Hi All,
Running 64bit Bullseye on PI4/5: Picam2 library
I feel suckered. The whole reason I bought into the Raspberry PI dream was the Camera and GPIO and Networking.
I bought the NOIR camera because of the "Improved low light performance". I wanted to use it as a security camera. Not at all impressed.
With 10 watt IR light 25 feet away, can barely see the excavator with PI CAM3 NOIR WIDE:
Cheap Amazon PTZ Camera right next to it:
So, all I get is a PI CAM with lousy low light performance, and terrible colors during the day that I can't apply any kind of file to correct for. I bought 4 of them thinking they were going to be the BE ALL end ALL. NOPE!
The Comments on the Arducam camera STARVIS 1&2 low light stuff on amazon about getting them up and running with the PI seemed like it was more headache than it was worth. I mean I just saw what Raspberry PI put out, why would I want to give Arducam a go?
Arducam Day and Night Vision IMX477 HQ Camera looked promising ... but for $80 and 3.5 stars .... Not going to try it unless someone else has some really good video on it working correctly.
These Blink generation camera generation 4 with AA battery power, low light, microphone, 1080p, wifi, motion detection built in, mobile app, for $35 seem like a far far better dealio.
Why is this Pi Cam V3 cost so much for so terrible of a performer?
MISC:
With the Pi Cam V3 on PI4:
Tuning file would fail, couldn't apply it.
tf = Picamera2.load_tuning_file("imx708_wide_noir.json",dir='.')
picam2 = Picamera2(tuning=tf)
Also, seems the camera doesn't offer the same resolutions. On PI4 I have to run it at 1640x1232 for video/image capture.
On PI5 I can run it: 2304x1296 for video/image. Maybe higher, just haven't tested it on the PI5.
Running 64bit Bullseye on PI4/5: Picam2 library
I feel suckered. The whole reason I bought into the Raspberry PI dream was the Camera and GPIO and Networking.
I bought the NOIR camera because of the "Improved low light performance". I wanted to use it as a security camera. Not at all impressed.
With 10 watt IR light 25 feet away, can barely see the excavator with PI CAM3 NOIR WIDE:
So, all I get is a PI CAM with lousy low light performance, and terrible colors during the day that I can't apply any kind of file to correct for. I bought 4 of them thinking they were going to be the BE ALL end ALL. NOPE!
The Comments on the Arducam camera STARVIS 1&2 low light stuff on amazon about getting them up and running with the PI seemed like it was more headache than it was worth. I mean I just saw what Raspberry PI put out, why would I want to give Arducam a go?
Arducam Day and Night Vision IMX477 HQ Camera looked promising ... but for $80 and 3.5 stars .... Not going to try it unless someone else has some really good video on it working correctly.
These Blink generation camera generation 4 with AA battery power, low light, microphone, 1080p, wifi, motion detection built in, mobile app, for $35 seem like a far far better dealio.
Why is this Pi Cam V3 cost so much for so terrible of a performer?
MISC:
With the Pi Cam V3 on PI4:
Tuning file would fail, couldn't apply it.
tf = Picamera2.load_tuning_file("imx708_wide_noir.json",dir='.')
picam2 = Picamera2(tuning=tf)
Also, seems the camera doesn't offer the same resolutions. On PI4 I have to run it at 1640x1232 for video/image capture.
On PI5 I can run it: 2304x1296 for video/image. Maybe higher, just haven't tested it on the PI5.
Statistics: Posted by UltimateCodeWarrior — Tue Dec 03, 2024 5:09 am — Replies 0 — Views 32