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Post by sammi on Apr 18, 2023 16:01:55 GMT
 I was just about to ask the same. I think those log boxes are great. How is the camera mounted in them please? Is it just attached to underside of lid?
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Post by matt on Apr 18, 2023 17:03:07 GMT
What's the new camera Matt? Great quality image. It is a 16MP Arducam autofocus camera for Raspberry Pi (all my boxes use RPi). It can do video at 1080p but also take stills at 16mp, and the pic I posted is about a quarter frame crop of a 16mp still. thepihut.com/products/arducam-imx519-autofocus-camera-module-for-raspberry-piSammi this is a concrete box (3 holes) not a log box, but round inside like the log box. Camera is housed in a wooden lid along with LED lights and raspberry pi. |
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Post by suep on Apr 18, 2023 19:11:55 GMT
Beautiful capture Matt  Sue |
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Post by pete11 on Apr 18, 2023 19:12:44 GMT
Looks interesting - the review says autofocus isn't continuous for video recording...is that still the case? Tempting to get one just to have a play with it... Guessing it's possible in theory to get a stream from it via ffmpeg or something?
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Post by sammi on Apr 18, 2023 19:16:19 GMT
 You know Matt I just saw the round shape and my half brain kicked in  I really must take a break from all this I think it's all proving too much. I knew you had the lovely concrete ones  I am going for a lie down 
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Post by karenupnorth on Apr 19, 2023 6:22:55 GMT
Looking good Matt, great quality too, hope all goes well,  |
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Post by matt on Apr 19, 2023 10:31:15 GMT
Looks interesting - the review says autofocus isn't continuous for video recording...is that still the case? Tempting to get one just to have a play with it... Guessing it's possible in theory to get a stream from it via ffmpeg or something? Yes, should be possible to get it going via ffmpeg which is what I used to do with the original pi camera - just haven't got round to it yet. No continuous autofocus and tbh the autofocus isn't great anyway - you can't choose focal points or anything like that. However luckily we don't need to change focus too much generally, and it is possible to manually adjust focus via key presses which is probably enough. Also capable of focussing very close, which is good (see image below). Wirth getting IMO if you use a pi since they are pretty cheap. To be honest pi cameras aren't that great compared to mobile phones etc, and I have an ever growing pile of old android phones with far better camera/better processors etc. I keep meaning to work out how to use one in a nest box - maybe next year if I have time!  |
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I was just about to ask the same. I think those log boxes are great. How is the camera mounted in them please? Is it just attached to underside of lid? 
You know Matt I just saw the round shape and my half brain kicked in 
I really must take a break from all this I think it's all proving too much. I knew you had the lovely concrete ones 
I am going for a lie down 
