Roll Your Own All-Sky, Raspberry Pi Camera
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Roll Your Own All-Sky, Raspberry Pi Camera
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#2I've been in the process of planning a backyard observatory some and have been looking at all sky cameras to measure clouds, seeing and sky glow.
This project looks really promising, especially if it has an ascom driver
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#3Is there a MIPI camera that doesn't suck?
I have every official Pi camera, and they are all just terrible. I would never use them for anything artistic, when it's easy to get far-superior results from even a cheap regular camera or used SLR.
I'm just curious if there's a very-high-quality camera with a MIPI interface. Thinking it through... I only really care about video. Even if it's only HD resolution, something with excellent light sensitivity & low noise would be great.
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#4Is there a MIPI camera that doesn't suck? I have every official Pi camera, and they are all just terrible. I would never use them for anything artistic, when it's easy to get far-superior results from even a cheap regular camera or used SLR. I'm just curious if there's a very-high-quality camera with a MIPI interface. Thinking it through... I only really care about video. Even if it's only HD resolution, something wi…
There are some pretty fancy-looking industrial cameras that support MIPI, like the Alvium line[1] - but I suspect they are spendy...
1: https://www.alliedvision.com/en/products/camera-series/alviu...
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#5Is there a MIPI camera that doesn't suck? I have every official Pi camera, and they are all just terrible. I would never use them for anything artistic, when it's easy to get far-superior results from even a cheap regular camera or used SLR. I'm just curious if there's a very-high-quality camera with a MIPI interface. Thinking it through... I only really care about video. Even if it's only HD resolution, something wi…
There are some pretty fancy-looking industrial cameras that support MIPI, like the Alvium line[1] - but I suspect they are spendy... 1: https://www.alliedvision.com/en/products/camera-series/alviu...
Thanks. I guess at some point the value proposition is antithetical to that of the Pi itself...
Re: Roll Your Own All-Sky, Raspberry Pi Camera
#6Is there a MIPI camera that doesn't suck? I have every official Pi camera, and they are all just terrible. I would never use them for anything artistic, when it's easy to get far-superior results from even a cheap regular camera or used SLR. I'm just curious if there's a very-high-quality camera with a MIPI interface. Thinking it through... I only really care about video. Even if it's only HD resolution, something wi…
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#7How do you prevent the sun from damaging the sensor over time?
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#8Is there a MIPI camera that doesn't suck? I have every official Pi camera, and they are all just terrible. I would never use them for anything artistic, when it's easy to get far-superior results from even a cheap regular camera or used SLR. I'm just curious if there's a very-high-quality camera with a MIPI interface. Thinking it through... I only really care about video. Even if it's only HD resolution, something wi…
Often it's the lens that results in poor quality images. You can get a RPi sensor with CS mount and add your own lens of your choosing. It's been a huge upgrade in quality and is relatively easy to do.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
There are some pretty fancy-looking industrial cameras that support MIPI, like the Alvium line[1] - but I suspect they are spendy... 1: https://www.alliedvision.com/en/products/camera-series/alviu...
Thanks. I guess at some point the value proposition is antithetical to that of the Pi itself...
Yeah the problem is optics (the more important part of getting really good images) are expensive, and few companies make decent lenses that target tiny sensors.
So you're stuck with the little optics included with the tiny hobby cameras from Pi or ArduCam (et all). They're okay for some purposes but a lot worse than even a cheap SLR/Mirrorless lens.
The best results I've gotten are with the C-mount camera module, an adapter, and a wide angle Sony, Nikon, or Canon lens—all of which cost in the hundreds :)
Re: Roll Your Own All-Sky, Raspberry Pi Camera
#10Is there a MIPI camera that doesn't suck? I have every official Pi camera, and they are all just terrible. I would never use them for anything artistic, when it's easy to get far-superior results from even a cheap regular camera or used SLR. I'm just curious if there's a very-high-quality camera with a MIPI interface. Thinking it through... I only really care about video. Even if it's only HD resolution, something wi…
Often it's the lens that results in poor quality images. You can get a RPi sensor with CS mount and add your own lens of your choosing. It's been a huge upgrade in quality and is relatively easy to do.
There is also a lot of "secret sauce" that Apple and others do to the raw image data that comes off the sensor. I don't doubt much better quality could be eked out of the RPi cameras if there was a determined effort to do so.