Thanks for the review. The ability to use C/CS lenses rather than the fixed-focus on-board lens makes this camera very versatile and I'm really excited to try it for astronomical use. I may have to get 2 so I can remove the IR cut filter from one. I already have some C-mount lenses as well as the adapter to connect C-mount cameras to my telescopes. I'll just have to print an enclosure for the Pi. One small correction, the new camera module is using the Sony IMX477 sensor.
Can I ask you where I can buy the C lens adaptor? I bought both the 16mm lens & the HQ camera and I can't focus the lens, it seems zoomed in. Where can I buy the C adaptor that the 16mm needs in order to fix the focus issue?
Nice real world comparison video, it stacks up well against your main camera. Also, there's a focus ring on the camera sensor it's self that you dial in and set first.
Hey Don, great video. I actually found this after buying the camera without a lens. No, that was not by accident - I wanted to see if I can use this camera on my stereo microscope instead of the one that came with the microscope. This is a big improvement: the camera is much faster than the original Optika camera, needs less light and shows perfect colors instead of just a blueish-green picture from the Optika one. Camera, Raspberry Pi, a 10" LCD and some 3D printing gives me a camera that outperforms the one we have at work for half of the price. I was curious about the usability of the lenses and you did a perfect job showing this - Now I need to get some more cameras and lenses to make a few low cost add on video cameras to play around with 😁
So this Sony module is small, but you can get amazing results with the earlier module from Sony using gcam. If you can get camera api2 working....this would be amazing. For now, though, just get a hero 7 and rip off the front and pop in a lens Mount.
Absolutely Love your video! I have been wanting to see a side by side and this was perfect so Thanks!!! I use RPI_Cam_Web_Interface and that makes dialing in my Pi Cameras easy. The quality on this is pretty amazing the total cost puts this at about $120 approximately depending on Pi & Lens! Keep up the Awesome!!!!!
Maybe you can help this problem I am having. I bought the 16mm lens and the HQ camera, but I am having trouble focusing the lens. The lens seems zoomed and I can't soom out. Where can I buy the C adaptor that goes between the HQ camera and the 16mm lens?
@@ayanleInstitute you might actually not need the adapter that is installed on the camera module. You may have a CS lens and that I could not get to focus until I removed the adapter on the camera module. This is from Memory as it has been a bit since I used my Pi as I moved and have everything still packed
I had problems taking pictures of my artwork with a regular camera(edges were always blurred). This would make a great overhead photo-table setup. I need to learn about the Raspberry computers.
Why are you limited to 1080p30? Is that just for HDR? According to Sony's data sheet on the IMX477 you should be able to do 4k at 60fps and 1080p at 240fps in normal mode. The gopros are able to do better than that as well. I'm really interested in getting one, but I already have cameras with better resolution.
Hi, Thank you for such a detailed video... I have raspberry Pi 4 and Raspberry pi 5 and the HQ camera module ... in the configuration/interfaces camera is not showing...can you suggest any fix...thanks
Correction: The HQ camera has a 12.3 MP Sony IMX477 sensor. The RPi V2 cameras have the 8 MP Sony IMX219 sensors. (sorry) @NovaSpirit Tech, please do some videos on using the HQ with OpenCV, gstreamer, and Python. I've been through most available documentation and YT videos from ~2018, but there's nothing current on using the HQ in these environments. Most tutorials are either obsolete, overly complicated to set up, suggest differing software builds, or leave out usage details. Most other HQ reviews end at the same point as this one.
These cams had better be good, Don. I just ordered 2 with zoom lens, based upon your recommendations. They will live with either a Compute Module 3B+ StereoPi board or with a Jetson Xavier NX for AI/robotics applications. No pressure.😎
Hey Don, great vid! Could you share some images you take to be able to see all the details using those awesome lenses, we are thinking about making a camera trap and we are wondering about how good it would be at night? Thanks and keep the great work, I'm a big fan
The HQ has a physical built-in IR filter, which can be removed, but not replaced. It's $50 for the HQ + ~$50 for a lens + ~$50 for a RPi, case, & wall wart.The RPi V2 camera w/IR LEDs would probably be a better, less expensive choice, IMHO.😎
Saw your video when first out. Was just available to purchase. Watched again, and did your suggested rpi-update. That screwed up the working camera, so had to re-flash microSD card. Running rpi4 4 gb version. Hope to do some telescope image after removing IR filter. Thanks for your review.
