Raspberry Pi + Camera initial thoughts

Kinja'd!!! "Just Jeepin'" (macintux)
04/28/2020 at 23:05 • Filed to: None

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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).


DISCUSSION (4)


Kinja'd!!! Aremmes > Just Jeepin'
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.


Kinja'd!!! Just Jeepin' > Aremmes
04/28/2020 at 23:15

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True dat.


Kinja'd!!! jminer > Just Jeepin'
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.


Kinja'd!!! RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Just Jeepin'
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:

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