This Raspberry Pi sees in the dark 

Most already established companies do Kickstarters just for the hype.

Watch out Serve the Home, Jeff is coming for your outro!

"What is that, a ghost?" - Jeff literally seconds after criticizing pytorch's image recognition :-P

STH is going to be signing out with "until next time, I'm Jeff Geerling" in the next video, I bet.

i saw your cameo on smarter every day and it made me super pumped. appreciate you, jeff!

“Already established” dose not mean they have the capital for the upfront minimum orders and tooling depending on the company size. It may be that they would have difficulty getting the tooling in a reasonable time frame with out the pre order hype of a kickstarter to get that quick injection of funds to deal with what can be very steep upfront costs for a new product.

Jeff, never thought I would see the day when you let the shirt hit the fan. Great video!

I recently repurposed a poco f2 pro for a c-mount camera lens and had been getting contrast issues / weird colors on the edges of the CMOS, which I weren’t able to pinpoint the issue of. Glad that Jeff reviewed the ArduCam Pis, now I have a decent idea that it is due to the ISP and the lack of a lens hood.

In the past couple months I've bought a bunch of ZWO astronomy cameras with these Sony sensors. A couple of them come with a fisheye lens by default. They are a lot more expensive considering a couple of the models have peltier coolers in them.

They may be using a kickstarter to gauge the demand while generating funding at the same time. This could help save on R&D instead of diverting funds from existing production and lessen the risk.

I’m torn between which I dislike more. Established companies using kickstarter for marketing hype and product validation, or hipster fly by night hardware companies selling vapor.

Jeff, damn, that stomach rumble is EPIC, you must be hungry AF! lol

I would love to build front grill camera for my jeep, I need to keep an extra eye out for deer, the night vison would. Great video Jeff

Surprisingly good picture quality, it would be interesting to see side by side comparisons with other common cameras, e.g, DSLR, phone, pi cameras, webcams, etc if you get the time for it, I'd bet it would give CCTV cameras a run for it's money.

7:20 That tripod is working perfect if you handle it correct ...

Im glad that the youtube algorithm knows me well enough to suggest Level2Jeff. Subscribed

Excellent overview. Look forward to seeing some insights/methods of how you test a camera lens and sensors. Wondering if you managed to use the night vision sensor with all-sky-view lens to capture the aurora a couple weeks ago? FYI: there is a chance we may get a repeat aurora display in a couple weeks (sun completes a rotation every ~29-30 days), so the same active area is going to reappear, but will depend on timing and strength of next outbursts. The next 6-9 months should hold additional opportunities. Late this year there is s comet that is projected to be easily visible as well.

Idea. Get an old bullet camera that doesn't work and gut it. Stick this inside and probably get better airflow. lol

Me seeing your mouse on the screen and trying to kill the gnat lol

@Level2Jeff great review and a beautifully impractical lens from that axis.... The Pivistation idea is neat, the mount and no messing with the flexi cable. POE+ or POE++ is the way to go if the case has cooling. That Fisheye lens is nice but maybe have a chat with CommonLands optics in San Diego they do some great and low cost lenses especially M12 low or no distortion with good FOV, short focal lengths for the Pi Camera HQ, sorry Arducam if you sell similar but i couldn't find any on your website. That classic line of don't worry about that noise its just my shirt getting caught in the fan.... 😂😧 Classic RedShirt Jeff move. You had better make an Emergency Power Stop button for the Shop on a utility Belt....

The Compute Blade was a kickstarter too! They are shipping now at least and discord is fairly active so hopefully similar case here.

I just started watching and at every point where you mentioned the weather I was having the same here in Connecticut. When you mentioned the thunder I was having the same, I could have been fooled that it was a live stream and you were just around the corner from me. Interestingly enough 10:30 EST 05/23/2024 there is a severer weather alert here in the tri state area.

6:57 I have that exact tripod (part of it missing) and I find it still working fairly well. You can do angles IF you telescope the legs, and you have to twist the ring it to fold it out more. the manufacturing isn't great though so it doesn't operate very smoothly

So @ 5:30 you mention them gluing a ring onto the case "to make it look nice" but I'm fairly sure they added that ring to block out any light coming in from the sides... it's a night vision cam, so any bleed in light would wash out the sensor and ruin your image.... unlike a regular camera where it will alter your image but not completely ruin it.. (I THINK thats what happens with bleed through light)

The 1" sensor is rad, but the price is also a bit too high compared to a used MFT or compact camera. I'd love to build my own camera body and interface, but perhaps not at that price point - rehousing existing bodies is a pain.

