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Raspberry Pi Camera Module V3 Review: A New Angle on Photography

posted by janrinok on Tuesday January 17, @11:23AM   Printer-friendly

fliptop writes:

The latest version of Pi's mainstream camera module has autofocus, HDR and wide angle:

Raspberry Pi has released an updated camera, Camera Module 3 (aka Camera v3 or Camera Module v3), with an MSRP of $25 for standard or $35 for the wide angle version. The new module brings more pixels, rivalling the High Quality Camera's 12MP while keeping the smaller sensor-on-a-board form factor. What's new about this tiny camera is autofocus. This is the first official Raspberry Pi camera with autofocus, though Arducam's High Resolution camera delivered that functionality last year.

The Raspberry Pi camera was the first official accessory from Raspberry Pi, way back in 2013. The original 5MP model was updated to v2 in 2016 which brought 8MP to the game. Then the cameras got a bit more "serious" with the 12MP Raspberry Pi High Quality Camera in 2020; this version brought interchangeable lenses and a plethora of choices for the keen photographer, but it's pricey and doesn't come with a lens.

Fast forward to 2023 and we have a new mainstream Pi camera, the Raspberry Pi Camera v3 which updates the original camera's sensor-on-a-board form factor to pack a 12MP Sony IMX708 sensor and auto focus. It also comes in four flavors: standard, wide angle, NOIR and NOIR wide angle.

Specs, comparisons to legacy cameras and test results available at Tom's Hardware.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 17, @11:40AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 17, @11:40AM (#1287203)

    Maybe it doesn't matter in the typical use case for this camera, but for me the biggest improvement in digital cameras was image stabilization. All of a sudden, I stopped taking blurry snapshots.

    Seems like even a "stationary" camera could profit from IS if it was mounted outdoors, where high winds or other disturbances could cause the mounting point to sway?

    • (Score: 4, Interesting) by aafcac on Tuesday January 17, @11:51PM

      by aafcac (17646) on Tuesday January 17, @11:51PM (#1287281)

      That depends on how the IS is engineered, a typical tripod will have a different frequency of vibration than a handheld camera will. Early IS systems didn't tolerate being mounted on a tripod very well and even now there are cameras that give you sharper images if the IS is off when mounted on a tripod. A lot of that has to do with the vibrations on a tripod being a lot less pronounced which can lead to the processor handling it not having enough to work with.

  • (Score: 4, Touché) by Opportunist on Tuesday January 17, @12:06PM (4 children)

    by Opportunist (5545) on Tuesday January 17, @12:06PM (#1287206)

    Now if they just produced the computer to attach it to in numbers sufficient to actually be able to buy one...

    • (Score: 2) by RamiK on Tuesday January 17, @03:29PM (2 children)

      by RamiK (1813) on Tuesday January 17, @03:29PM (#1287219)

      There's plenty of alternatives:
      https://hackerboards.com/ [hackerboards.com]
      https://www.findboard.cn/ [findboard.cn]

      As was mentioned just today: https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/01/17/findboard-single-board-computer-database/ [cnx-software.com]

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      • (Score: 3, Informative) by Opportunist on Wednesday January 18, @03:39PM (1 child)

        by Opportunist (5545) on Wednesday January 18, @03:39PM (#1287373)

        And they are compatible? I can take the Github project written for the RasPi and compile it with no adjustments? Nope.

        Then it doesn't work for 90% of the people out there because they can't do anything but just that. As long as this problem persists, this isn't going to be a workaround for most people out there.

        And it's not even just "clueless noobs" that can't rework the libraries or switch the pins on the GPIO to match the different layout of their alternative. There are, e.g., 3D Printers that are built to match a certain brand of RasPi for some of their advanced features. You cannot even substitute for something else because the interface doesn't work.

        • (Score: 3, Touché) by RamiK on Wednesday January 18, @05:23PM

          by RamiK (1813) on Wednesday January 18, @05:23PM (#1287386)

          The 90% "clueless noobs" crowd shouldn't be coming anywhere near exposed electronics in the first place.

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    • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Wednesday January 18, @06:19PM

      by Freeman (732) on Wednesday January 18, @06:19PM (#1287400) Journal

      https://www.tomshardware.com/news/raspberry-pi-5-after-2023 [tomshardware.com]

      As we have previously reported, Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton announced via a recent blog post that 100,000 units would be making their way into the supply chain, and that the in the latter-half of 2023 we can expect stock levels to return to pre-pandemic normality. That said, the supply chain shortage has impacted the normal cadence of Raspberry Pi releases, and according to Upton in an interview with Christopher Barnatt from Explaining Computers it means we sadly won't be seeing a Raspberry Pi 5 in 2023.

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