![]() 04/28/2020 at 23:05 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
My review?
Pffft
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Not impressed with the awkward connector. Not impressed with the lack of documentation with the camera on how to use the awkward connector. Not impressed with the case I bought that the camera doesn’t actually fit properly. Not impressed with a No-IR filter camera that can’t see a 98º human face in the dark, but that’s just bad expectations management on my part.
I’d also managed to forget how awkward Linux is as a desktop platform. Apple has me so spoiled (although, in fairness, I’m sure Raspbian isn’t the most sophisticated Linux desktop around).
That’s all. Thanks for letting me ramble. G’night all, I shan’t be seeing any of you sneak up on me with this crappy camera (at least until I buy an IR illuminator, which, nah).
![]() 04/28/2020 at 23:14 |
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Kinda hard to make a ~
$40 single-board computer for tinkerers reach the same
level of hand-holding and sheltering as
the Apple ecosystem, though.
![]() 04/28/2020 at 23:15 |
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True dat.
![]() 04/28/2020 at 23:24 |
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While I have a few of the raspberry pi cameras I don’t use them for much. they’re great at a few things, small form factor and specific focus but other than that I use USB web cams for almost everything on my raspberry pi. They’re hard to find now but usually sub-$20 and better in most ways.
![]() 04/29/2020 at 00:04 |
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As somebody who uses Linux Mint 19.3 MATE daily on his laptop (and Windows 10 on his desktop), I’d just like to say that Raspbian is pretty crude by a lot of modern Linux desktop standards.
My current setup: