Raspberry Pi HQ Camera Ep 1 - Intro

[@lucascardenas8379]

my heart skips a beat at the thought of a mountable pi camera that can take great quality astro pics while also controlling its own tracking system/actuators

[@TheAnoniemo]

Looking forward to your astrophotography findings!

[@mayurchavhan8590]

Camera with an ARM 😛 which we can flex.

[@JeffGeerling]

Unlike my Nikon, my ARM will never grow tired holding this camera!

[@mayurchavhan8590]

@@JeffGeerling 🤣🤣

[@pearcomputers]

@@JeffGeerling 1 bet your nikon has an arm... may the lord forgive us :P

[@normanbates7086]

Hey Jeff could you also add security camera too your builds in the months to come please?

[@MiMayonGo]

LMFAO

[@RWBHere]

'And until next time, I'm Jeff.' Unfortunately, I live with literalism, so my immediate response was, 'And what will your name be next time?' Thanks for the surprisingly good quality video, Jeff. It's a little soft-focus in places, when viewed on this 27" 5k screen, but it's still very good when we consider that a Pi was used, along with a low-cost lens, for most of the recording. 🙂👍

[@jimlynch9390]

Glad to see you back in action. Please stay well and keep up the good work.

[@sunny9895]

Hey! When can we see an update to this video? I am eagerly looking forward to using HQ camera for wildlife and astro photography. :)

[@Avinashburla]

Dear Jeff, Thank you for very useful videos, however, there is a chance that people misunderstand the crop factor explanation (what you show at around 2 min mark.) Having a high crop factor does not let one zoom in, rather the field of view is cropped. Crop factors are based on the assumption that one prints the photos on same size photo paper. The optics (glass) did not change right so where should the extra zoom come from? one other way to look at it is, imagine the lens making a projection of a scene on a sheet of paper placed behind it, now if one reduces the size of paper (in this case the chip size) will he/she get a zoomed image, no right? Things get complicated as we introduce resolution into the discussion, a small sized same resolution chip might capture more detail (if the lens is sharp enough) in a smaller region. But that is equivalent to using a smaller paper but which has a finer grid for details. At this point may be my explanation got confusing. I recommend the viewers to read about the topic on the internet there are many better explanations. Good day

[@JeffGeerling]

True, true. It's almost impossible to convey exactly what crop factor and sensor size differences actually mean in a short video :) A lot of people also don't realize that different focal lengths with the same framing result in different amounts of 'compression', but that's something (along with crop factor + picking the right focal length for your project) I may cover in one of these videos.

[@tatageek]

@@JeffGeerling I believe that it would be more useful to use angle of view (diagonal field of view) instead of focal length of lens and sensor crop factor. it should be a little bit easier to understand what camera actually sees :)

[@WarningHPB]

Yes! wanted to see some content on the HQ camera for the Pi, looking forward to your other videos!

[@bluegizmo1983]

I'm excitedly waiting for the Arducam version of the Pi HQ camera with the switchable IR cut filter! Says coming soon, so hopefully it'll be out soon! Also looking forward to the rest of your videos on this camera, I see this is only part one.

[@jonglass]

I've been waiting for someone to do videos like this. Thanks

[@percytse2370]

Just got my Camera module, and camera lens ready. Can't wait to watch the follow up on this.

[@koos42]

I turned mine into a cheap replacement for my DSLR as my meeting camera using an easy HDMI-USB dongle and setting up a service to start raspivid on startup. It's got decent quality for work meetings.

[@simonmartin4599]

So glad you like it. I designed it :-)

[@JeffGeerling]

Whatever you're doing, do more of it :D

[@simonmartin4599]

@@JeffGeerling Any special requests?

[@JeffGeerling]

@@simonmartin4599 One thing that would be really nice (at least, I think) is an official Camera module case for the Pi 4 with a cable that routes inside the case, a button on the case you can attach to GPIO pins, and an opening where the tripod screw is so the whole thing can be mounted on a tripod. Bonus points if there was an easy way to attach the 7" touchscreen to this case somehow, but that's something I don't necessarily need-a good case + button makes it a lot easier for me to do a lot of activities.

[@simonmartin4599]

​@@JeffGeerling That's a lovely idea. I'm busy myself but we encourage the Pi community to make add-on products. The HQ camera assembly is just the bare bones after all. You should get a design made up, find a manufacturer and start selling it...

