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The Paparazzo is a DIY interchangeable lens digital camera based off the Raspberry Pi and PI HQ Camera module

Aug 5, 2022 by John Aldred Add Comment

I knew we’d eventually start to see some custom “portable” cameras being made based off the Raspberry Pi HQ camera after they announced it in early 2020. Have to be honest, didn’t think it’d take this long but here we are. Created by Billy O’Sullivan, the Paparazzo C/CS is a 12-megapixel C/CS mount interchangeable lens camera based around exactly that camera module and the Raspberry Pi 4.

As mentioned, it offers a 12-megapixel resolution – because that’s the resolution of the Pi HQ camera – with all of the features you typically get with the Pi HQ camera on the Raspberry Pi 4, although it’s essentially just a point-and-shoot based on the software. It sports a big LCD on the back, with a menu-driven interface and minimal button layout.

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RUHAcam is a retro 3D printable digital camera you can make with a Raspberry Pi

May 6, 2021 by John Aldred 1 Comment

The camera capabilities of the Raspberry Pi took a pretty big leap forward when they released their new High Quality Camera module last year. The then-new module allowed you to finally get full manual control over your exposure, but it also lets you attach CS and C mount lenses (or just about anything else with the right adapter).

It was only a matter of time before somebody built it into a “real” camera form factor, and it actually didn’t take long, as this film-to-digital conversion shows. But now a new project has popped up. RUHAcam. It’s a 3D printable retro-looking camera based around the Raspberry Pi Zero W and it operates just like a regular interchangeable lens digital camera. Kinda.

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This photographer converted an old toy camera to digital using the new Raspberry Pi camera module

Jul 2, 2020 by John Aldred 3 Comments

The newest camera module for the Raspberry Pi has caused quite the stir. It’s fairly respectable 12.3-megapixels, it offers access to interchangeable C Mount lenses (or just about anything with lens adapters) and you finally get full manual exposure control.

Well, Becca Farsace over at The Verge decided she wanted to put one inside an old 35mm toy camera to turn it into a Linux powered digital camera. So, she got a Raspberry Pi 4, the new HQ Camera Mod, a 10,000mAh power bank, 3.5″ touchscreen LCD and a few other bits and attempted to stuff them inside her Ninoka NK-700 35mm camera.

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Raspberry Pi has announced a new “High Quality” 12.3-megapixel camera with interchangeable lenses

Apr 30, 2020 by John Aldred Add Comment

The Raspberry Pi is a wonderful little device. It’s a single-board computer capable of running Linux with more speed than most desktops had a couple of decades ago. One of the great features about the Raspberry Pi is that it features a dedicated socket for connecting a camera module. And that ability has popped up a lot here on DIYP.

Until now, the camera modules available for the Pi have been fairly basic and not really that great quality. Now, though, the Raspberry Pi Foundation has announced a new 12.3-megapixel camera module, based around a Sony IMX477 sensor that accepts CS & C mount lenses. Which means that it can take just about everything else, through the use of lens adapters.

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