Testing out the NEW Raspberry Pi Camera Module 3

Raspberry Pi just announced the Camera Module 3. I built a camera based on @Kevin McAleer's PIKON design.

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Raspberry Pi provided the three Camera Modules featured in this video but did not pay for or have any influence over the content of this video.

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Contents:

00:00 - A huge upgrade
00:44 - Camera Module 3, four ways
01:53 - An open source camera design
03:03 - Assembly
04:22 - Rigging it up
05:05 - Let's test it out!
06:51 - Wide Angle and sharpness
08:08 - Autofocus in video
08:41 - You wouldn't SSH into a GoPro

[JeffGeerling]

One clarification: The price for the Camera Module 3 is still $25—not $35 as stated in the video—at least for the standard versions. The wide-angle versions of both the normal and NoIR camera modules are $35.

[prongATO]

I hope you’re feeling well Jeff and continue to be on the mend. Your dedication to pushing out content is pretty amazing.

[Psychx_]

The camera module is decent. A bit of post-processing in the form of tonemapping should bring a massive improvement. Definitely usable.

[MegaManNeo]

I'd be interested in seeing this case being expanded to the idea of holding an internal battery.
I have a couple of unused Raspberry Pis and as a amateur hobbyist photograph, this looks like a fun and cool idea.

[hrenes]

So glad you are up and running. Love your humor and your joy of life. And every time you show one of your projects it makes me feel I cooperated with them (even when I never ever would build one) Thank you!

[TommyThousandFaces]

Happy to see you doing well! My motionEye setup was eagerly waiting for something like this to be out!

[WobblycogsUk]

Great to see you back up and about again, hope the recovery is going well. For the price that's pretty good performance in my book. It would be nice if they also offered a more expensive version with better lenses for people who want / need it but it seems that's pretty much covered by other offerings anyway.

[antiphlex]

I've built a few Pi-based cameras that stream over LAN and are powered by PoE, so it's not wireless, but it's a single cable installation which suits me fine, and the screen I used was connected via the DSI port which made the preview video butter smooth. I also used the HQ camera because I wanted interchangeable lenses, but overall it was a very satisfying build.

[kevinmcaleer]

Great video Jeff - loved the comparison with the iPhone lens!

[cybermage_gt]

That sponsorship segway at the end really got me and was so entertaining!

[luisalcarazleal]

Good to see you back on your feet 😊
I already spent my January budget on the self-hosted project but I hope I can get a new cam module in February.

[maxmustsleep]

Great video Jeff!
It really shows how much camera tech has improved, 25$ can get you quite far
At the same time it shows how much is happening in software nowadays where it's never just one picture taken but several stitched together for sharpness better lighting and exposure, aided by a bunch of machine learning in the image processing stage
I really hope we can get an open source camera software at some point that's at least close to the quality of modern cameras because the idea of a DIY camera you can actually modify yourself is awesome.

[gannas]

I had no idea a new pi cam was being released. Thanks for the heads up and honest look!
Hope you are feeling better!

[vaibhavshrivastava]

Hats off to you man for being consistent after being in such dark place ...
Respect from India 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[geographicaloddity]

Glad to see you're back in action. Been praying for you.

[arthur...barros]

Glad to see you are doing well Jeff, love you videos.

[MrBlakBunny]

there are a few special drivers for that screen that gives it better framerate, people have developed it for portable arcade builds where frame-rate is needed for games, might help your viewfinder experiance

[micklebt]

Jeff, you seem to be doing so well. Appear strong and energetic. What a nice surprise and answer to many prayers. Keep up the great work. Love the videos.

[mikebristow]

Good to have you back, Jeff! Hope you are feeling better.

[johndegnan]

Glad to see you out of the hospital man. Don't push yourself and take it easy for a while.