[@simonmartin2263]

@@JeffGeerling I did some more today :-)

[@nobblynobody]

Ep2 any day now?

[@J_Alrighty]

Thanks for the great video. 1:07 would love to know more about this camera dolly

[@herik63]

The coverage for a c mount lens is more or less the aps format, since C means “cinema” , and the 35mm used in cinema mode is aps equivalent (roughly)

[@chriskeddy1975]

When is the second video coming out. It has almost been a year.

[@adamdavila]

It’s been over 3 years. He lied to us!

[@MuhlisErtugrul]

Nice video! I didn't ever think Raspberry can be capable to be a camera, that's even better than average cameras out there.

[@haley8004]

What are we talking about? The imx477? What is "a little more dynamic range" 12-bit? The footage did look bad and blown out. Hmmm

[@tatageek]

HQ cam is awesome, I've used it with different lenses, from 2mm up to 1000mm. Surely it does the job !

[@jesusserranog.2139]

Tested with a Canon adapter. The results are impressive, but you have to sharpen the approach a lot.

[@lesumsi]

How is the update on this progressing? ;) No pressure, I'm just super curious! :)

[@RS_G4ming]

We wait for next episode :)

[@harixh4900]

Where are other episodes??

[@gnashermedia]

So....when do you plan on releasing the video about using the cam as astro-cam? Please... ;) I think about buying a ZWO or so. Maybe I don't have to and build something with the HQ Camera?!

[@peterhoulihan9766]

Was there even an Ep2? Can't seem to find it.

[@FredroStarr12]

was there ever an episode two of this series?

[@stanst2755]

Do you think it is possible use cannon ultrawide angle lens with Arducam HQ to get a 160degrees field of view of a night sky? Looking at this 14mm full-frame -> 77mm HQ there is no equitable lens.

[@sanketparekh9306]

I did the telescope attachment of V2 camera last year in may. can you post your video and results for the same. I am very interested in that.

[@wildmanofhk]

Imagine that, making your own portable camera and interchanging the lens when required, adding that with nigh-visions. With all that in mind you can program the Raspberry pi for your own projects. 👍

[@TheOleHermit]

Yeah, I'm one of those crazy people! Started with an Arducam 12 MP cam w/C mount, adapter, and 500 mm telescopic lens. But, the Arducam was too difficult to get good videos and the 500 mm telescopic lens only produced a small round image, so I returned it. To make a long story short, I'm now using the RPi HQ camera with a 50 mm zoom lens, controlled by an ESP8266, 3 stepper motors (focus, aperture, & zoom) and my DIY gear drive (work in progress). The whole rig is mounted on DIY programmable X/Y gimbals, with RPi 3A controlled steppers. So, with OpenCV the camera will track and zoom in on any moving objects. Concealed ESP32 motion sensors will alert the camera to start recording at various locations and email myself of the activity. This mounts on top of a steel pipe, above 2 x 20 watt PV panels, which track the sun and charge the 60000 mah LiFePO4 8 VDC battery bank. This makes the whole system fully autonomous. :-)

[@JeffGeerling]

Heh, I see why they call you The Hermit! That sounds like a really cool rig!

[@TheOleHermit]

@@JeffGeerling Who are 'they'? I AM The Hermit. lol! BTW, thanks for your bootable USB flash drive series. I've returned the Sandisk rated @ 130MB/s but only read ~20 MB/s and the PNY Elite rated @ 400 MB/s but only produced ~ 34 MB/s on the RPi4 USB 3.0 ports. Waiting for the Corsair GTX 512 GB flash drive to arrive today. Your videos are the only clues regarding UASP support. Thanks, Jeff! Keep up the great work. Waiting for the CM4 to drop w/ NVMe & USB 3.1 carrier boards. That's what I really want on this cam rig. :-)

[@schotoka]

Hi Jeff. Any updates on the camera performance?

[@JeffGeerling]

Not yet, officially. I'm still working on a couple more videos on the camera right now, one of them is almost done!