OMG... I thought the sound of rain is just from your video but it rained here also while I was watching your video...

Arducam is pretty great, I use one of their c mount lenses on my mft digital camera. Works great on real point and shoot hardware.

Have you covered something like the FLIR Lepton platform? I've played with them before and they're pretty cool.

Judging by the title I expected to see some night-vision shots...

This would be fun to try out as a camera for streaming or filming videos.

I hope things are going better health-wise for you lately :)

I’m wondering how that rpi case stays together. lol the one I got when rpi5 came out comes apart if you lightly brush it, let alone mount a lens to it

Would be nice to see what kind of images you take with these.

The kickstarter was also the only way to get the additional Canon/Nikon adapter. ArduCam doesn't sell them any longer - following their email the minimum order they'd accept are 100 units.

Why would an established business use crowdfunding? then they know how much product to make and they’re not just guessing at what demand will be, they know the demand is. The consumer gets a better price, the manufacturer has their margin baked in, and they don’t have excess inventory. I suppose the downside is that if the product is awesome then there won’t be this large amount of excess inventory. Then why would they introduce the same product back into the market when they can could do a v2, refine the design and maximize the margin. I think it’s largely silly but I do see it being beneficial to niche markets.

thanks!!

Hello! Does the camera have a module, or is it just a sensor attached direct to the MIPI? Thank you.

4:30 I've been considering buying a big usb powered noctua fan to use as a desk fan like that one in the top left. Does it work well?

Does that little tripod not have extending legs?

14:33 this is where a lens hood would come in handy

Participating in a Kickstarter project is like being an 'angel investor'. If it crashes and burns, in most cases, so does all your money. The creator might refund some, if they have any left. So when an 'established' company does Kickstarter projects, am like nope. You are not testing the waters with my money.

I've been waiting for someone to get their hands on one of these. The imx678 has been available for ages, but only in dashcams, as far as I can tell. Still waiting for them to appear in security cameras, but I'd much prefer to roll my own using a pi because the interface every camera I've tried is just abysmal.

Your first vid with rain (loud and clear)

What is that touch pad you are using next to the white chiclet keyboard. Is it wireless? Thanks

What is that compute module on Jeff's desk beside his trackpad? Doesn't look to be RPi branded.

Also not a fan of the Kickstarter approach to bankrolling a project from an established company. I wonder how well this would work hooked up in place of an eyepiece on a telescope to image planets - Astroberry is a great project for that but I haven't seen anyone trying to use Pi cameras with it... can you even set the imaging speed and ISO to levels that would allow it with the Pi camera libraries?

I saw this on Kickstarter but didn't back it because they only offer the 4GB Pi 5. Would that be part of the reason for the stuttering and connection issues?

Didn't you put a lot of effort into soundproofing your studio? Where is the rain sound coming in?

A kickstarter is a great way to gauge customer interest in a product.

Kick starter is good way to let people vote for the product, not always what u make is what the user wants

I'm not sure if you know, but if you pull on the feet of the mini tripod the legs extend outwards and it becomes a bit more stable

those legs extend on that tripod, pull the feet gently I use it for things on an angle, but it'll be an odd pyramid though..

nice

How does arducam get the picase design files?

Jeff, what extension did you use on RU-vid to get this design 1:37?

6:59 It literally started raining at the same time of the video and I noticed at the same time you noticed. That was scary lol

Really sad this showed up in my feed for the first time last night and now the kickstarter campaign has been closed for several days. Was going to back all three but now looking at the retail price I am put off.

I got the hawkeye after you made a video on it, I did the kickstarter and now I just have a piece of junk that hardly worked properly on two different PI's and wouldn't be developed on further. We were given updates about the product through a google doc that was last updated may 16th 2022 which was the fist day the preorders got access to the doc. Originally it was advertised as plug n play...it was not, it was nowhere close to plug n play. My support ticket from july 5th of 2022 was ignored even after I tried doing a follow up two times. I don't know how well it works with the PI5, don't really care after 2 years tbh. Still annoyed that they stated "every pre-order will receive a free camera enclosure" this enclosure is the same one you can get on amazon still. I mean, if you do the kickstarter, you might get your product (most did, like 90%). Will it work if you just want a camera on a PI? Probably as long as the instructions are well written when the product is shipped. Remember these cameras are mostly for tinkering, like making idk a robot that can actually see you, this will not replace your purpose built 140$ dslr.

