Make sure the file includes the following three lines. However, if this isn’t available then you can edit the config file to load the extended firmware with support for the camera module. If you are using one of the standard SD images then you can enable the camera from the configuration menu. To do this you need to be running as root. Then you need to ensure that the system loads the necessary firmware to support the camera module when it boots. The camera module is static sensitive so wear a grounding strap if you have one, or at least make sure you touch the bare metal on a radiator to earth yourself before you start, and obviously make sure the Pi is powered off! Enabling the Camera Getting startedĬonnecting up the camera module is quite simple, all you need to do is locate the long thin connector nearest the ethernet port, lift up the tabs at either end and insert the ribbon cable from the camera with the blue strip on one side facing towards the ethernet connector, then push down the tabs to lock the cable in place. I guess I will have to play about with the sensitivity and exposure settings a bit to see if I can do better. I was hoping to be able to capture successive images showing of the stars tracking across the night sky but wasn’t able to see any stars at all. The only thing I found a little disappointing was capturing images in low light conditions. It is possible to capture video at up to 90 fps, which is awesome! The answer seemed to be to use the Raspberry Pi camera module, the resolution is much better than a webcam, and since the camera module is connected directly to the Raspberry Pi and the processing is done by the GPU, performance is much much better. I tried a couple of different webcams but found that the resolution wasn’t that good and it could take a while to capture a frame. Until now I have used a webcam to capture images on my Raspberry Pi, with mixed results. There isn’t anything new in this post, I’ve just tried to collect everything together in one place. However if (like me) you have installed Raspbian from scratch then you may find that a bit of googling will be needed to get everything working. I know I’m not the first person to get the Camera working on my Raspberry Pi, and if you are using the default SD card image everything should work just fine out of the box.
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