[@beyond_desi7719]

Hi Jeff, I am looking for a lens for my Raspberry Pi HQ camera module... I want good quality image and a closer view for defect detection for my FFF 3D printed parts...can you suggest some lenses. Thanks

[@jw0stephens]

I'd love to see the next episode. I've got a Nikkor 500 F/5 Cat lens and the C adapter and would love some of your experiences with the HQ camera. I'm also looking @ the 80 buck zoom that is listed a couple of places now, curious how good it is. I bought the 50mm. BTW I found that rather than the Crop factor that people struggle with I worked with 4 x 5, medium format, 35mm and 16mm film. 4x5 "normal" lens is is 150mm. The medium format such as the Mamiya 645 is of course 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 an is 90mm. 35MM is 50mm, and finally 16mm is 25mm. I juggle around what sorts of framing I want with the focal length instead of any complicated calculations. A 35mm portrait shot would use something like an 80mm lens. Wide angle on 35mm is 35mm FL. etc. Scale the factors for the 16mm from that. Luckily for most photographers with both cameras the factor is about 2/1. When you use the digital bodies, you need to find the "normal" lens FL for that body, and calculate the FLs for each. I'm particularly interested in what you find for time exposure with the HQ, by the way. Hopefully something to allow integration and stacking of exposures. That would be asking a lot though.

[@pweddy1]

That Tamron lens seems fairly impressive. While the backgroung isn’t exactly “bokehlicious” there is a definite bit of observable background blur.

[@thebanjoman1963]

Makes me wonder if I could use this to help digitize 35mm slides in the projector with the bulb removed. I've got 35,000 old family slides ones to do and would rather try and do them myself than sending them to a company.

[@acidbot666]

Hi, great info thanks. Can you tell if it is possible to remove the IR filter for astrophotography purposes? Thanks

[@donporter8432]

Well done Jeff!

[@michaelclement1337]

I've got a Cannon EOS camera that's about 15 years old. Could I use the lenses with this camera module? I'm not sure what the mounting standard is

[@3D_Printing]

The quality looks really good, to me

[@kleinpoe]

too bad there isnt any adapter for my 200-600 sony e-mount lens (built in focus motors)

[@jezmck]

I can't find any more episodes after this, are there any?

[@JeffGeerling]

I did the webcam video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpfGk4NtoaqXsLs (though I didn't continue the 'Episode X' tagline with it), and I'm still working on an astrophotography episode... though conditions have not been ideal until recently.

[@KTMcaptain]

I was hoping for more crop factor. Would be cool to get 2000mm out of my 70-200 f2.8 for target shooting. Don't want to spend the money on the P900 or P1000 super zooms just for it.

[@tallmansixfour]

Hi Jeff, Can you help with an explanation of why the Tamron 6mm lens has a "resolution" of 2MP? I thought only sensors had resolutions. Thanks

[@JeffGeerling]

I think the point of that is to say the lens is only built to resolve detail fine enough to be sharp on a 2 megapixel sensor. Lenses can have 'linear resolution' measurements, meaning detail gets blurry beyond a certain level of detail. A lot of older lenses from the film era seem noticeably 'blurry' on modern digital sensors (> 12 megapixels) because outside of extreme use cases, most 35mm film users would not notice that a lens couldn't resolve 20+ megapixels worth of resolution on a 35mm frame (especially with cheaper film stock and low-end instant photo printing services).

[@Frankfurtdabezzzt]

That reminds me, I already had ordered a Canon FD to C mount adapter, bit still don't have the HQ Camera 😂 gonna order one quickly to go along with the videos

[@allensia4461]

hi, do you know what types of raspberry pi camera can take iris image of eye? I hope u could suggest for me.

[@victoryhelmi2552]

Can it produce video RAW output on it?

[@multimagical3137]

Made similar setting with 400m, f2.8is canon. This gear is useful for paparazzi and some pics of the moon. The “real image quality” is not the same as a normal camera. Also the RAW management is a problem.

[@dane921]

I am really curious to see what kind of look you can get out of that sensor :)

[@scottwilliams895]

Great video, @Jeff! Which telescope are you using with your RPi HQ Cam?

[@newzerozeroone]

Did you never release the other episodes?

[@JeffGeerling]

I'm ashamed to admit... I didn't, and focused on some other camera projects separately instead. :(

[@BeefIngot]

Wait, do you stop being Jeff Geerling at the start of the next video?? 🤔😕

[@teja9676]

Excellent videos bro

Hey Jeff, were you able to use the HQ camera or Camera Module v2 on aarch64 system? Both seems to require libmmal.so which doesn't compile with 64-bit?