For the C mount telephoto lens, can you post how big the shot will be, for example at 5m away the shot will be 1.5m x 1m and the size at 10m away. And is the size different for video (cropping). This kind of info is hard to find online. Thanks for the demonstration.
So with the $50 USD package - what comes with it, does the basic module and several lenses come with it? I've seen that lens with the blue ring on several reviews, I was wondering if it was part of the included pack.
I bought one of these and enabled camera in raspbian(PI4) but raspivid commands just hang,no error. Hopefully I can get some tech support, I cant even see a tiny LED on the camera board. When it works I will take some samples. Just tried PI3B, I get an image from just the sensor but now my CCTV lens is blocking light haha, waiting on a basic 6mm lens to arrive now from 10,000km away.
sensor size is everything. 1" is golden. 7.9mm is roughly 1/3rd of 1". mega pixel is a marketing tactic. dint get me wrong, this is still great. but if you plan on doing photogrammetery with this camera. you will understand very quickly that 1/3rd sensor sucks. this is still great for pi
I'm super curious about using this as a DIY alternative to something like a Sony QX1 or Olympus Air. I'm also interested in astro photography quality as well.
How does this compare to the pi v2 camera on a picture quality basis ? Obviously higher res, camera mount and lense mount, but apart from that what is the quality difference ?
Ok so you can add lenses which is useful but my question is is it possible to insert this whole kit inside a retro camera? Ie turning a film camera into a digital camera. Its been a thought of mine for nostalgic reasons
I have the HQ Cam with 2 lenses. Unfortunately I have not yet been able to integrate them into Octopi for time-lapse recordings. It only shows me a 16 color picture ??? Do you have a solution?
My girl is looking to getting into doing nail tech, makeup & vlog videos. I have a 4 inch touchscreen for my 3 B + I've been saving for a good project. If I found a case or built one for the touchscreen & found a way to 100% stabilize the lens would this work? Are there cheaper options (Regular DSLR) that are higher quality out there?
Can I use this for my work with retinal scans? I already got high-quality retinal scan images. Will this camera be useful to feed those images to Raspberry Pi?
good review I have a minor question can this hq camera be used for video chat on all platform like skype mostly and messenger as the raspberry pi 4B with 8 gig seem to not work with webcams. as it not supported.
Can you capture and save RAW Bayer images with this setup? Can you record video/stream RAW images to any of the output port of the raspberry-pi? I need to capture or stream RAW Bayer into my Windows PC one way or another, can you help? Do you know another tool can do that if raspberry doesn't?
I can see that taking a still image takes the full sensor (4:3) and taking a video takes a full sensor 4K (16:9). If you specify to raspivid that you want a fullHD video instead (instead of 4K), will the image be the full sensor or just the central portion of the sensor? Camera Module 2 does that, it crops the image to use just the central portion of the sensor and the rest is wasted. I really want to know if they are now scaling down or binning the pixels to still use the full sensor for the fullHD resolution. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!
Sadly the physical connector is the bottleneck here. So unless they replace that with something else on newer versions of the pi the camera will be stuck at the same bandwidth.
Nice sure. But, i would rather have 1080p and higher frame-rates for slow-mo. Im interest in its low-light performance with these f/1.2-1.8 lenses because if they are decent then this would be a great third-party camera project. I would even say you could make some money off college kids looking a decent video/photo camera that is a bokeh beast.
@@captureinsidethesound The camera has the same resolutions and fps as the previous version. I have got good results with subjects at 8 inches and the pi cam v2.
I bought one and gonna test it for planet photography with a samyang 500mm which... is.... a 2800mm equivalent. for fun :D If it's fine, i will test astrophotography with a simple 50mm minolta 1.4, raspberry give us a guide to take away the filter (but break the waranty).
Thanks for the video - very useful! Would the HQ Cam be suitable and viable for live streaming through an HDMI to Capture card? The manual focus is very sought after in comparison to dealing with overheating DSLRS.
I have the same tripod! I'd love to see a video where you show a close-up of the settings/adjustments. The 16mm focus and aperture wasn't that hard, but the 6mm has been tough to focus. I think I just need to fiddle with it more.
Any idea on how to stream the camera over NDI to OBS on another computer? My understanding is NDI was pulled out of ffmpeg and the only other lead i know is dicaffeine?
According to the specification, the sensor is capable of 12 bit RAW video. However, I'm afraid RPi doesn't have enough bandwidth or performance. Still, even a 1080p compressed DIY interchangeable lens camera would be awesome. Especially since full manual mode is available :)
