I would like to see a round cable version. I know this may not fit the design ethos, but I've had projects that I really wanted to use the Pi+camera and couldn't because of camera positioning (a 1m round cable would have worked) .
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#12Modules like this one have existed in surveillance industry for quite a while but this is the one for the DIY community I guess, the price really should be in the <$10 range though, otherwise it's fun to play with.
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#13Could anyone who has the previous version comment on light response?
I went out and bought a random webcam model from a local store for 7GBP as a proof of concept so that I could start hacking on the code. 640x480, but that doesn't matter too much for testing. It is completely unusable in most lighting conditions. I wanted to point it out of the window to track wildlife. Sunlight just overloads the sensor and you get white, low light and it's fully black.
Is this something that requires higher cost equipment? I can't see how it could be useful as an ipcam if outdoor lighting destroys it.
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#14Could anyone who has the previous version comment on light response? I went out and bought a random webcam model from a local store for 7GBP as a proof of concept so that I could start hacking on the code. 640x480, but that doesn't matter too much for testing. It is completely unusable in most lighting conditions. I wanted to point it out of the window to track wildlife. Sunlight just overloads the sensor and you get…
Maybe it's possible to have a filtering lens or film to clamp the dynamic range ?
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#15I would like to see a round cable version. I know this may not fit the design ethos, but I've had projects that I really wanted to use the Pi+camera and couldn't because of camera positioning (a 1m round cable would have worked) .
You'd be better off getting a USB webcam for that, I don't imagine CSI (Camera Serial Interface Type 2, the connection the camera modules use) works well over long distances.
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#16I've been looking into home security lately and with the more expensive camera-kits (say $2k+)... I've been wondering if a de-centralized raspberry-pi setup might be so much better. And with 8mp I think I should start a POC, right?
There are a few projects out there [0][1] that make it fairly simple to set up a motion detection capable solution with a simple USB webcam. I'm currently waiting on a cheap infrared camera from China ($4!) for use with my Pi, but I've done testing with an older Logitech HD camera and have had excellent results.
[0] Motion: http://lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/WebHome
[1] MotionEye: https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneye
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#17I've been looking into home security lately and with the more expensive camera-kits (say $2k+)... I've been wondering if a de-centralized raspberry-pi setup might be so much better. And with 8mp I think I should start a POC, right?
Have you looked at https://zoneminder.com/ and the IP cameras it supports?
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#18I've been looking into home security lately and with the more expensive camera-kits (say $2k+)... I've been wondering if a de-centralized raspberry-pi setup might be so much better. And with 8mp I think I should start a POC, right?
There are a few projects out there [0][1] that make it fairly simple to set up a motion detection capable solution with a simple USB webcam. I'm currently waiting on a cheap infrared camera from China ($4!) for use with my Pi, but I've done testing with an older Logitech HD camera and have had excellent results. [0] Motion: http://lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/WebHome [1] MotionEye: https://github.com/ccrisan/mo…
If you don't mind, could you please post a link to the $4 IR camera?
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#19Could anyone who has the previous version comment on light response? I went out and bought a random webcam model from a local store for 7GBP as a proof of concept so that I could start hacking on the code. 640x480, but that doesn't matter too much for testing. It is completely unusable in most lighting conditions. I wanted to point it out of the window to track wildlife. Sunlight just overloads the sensor and you get…
Did you try the Noir?
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#20I would like to see a round cable version. I know this may not fit the design ethos, but I've had projects that I really wanted to use the Pi+camera and couldn't because of camera positioning (a 1m round cable would have worked) .
I'd like to see something I can fit into a door's peephole. Everything I've found so far is too big or too bulky and needs an adaptor.