Arducam Lens Board OV5647 Sensor for Raspberry Pi Camera, Adjustable and Interchangeable Lens M12 Module, Focus and Angle Enhancement for Raspberry Pi 5/4/3/3 B+

By replacing the fixed lens of the original Raspberry Pi camera with the common M12 lens mount system this upgraded camera gives you a wide array of inexpensive glass lens options for shooting with your Pi. The lens focuses by threading into the board mount and this allows for extremely close up macro photography. This camera worked right out of the box with both a Pi model B and a Pi 2 model B however it will not fit into cases designed for the original Raspberry Pi camera as the board is larger.

Purchased this to use as a time lapse / monitor camera for my octoprint server. It connected and was recognized with a simple restart of the RPI3B. Overall: The Good: - Picture is of decent clarity and resolution, more than adequate to the task of monitoring my 3D printer. - Module is very light and easily moved around. - Worked 'out of the box' with a default install of octoprint The bad: - focus is kind of 'soft' but the image is clear. - the default lens is oddly aspherical. - the supplied ribbon cable is quite short (6" maybe?) Overall a good camera, especially for the price.

This certainly wasn’t made to produce broadcast videos or take studio quality photos, however it was made to replace several “strip” cams for Raspberry Pi and other SBC products because of their low quality images and it does that like a trooper. I have only modestly experimented with it up until now trying it first in my Raspberry Pi 400 keyboard because it was so easy to test. I then connected it to my CrowPi2 because that’s really what it’s made for and ran it through some drills. I’m very interested in additive manufacturing and design and print many dodads to combine with RPi, Arduino and other controllers including legos. So I replaced existing cameras with this one and ran it through the paces. It performed flawlessly and with superior images. My real purpose for buying one more camera was to add it to my new Creality Ender-3 S1 Pro that arrived last week (don’t know why, but I was one of the first in the USA to receive one) and I thought I’d make several videos demonstrating the new capabilities. It’s work terrific and I will be buy two or three more. I highly recommend it.

I have this on an old rpi 3 b+ taking motion capture and stills (pictures) every minute, outside my house and I like it a lot with the motioneyeOS installed, recorded on a Network share that another ras pi running my NAS. It makes for some pretty good time-lapse! Honestly pretty good quality for the price.

I have sampled a number of Pi cams for a project to keep an eye on my dog when I'm not home. This module works as expected with raspistill and raspivid. I've tested it with a Pi 3B+ and Pi Zero W. Worked great. I especially like being able to swap out the lens. These 12mm lenses are better for my application than the larger CS lenses. As other reviewers have noted, be gentle changing the lens. If you do mess up the threads, you can replace the mount with one that comes with many of the 12mm lenses. I see this as a pick a lens once and leave it setup rather than changing the lens over and over. I have not found a case that works with these. I'm using scotch tape across the top and bottom to tape it to the Pi case, and that would be fine for my own hacked up camera system. But I'm getting started with 3D printing to make cases for the Pi/cam units.

I attached a rasberry pi with OctoPrint to control my 3d printer (Ender 3 pro). This camera is compatible with both the pi and Octoprint and allows me to monitor my print jobs from afar. Video quality is good, if not spectacular, and more than I need for this task. Good camera and perfect for my use case!

Noticeably improved image quality, just remember to focus the lens for your intended use as it's a manually focused setup. For the price you're not going to see DSLR or even M4/3 quality images, but they're definitely an improvement. It was plug-n-play for my pi running fluidd.

EDIT: Arducam has reached out to me and is doing their best to make things right. And that counts for a lot in my book. While the camera isn't workable for my particular use case, it does appear to be functional and produces decent enough images otherwise. I am editing this review to reflect that. I purchased the camera specifically to use with Octolapes, and the truth is the sensor just can't keep up under those conditions. For other uses, I am sure the camera is a fine addition to a maker's tool kit. I wish it could have worked out better for me. When I was able to capture images with it, the quality was spectacular considering the price of the camera.

I had the picam before and accidentally scratched the lens when trying to adjust the focal length. I decided to take a chance on this one because of the adjustable lens. This works just as well as the raspberry pi cam for my needs - close-up on small film frames. This worked with my Raspberry Pi 4 instantly, no issues, no firmware upgrades. Plug and play. The footprint of the circuit board is a bit bulky, but it's not an issue for my needs.

Perfect quality for the price, easy to use and good quality

Bought this for my octoprint set up with my 3D printer. I was surprised by how big the lense was on it but it works quite well. Using with a raspberry pi 4 and no issues yet. Small package and comes with a lense cover for protection from dust and scratches. Good buy and good value!

Works in applications for video surveillence and machine learning software (CV2) and tensorflow lite. Used diy software for person detection and position.

This camera works well on a Raspberry Pi 3 with no issues. It will not work on a Jetson Nano B01. Quote from Arducam Website Forum: "B0031 currently does not support Jetson Nano. If you want to use OV5647 on Jetson Nano, you need to use it with Jetvariety adapter board, but Jetvariety adapter board is not sold separately."