[@JeffGeerling]

I haven't tested that out yet. I will try to though!

[@SpencerThayer]

Where is Raspberry Pi HQ Camera Ep 2?

[@larrylarry1368]

The sensor is just too small. Otherwise, it would be a wonderful tool for short film makers.

[@gregoryturner1505]

You have a lot of toys, I'm a little jealous.

[@AndreVandal]

I love to adapt weird lenses to my Sony, I have a plethora of funky things in my drawer and once in a while I take them out for a walk just to limit my abilities and change my focus on subjects.

[@blueskyredkite]

I'm after a covert wearable camera, if you fancy testing anything in that way I'd be very, very interested!

[@TheOleHermit]

ESP32 cam. ;-)

[@niccolobelli5261]

Would love to see a 3D printed PoE security camera with Pi Compute and a custom I/O board.

[@JC_Musician]

For some reason my brain heard “crap factor” instead of “crop factor” lol

[@JeffGeerling]

Well I do have Crohn's...

[@JC_Musician]

@@JeffGeerling I wasn’t saying that’s what you said, just that’s what my mind wanted to hear 😁

[@hugocsorgo5840]

Plot twist. The video was shot with the raspberry pi cam

[@Jibs-HappyDesigns-990]

great scott Robin!! look! he's got a PI-HD camera sensor, their in his clutches!!! e-gad...e-gad...Batman!!

[@Gameplayer55055]

Raspberry PI camera lens - size matters

[@teja9676]

How much cost

[@chiragsukhala]

ok now we have green shirt Jeff too 😂😂😂.

[@teja9676]

Where are you country

[@KangJangkrik]

But can we use Android with it? Imagine handcrafted high quality camera that can whatsapp 😃

[@CraigMullins1]

when do we get auto focus?

[@ncgallagher]

what happened to this series?

[@JeffGeerling]

Don't worry, still working on it! I have a 2nd episode ready to work on... but the Compute Module and Pi 400 kinda sucked up a few weeks of my time :O

[@johngermain5146]

Interesting for sure

[@juliannevillecorrea]

❤

[@DaPanda19]

I would actually love some real info on Astrophotography!!!

[@JeffGeerling]

I'm hoping to get a good, clear night so I can explore parts of the cosmos with my Nikon lens and with my Celestron telescope... we'll see! Worst case, I'll have to do some moon pictures and video if I can't get out to the countryside on a clear night.

[@DaPanda19]

@@JeffGeerling so not bugging but I was wondering if this was still in the pipeline

[@mikeduffy167]

speed boosters would work for this

[@ricardobinas5005]

Nothing beats the iphone camera, your'e iphone camera can go up to 10x zoom. I've seen some iphone cameras that can go past 20x zoom small and high quality.. I'm just waiting for companies like apple or Samsung to start selling iphone camera boards camera's.

[@StarmanDX]

i was watching this video wondering how the quality looked so poor when you have a lens like that and likely own a regular mirrorless or dslr camera but then you revealed it was the pi lol

[@Ribby1982]

WOW!!!

[@Fernandosampaio_]

Better than those chinese fake SLR

[@apaput140]

eres un artista

[@karmanyaahm]

KZbin: 3 comments Me: Show them KZbin: you get just one

[@wisdomcube7789]

this seems overkill me inside: nahhh...add more so that we can see the surface of the moon~

[@ericbraithwaite8497]

Perhaps you should consider moving the microphone out of shot. We all know you have one but we don't need to see it.

[@StarmanDX]

You can't move a mic like that much farther away without it being too quiet. he needs to get a lav mic instead

[@ThePixxyEater]

AWESOME

[@harishannamalai8669]

HQ camera : It's more of a hobbyist toy. But don't see much value:(

[@pearcomputers]

they let 1t see us... . the fools :D

[@DavidMG99]

👍

[@andr27]

is that good quality video? I dont think so

[@kokonutguardian]

Nee-kon!

[@tranjavanadbia123]

Chloe is very mean.

[@MarsMan2482]

ive actualy been using it for both my telescope and other things and ive gotten some pretty good results. if you would like some pictures dm me.