every second. However, the annotation is a bit too large for the resolution so I want to change it and make it smaller. I ...
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