5MP Camera for Raspberry Pi, 1080P HD OV5647 Camera Module V1 for Raspberry Pi5/4/3/3B+, and Other A/B Series

I bought this to save money; $13 versus whatever the PiCam was at the time seemed like a good deal to me, as I only intended to use it to monitor my 3D printer and make sure nothing catastrophic was happening while I was away. It has exceeded my expectations. Setup was easy, and the quality of the camera's picture is as good as the PiCams I've seen in this range. Like all these cameras, their ability to focus is not great, and once that focal length is set it does not change automatically, but it can get the job done assuming the subject isn't moving towards or away from the camera often. I attached a picture taken from the camera via a web-based remote monitoring service; this is of my printer bed, with the lights in the room off. For reference, the only light source is a 2ft strip of 300k LEDs positioned about 12" from the bed surface.

I am happy with how this worked out. The cable or module fits correctly, routes easily, and makes a clean connection for Raspberry Pi camera projects. Ribbon cables are delicate, so connector orientation and locking tabs need care. It has earned the five-star rating from me.

This camera does not have auto-focus. It's partially my fault for not paying enough attention; I skimmed over the description too quickly and saw the word "auto-focus", not realizing it was referring to a different product. I'll probably keep it, since I can probably use it for something else, but I can't use this for its intended application. The description should be reworded to remove any mention of auto-focus.

Make sure to buy directly from Arducam. They exceeded any customer service experience I've ever had. I bought it for the pi zero which,unknown to me at the time, has a smaller connector than the pi3. I thought I was out of luck but I noticed that another reviewer had the same problem and was sent a new cable by arducam. Contacted them and they asked that I just confirm my shipping address. I was busy at the time and completely forgot to get back to them. A week later, they got back to me again to remind me about the cable, which is pretty unbelievable. I assume most companies would be glad that I forgot. Ended up confirming address and got it a couple days later. Great experience. As far as the camera, the picture is more than suitable for a security cam. Plug and play with motionpieos. Regretfully, I also bought the official cam for twice as much and while I haven't used that one yet I don't think there will be any benefit for what I'm using it for.

This is my second camera, thinking the first was broken, but there is no manual focus and my image is blurry and so I give this 0 STARS! EDIT 3/3/23: Their support messaged me and solved my problem!..... (It's been a couple of weeks and good amount of prints later!)....They advised to use pliers to turn the face of the camera, but be careful not to loosen it so much that it falls off and don't scratch the lens while using pliers........ On the other hand if you use a 3D printer then you can print the tool yourself, thus avoiding the risks above!!.... Search for "raspberry pi camera focus tool 3d print". So I'm upping my previous one star rating to a five star rating and also saying that I would buy this camera again now that I know how to focus it! Sorry for the misunderstand, thank you for your Support!

The listing says that it does not come with a ribbon cable compatible with a rpi 0/0 2, yet mine included one, (the unpackaged one came with it, 16cm length btw). I was gonna rate it 4 stars for making me buy an extra, but I can’t be mad for including extras, even when not stated.

Very dim, hard to see. I'm not sure if I am doing something wrong but my camera is very dim and hard to see. I've only just set it up; but, I am not seeing any troubleshooting problems reported online. I'm using OctoPrint with all settings default. My USB webcam had no problems and my room is generally very bright. I swapped over because the USB camera was adding a lot of mass to my printer bed so I wanted to do something different. I'm not sure what is going on here. I will update this again if I am able to get this resolved. But as far as ease of use and initial setup there are probably better options out there. Update 1, using the camera with crowsnest and klipper resulting in a worse image; tough, I am getting a true 1080p image; but, it is under 10 fps.

This product works excellently with no problems at all!

Nice Product and Worked as intended

Tut was es soll. Und für den Preis absolut okay. Hatte schon schlechtere Kameras für mehr Geld. Meine 3D-Drucke kann ich damit hervorragend beobachten. Gleich mal 3 auf Lager gelegt.

Seguí las instrucciones de instalación, sin embargo nunca logré que la Raspberry la reconociera

This camera module works well with the second generation Raspberry Pi (2B). The quality is decent, even in a low light environment.

Ribbon cable is seriously to short for any practical projects, but the camera works great once I bought a longer ribbon cable.