FREENOVE 5MP Camera for Raspberry Pi 5 4 B 3 B+ A+ Zero 2 W with Adjustable Holder and Ribbon Cable, 62° Viewing Angle, 1080P 720P Output

Bought this to use with a Raspberry Pi A+ on Octoprint. Worked fine without any configuration. Camera quality is Okish as you'd expect but if you are looking for a cheap camera that works with a 3D printer this fits the bill.

I purchased this mostly because I needed a cable to connect to the raspberry pi zero 2 w I have and the cables were just as expensive as this whole kit! Assembly was pretty easy although like usual I skipped a step and had to go back and undo a few things to fix what I missed :D

Great little mount included to get cam up and working.

Buen producto a buen precio

Reading the other reviews, I expected a camera with a reasonable plastic case to mount it in. Unfortunately, the machine cut plexi-glass and the tiny plastic nuts and bolts were useless. The camera module was clearly supposed to fit into the predrilled plastic a certain way, but it doesn't at all. The cable holder on the camera board is wider than the hole they cut for it, so it doesn't lay flat. You can try to jam it together anyway, but the tiny plastic bolts they give are not quite long enough, and you sure better have tiny fingers to try and attach the miniscule nuts to the other side before they go flying into the ether never to be seen again. The camera itself is probably fine, but the 'adjustable mount' which was the main reason I picked this product instead of similar ones, is terrible.

I wanted an inexpensive camera and mount to play around with. This is an excellent basic option which even has a friction azimuth tilt. Loses 1 star for a seemingly incomplete assembly manual on github.

I did some research on RPi cameras before purchase. However, the literature is a bit "fuzzy". The V1 cameras are no longer supported by Raspberry Pi OS Bullseye. [Update: kinda sorta.] (I tried some hacks, but nothing worked.) Raspberry is moving to a new, "better" (which translates to "buy new") camera API, and the V1 cameras didn't make the cut. (The old raspi-still and raspi-video commands do NOT work with Bullseye.) UPDATE: This V1 camera is now supported in Bullseye using a "Legacy Mode" configured through raspi-config. Still no raspi-still or raspi-video commands like in Buster. But if your moving forward (to Bullseye) and not stuck in time (with Buster and raspi-still/raspi-video), you're better off with a V2 camera. However, if your applications has not been updated, you may want/need a V1 camera. (For example, MotionEye works with this camera in Bullseye with "Legacy Mode", but it inexplicable stops working after a day. Using Raspbian based on 32bit Buster, MotionEye works "better" with this camera.) The directions for attaching the ribbon cable are not helpful: a generic sketch with nothing to make clear which side goes toward the pins inside the connector (and the directions are especially lacking for a RPi Zero). The directions are, and I quote, "make sure the cable is the right way round." Needless to say, it wasn't, took me hours, and complicated determining that the camera was no longer supported (prior to the Legacy Mode update). The acrylic case would be so much more useful if it had tripod threads to mount it. Indeed, any holes to mount it would be a benefit. If mounting holes lined up with the holes on a RPi Zero, that would really be a benefit. As is, it might be possible to mount it to a RPi Zero, but the holes would be right next to the sides of this case and probably damage its integrity. I have excellent dexterity (though failing vision), and I found the screws for the case exceedingly difficult. Tweezers can help hold the nuts while tightening.

Works as advertised.

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Ottima fa esattamente quello che dovrebbe fare!

I bought this more for the stand than the 5MP camera, as it's hard to find a Raspberry Pi camera module with a stand that allows you to angle the camera. At first I was nervous about purchasing a product without many reviews, but the customer service is fantastic, I emailed on where to find the manual, and the Freenove customer support sent a link to their github repository. Afterwards, I was able to set up the camera stand and camera with no issues. It comes with two ribbon cables, one for the standard Raspberry Pi and one for the Raspberry Pi Zero. The quality of the plastic stand is quite good for the price, and the camera image quality is decent.

He decir que al principio ni detectaba la raspberri pi 4b la camara... ha llevado un tiempo dar con el problema. ¡NO tenia que ver con el producto! El producto se entrego en perfecto estado y funciona perfectamente. El tema por el que no reconocia era debido a trabajar con un sistema de 64 bits en lugar de uno con 32 bits. Fue ponernos a trabajar con el sistema de 32 bits y todo sobre ruedas.

It is perfect and works well