I am far from a camera/optical expert. I have a tenuous grasp on this topic at best. but on the topic of all sky cameras matched with such small aperture lenses and higher megapixels... aren't we just losing resolution? My only real experience is with astrophotography, and the real resolution (angular resolution) comes down to the aperture and never the megapixels. For my all sky cameras i just use 1 megapixel cameras with tiny fish eye lenses. 8 megapixel seems a bit much but please correct me if I am way off base here.

If crowd funding reduces the risk for the manufacturer it'll hopefully encourage more adventurous product development. Though slightly awkward position for content creators.

-that's cool-

Why do all Raspberry Pi cameras get that pink aura around them? I thought it was just a product of the AliExpress ones I brought but these seem to have the same issue

Was really hoping for some testing in dark environments to see its capabilities...

Lost out bigtime on a Coolermaster RPi4 Case on kickstarter. I thought, yes its a trusted company, I can back it. Yes, the case was shipped and delivered, but the RPi4 that was ordered with thecase, never arrived. I had to purchase my own RPi4. No refunds, or communication, just excuses.

Established companies use Kickstarter so they get the money up front.

I think they do a kickstarter so they can get the money to do things like build the injection molds for the plastic case, or to buy parts in bulk to make them MUCH cheaper... thus: profit. Or they could hire a few people to build the software.... So the ones you have might just be 'prototypes' and are most likely not what the final product will be.... Linus/LTT will mention that some of the tech toys he shows off are just prototypes and he always mentions that in those video... Did Arducam mention those being prototypes at all? ..... I'm just trying to think of the most likely reasons why they would use kickstarter.... hrmmm maybe they're doing it because they know Kickstarter will give them 'eyes on' their product... it's like free advertising... hrmmm... now that seems like the MOST LIKELY reason for a fully funded company to go onto kickstarter (that's IF they're a fully funded company... I'm pretty sure Arducam is...but you never know I guess) No matter.... I REALLY like them (excpet for the case.. I hope they come up with a new one, becuase that bulky red & white looks like my sister's old Barbie camera lol) - - PLEASE make sure to do a night vision demo!!! I REALLY want a god cam for the Porch/driveway etc and I don't want any of that Ring crap that just hands over EVERY BIT OF YOUR DATA TO THE POLICE 24/7 AND DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO TELL YOU THEY ARE DOING IT.... BY DEFAULT!!!!!! (yes... It's an OPT-OUT system!!! they hand of ALL YOU pics and videos to the Police, WITHOUT A WARRANT or even INFORMING YOU!!!! IT'S AWFUL!!!!!! - STAY AWAY FROM RING!!!! - even if you think you don't have anything to hide.... that's how it happens... slowly turning up the heat on the frog in the bath... eventually the frog is being boiled alive and doesn't even realize it... So DON'T LET THEM TAKE THAT FIRTST STEP!) - wwwsshheeeewwww!!! 🥵🥵 Glad that rant is over! Sorry about that.. I just found out about it and it makes me furious... 99% of people don't even know this is happening... and it is ALL OVER THE COUNTRY :( - 1984 is real..... it's just 40 years late lol

I got in the DAS keyboard Kickstarter years ago. Das had a cool idea and were already a well established keyboard company. It was like a year before I got the product and it is the worst mech keyboard I've ever owned (random keys still get stuck regularly requiring unplugging). They never did a recall and firmware has yet to fix the issue. I don't trust any Kickstarter these days because of a well respected GERMAN company can't deliver a quality product in their core line of business.... Then it's just gambling for any campaign

What kickstarter does for companies that already has some success is - give them information that people actually want this product. This seems like great way to verify market and gather some money for that specific new product that doesn't exists yet.

3rd comment!! Good afternoon Jeff!!

Yay. Not the last comment!

Forgot to mark it as 'sponsored', sir...

Why didn't they set the IP to 192.168.x.1 That's more of a standard. Sure, you can change it, but what a hassle. --- Since a screw feel out, I'd wonder about their QC control.

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