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⚙️ Arducam Raspberry Pi Camera Module V2 - 8MP, 1080p (RPI-CAM-V2 + 20-inch/500mm Flexible Cable + Pi Zero Adapter Cable) Review

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Details

BrandArducam
Screen Size20 Inches
Color1080P V2-8 Megapixel
Resolution1920 x 1080

Description of ⚙️ Arducam Raspberry Pi Camera Module V2 - 8MP, 1080p (RPI-CAM-V2 + 20-inch/500mm Flexible Cable + Pi Zero Adapter Cable)

What Will You Get: An 8mp raspberry pi official camera V2 with a 15cm original FFC cable, a 50cm FFC cable for model A and B, and a 15cm FPC cable for pi zero & w. Sensor: 8 megapixel Sony IMX219, Max. resolution: 3280 (H) x 2464 (V). Frame Rates: 1080p30, 720p60 and 640x480p90. Recommended Power Supply: DC 5V, above 1.8A. Typical Usage Scenarios: this tiny camera board can be used for monitoring Octoprint 3D Printer, Home security and surveillance, dashcam or other machine vision application.

Reviews

Global ratings 5
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Revainrating 1 out of 5

Broke on first use on single board computers

After spending an hour or two preparing the Raspberry Pi for use as a camera, this peripheral broke within an hour of use. I'm very careful not to damage the hardware, but this thing screwed it up anyway. I feel like I should have paid a little more for shipping and handling through an approved reseller.

Pros
  • Good thing
Cons
  • Null

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Wide angle lens not very useful

I have this for my octoprint. Raspberry Pi Cam v2 is ok, better than v1. But the picture is still mediocre. 1920 x 1080 has a cropped field of view. The wide-angle lens has a fixed focus and cannot be resized, making it virtually useless. Unfortunately, there aren't many options unless you want to spend more than $100 for a true Logitech HD webcam.

Pros
  • Wide angle
Cons
  • Alright

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Finished work with my Jetson Nano

These are great Pi cameras. So if you're a Pi fan, they're worth it. I have a Color and a NoIR model and they both work fine. Connect it to your Pi and enable the camera in the Pi settings and you're done. I use this with my Jetson Nano 4GB and it works straight away. It's not a very capable camera, but it more than meets my needs for playing around with AI, TensorFlow and the like.

Pros
  • Great design
Cons
  • Crumpled packaging

Revainrating 1 out of 5

Terrible quality. good for computers and accessories

Probably the worst image quality camera you can install on a Raspberry Pi. I bought this for my Octoprint and Octolapse 3D printer. It was 100% useless. If the room it's in doesn't have full outside brightness, the noise and picture quality will be terrible. I even tried plugging 4 equivalent 100 watt LED bulbs into a room light with this and it was frustratingly low at best. Save money and buy a USB webcam. It's on the way back.

Pros
  • Regular price
Cons
  • Not bad

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Depends on what you want to do with it.

The packaging itself was good. All cables are present, as expected, connected, deserved. Note: Don't expect a good program to see what the camera sees - write a Python program to take a short video or a blind photo - or write something. But . It's a Raspberry Pi and that's what it's all about! However. My use case was the control computer for a model railway and I wanted to use the web feed of the video coming from the 8 megapixel camera. Should be great, right? no First, the image quality…

Pros
  • Sturdy
Cons
  • Damaged